tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post826967932312485646..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Friday Baseball PostJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-85041562247933446612012-10-01T07:18:19.051-05:002012-10-01T07:18:19.051-05:00Are you a coach or an umpire? Baseball Equipment U...Are you a coach or an umpire? Baseball Equipment USA has plenty of products that are meant just for you. Our coaching and umpire products are meant to help these individuals coach and up the game to the best of their abilities. Coaches and umpires should be sure to check back often as we are always updating our coaching and umpire selections.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sportsdepot.com" rel="nofollow">Batting Helmets</a><br /><a href="http://www.sportsdepot.com" rel="nofollow">Baseball Gloves</a><br /><a href="http://www.sportsdepot.com" rel="nofollow">Baseball Equipment</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-32826082442277928372012-02-13T16:21:15.120-06:002012-02-13T16:21:15.120-06:00Interesting stuff. My Dad was a Giants fan, growin...Interesting stuff. My Dad was a Giants fan, growing up in Brooklyn (and I never did figure out how that happened). I was born a few months after the Shot Heard 'Round The World and thus was named after Bobby Thomson, who wrote a very nice letter to my folks which I still have.<br /><br />Dad was such a Giants fan that one significant reason he accepted a position at Stanford was that the Giants had moved there a few years before. So of course I had no choice in the matter, although I do find myself a little conflicted when the Giants come to Milwaukee.<br /><br />My only regret about being a Giants fan at that young age was being unable to appreciate Sandy Koufax. I remember watching the no-hitter he pitched against the Giants and being absolutely furious. What I would give now to have seen that game.Robert Levinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-23679977788772228492012-02-11T12:08:24.031-06:002012-02-11T12:08:24.031-06:00The reason I remember the Pilots is that 1970 was ...The reason I remember the Pilots is that 1970 was the first year I collected baseball cards (or rather, the first year my older brother did, although I probably bought a couple of packs too), and there were still Pilots cards. They had moved to Milwaukee too late to reprint them all. <br /><br />It's funny how those things happen. The Pilots and Senators seem like real, living things to me, but the Kansas City A's are ancient history, from the distant past, not unlike the St. Louis Browns or Boston Braves.Tom Nawrockihttp://www.debris-slide.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-88257793748526362282012-02-11T01:48:02.315-06:002012-02-11T01:48:02.315-06:00Thanks for sharing your early memories. Sounds lik...Thanks for sharing your early memories. Sounds like you just missed the American League pennant race in 1967, the Tigers dominant year in '68 (Kaline! Freehan! McLain! Mayo Smith!) and then the modern era when the Orioles started the playoffs in '69. <br /><br />Despite those fond Michigan memories, after moving to the Bay Area in 1987, I ended up a Giants fan after they lost to the Dodgers in 1993. <br /><br />The common pattern here is binding attraction while losing a pennant race; be it in '67 or '83. I grew up among all those Cub fans so you'd think I'd know better. Fortunately, the Tigers and the Giants weren't hapless...Robert Gablehttp://rgable.typepad.com/aworksnoreply@blogger.com