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Ron Swoboda Deserves His Own Thread

Edgy MD Mar 08 2018 02:15 PM

An excerpt from G-FaFiF's outstanding rundown of Mets right fielders. Wonders didn’t cease when, around the same time, I was directed by my funny friend Jeff to the blog of comedian Elayne Boosler. She was addressing the mounting (not to mention highly unfortunate) revelations of aggressively sexist behavior infecting show business. Her point was it hardly should have rated as news, considering it had been going on too long. Boosler remembered an episode that took her to Louisiana to represent HBO and accept a check on behalf of the long-running charitable endeavor Comic Relief. The site was a basketball arena. She showed up for the gig, during a game, and was told, “No women in the booth.” This happened in the latter stages of the 20th as opposed to the 17th century. The presence of a hero shouldn’t have been required, but a hero in Boosler’s tale emerged. “Real men often ride to the rescue, and who just happened to be present (and stopped the heart of his lifelong baseball fan)? Only the gentleman who made ‘The Catch’ in the 1969 World Series, Ron Swoboda. You never know who’s a fan. Mr. Swoboda first apologized to me (he had nothing to do with any of it; he just apologized as a human being). He then went into that booth and read those shit kickers the riot act, letting them know exactly who I was, forcing them to hand over the check, was for charity, for fuck’s sake.” Great job, Jeff and Greg. When Ron Swoboda's story is completed, let this excerpt not be omitted.

MFS62 Mar 08 2018 02:26 PM Re: Ron Swoboda Deserves His Own Thread

Casey Stengel said he could "hit baseballs over buildings". He knocked it out of the park on that day, too. Later

G-Fafif Mar 08 2018 05:22 PM Re: Ron Swoboda Deserves His Own Thread

Stronger than dirt, inside and out.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 08 2018 07:41 PM Re: Ron Swoboda Deserves His Own Thread

It must be Ron Swoboda Day throughout the universe. On the same day that this thread was opened, Rocky himself made a post to the Ultimate Mets Database. I figure there has to be a connection. Maybe Ron read the Faith and Fear post and that inspired him to start clicking around?

41Forever Mar 08 2018 10:36 PM Re: Ron Swoboda Deserves His Own Thread

Benjamin Grimm wrote: It must be Ron Swoboda Day throughout the universe. On the same day that this thread was opened, Rocky himself made a post to the Ultimate Mets Database. I figure there has to be a connection. Maybe Ron read the Faith and Fear post and that inspired him to start clicking around? That is AWESOME -- both the card and Ron leaving a post. So cool!

G-Fafif Mar 09 2018 12:27 AM Re: Ron Swoboda Deserves His Own Thread

Benjamin Grimm wrote: It must be Ron Swoboda Day throughout the universe. On the same day that this thread was opened, Rocky himself made a post to the Ultimate Mets Database. I figure there has to be a connection. Maybe Ron read the Faith and Fear post and that inspired him to start clicking around? The post included a link to the UMDB RF page, so perhaps.