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cooby Jul 01 2009 05:48 PM

What happened to the banner thread? I was going to compliment the Wayne Garrett picture

Kong76 Jul 01 2009 07:25 PM

I moved it to the baseball forum.

cooby Jul 01 2009 07:29 PM

oh...

Edgy DC Jul 01 2009 07:43 PM

cooby Jul 06 2009 05:59 PM

[quote="Kong76":9oifijf4]I moved it to the baseball forum.[/quote:9oifijf4] well I can't find i t. Meanwhile back at the ranch.

Kong76 Jul 06 2009 06:24 PM

Top o' page three ... http://cranepoolforum.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=10091

Edgy DC Jul 06 2009 07:56 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Aug 30 2009 12:01 PM

Gee, I think, Tavares? Were they Puerto Rican? That S instead of a Z in their name suggests otherwise and, sure enough, the surname is of Portugese derivation. A trip to Wikipedia tells me they were a brother act (Ralph, Pooch, Chubby, Butch, and Tiny Tavares), a New Bedford, Mass, family descended from Cape Verdean immigrants. Cape Verde was an upopulated archipelago off Western Africa that the Portugese colonized and imported slaves to. Importing slaves from one part of Africa to another is fucked up --- but I gueess not more than much of the slave trade. Anyhow, their independence came bloodlessly in 1975 and their favorite sons Tavares celebrated with the number one hit "It Only Takes a Minute." If you believe wikipedia, Aerosmith's Joey Kramer earned his funk stripes playing in their backing band.

themetfairy Jul 16 2009 07:48 PM

I miss Dennis Cook.

cooby Jul 18 2009 08:07 AM

[quote="Edgy DC":8y49cvnj][/quote:8y49cvnj] Lol, just noticed this. "Hulking out" I used to say that when I got really mad back in the 80s

cooby Jul 28 2009 08:09 PM

How ya doin' Rusty, remember me?

themetfairy Jul 28 2009 08:22 PM

How could he forget?

cooby Jul 28 2009 08:29 PM

I;ll never forget that day :)

Kong76 Aug 30 2009 08:54 AM

I just found my autograph picture of Rusty looking through some papers from that day. One of the best opening days ever at ol' Shea. Felix Millan started in 162 games twice. Once as a Brave and once as a Met in 1975.