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Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today?
d'Kong76 Apr 08 2014 05:17 PM |
First Monday of the month meant troop meeting. Troop 79
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Zvon Apr 08 2014 05:23 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
I can't actually remember any details about the evening but I know I was watching on TV.
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d'Kong76 Apr 08 2014 05:31 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
My subject reads kinda funny, but I was never the
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Lefty Specialist Apr 08 2014 05:47 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
Camped in front of the big old Zenith in the family room with my dad.
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G-Fafif Apr 08 2014 06:44 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
My parents' bedroom, where the TV was. The rest of the family was in the kitchen, not giving a damn about baseball.
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Fman99 Apr 08 2014 06:48 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
I was in Poughkeepsie, NY, the town in which I resided the first 18 months of my life. Odds are good that I was wearing a diaper and that my father was watching the game (and my mother less likely so).
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Frayed Knot Apr 08 2014 06:59 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 08 2014 07:05 PM |
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So, in other words, pretty much like tonight, right? Probably the only thing that changed what the content of the bottle you're sucking on.
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Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 08 2014 07:02 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
I was 10 and watching the game. I don't remember if it was Monday Night Baseball or a special broadcast.
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Frayed Knot Apr 08 2014 07:16 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
I know I was home watching.
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themetfairy Apr 08 2014 07:17 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
It was probably during Passover because I remember watching on the tv in my hotel room in the Nevele Hotel (one of those classic Catskill resorts that served Kosher for Passover food during the holiday).
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Edgy MD Apr 08 2014 07:41 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
I was only seven.
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bmfc1 Apr 08 2014 08:22 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
Nassau Coliseum, at a New York Sets match (World Team Tennis). Really.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 08 2014 08:31 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
Who were the Sets playing?
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batmagadanleadoff Apr 08 2014 08:56 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
The Long Island Tomahawks. Rich Rinaldi was the match referee.
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d'Kong76 Apr 09 2014 11:28 AM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
This year is also the 40th anniversary of the DH. You trivia
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batmagadanleadoff Apr 09 2014 11:31 AM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
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41 years ago, Ron Blomberg became MLB's first DH. 41.
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d'Kong76 Apr 09 2014 11:35 AM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
You're right, was reading an old blurb that said it was the
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batmagadanleadoff Apr 09 2014 11:38 AM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
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I stood in front of my class and presented a Social Studies report on the Designated Hitter in elementary school -- heavily cribbed from some sports magazine article, no doubt, that featured a black and white action photo of Tony Oliva.
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Centerfield Apr 09 2014 12:16 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
I was still sperm.
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seawolf17 Apr 09 2014 12:56 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
I wasn't even sperm yet.
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Mets – Willets Point Apr 09 2014 02:54 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
I was an infant. Probably put to bed, but not necessarily asleep as infants are wont to do.
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Mets – Willets Point Apr 09 2014 03:02 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
I often wondered if Hank Aaron was freaked out by two white guys running on the field with him after he got all those death threats. I found this articleand it turns out that Aaron is very magnanimous, happy that the intruders just spent a few hours in jail. I imagine if that happened today those guys would be investigated by the FBI, DHS, et al.
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sharpie Apr 09 2014 03:41 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
I don't remember. I was a teenager and so was probably doing teenaged things.
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Benjamin Grimm Apr 09 2014 05:01 PM Re: Where were you tonight, 40 years ago today? |
I was about a month short of my 11th birthday, and was watching the national telecast and saw number 715 live as it happened.
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