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Memories of the Tidewater/Norfolk Tides.

Edgy DC Sep 22 2006 11:51 AM

Seventies Pittsburgh Pirate-type old-timey hats.

metirish Sep 22 2006 11:55 AM

A very young looking Dotel.

MFS62 Sep 22 2006 11:56 AM

Jose Lima. Later

Willets Point Sep 22 2006 11:57 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 22 2006 12:52 PM

Mets coach Mookie Wilson takes an at bat in the Mets annual exhibition game vs. the Tides at Harbor Park, Spring 1998.

cooby Sep 22 2006 12:00 PM

Those mid season Tides-Mets games. Except for the Mayor's Trophey games, they were the only ones Channel 9 didn't broadcast, and I hated that!

Yancy Street Gang Sep 22 2006 12:03 PM

That can't be 1988??

Edgy DC Sep 22 2006 12:05 PM

I met Gold Glove at a Tides game. He was 15 or 16 or so and it was like he owned the place. He sit with us for a few minutes, then run off to talk with the team photographer. Then he'd sit again, spot a Brewers scout he knew, chat him up and come back and sit with us and give us the scoop that the Brews were scouting Darren Bragg. Norfolk is the headquarters of PETA, and the ballpark had a rare selection of vegetarian fare.

Edgy DC Sep 22 2006 12:07 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: That can't be 1988?? Yeah, I imagine he means 1998.

Willets Point Sep 22 2006 12:52 PM

Fixed the typo. Thanks.

Edgy DC Sep 25 2006 11:37 AM

Joe Frazier, Davey Johnson, and Bobby Valentine are the three managers who got the Mets job after being "called up" from the Tides. That's probably two of the three best managers in Met history on that list. Frazier, in retrospect, wasn't given much to work with. The Tides have won the Governors' Cup, the championship of the International League, 5 times, and played in the championship series 9 times. 1971 - Lost to Rochester 1972 - Defeated Louisville (Hank Bauer) 1975 - Defeated Syracuse (Joe Frazier) 1982 - Defeated Rochester (Jack Aker) 1983 - Defeated Richmond (Davey Johnson) 1985 - Defeated Columbus (Bob Schaefer) 1987 - Lost to Columbus 1988 - Lost to Rochester 1995 - Lost to Ottawa

Yancy Street Gang Sep 25 2006 11:48 AM

We should invite Jack Aker to come visit us.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 25 2006 12:18 PM

You try it this time. Besides, we don't need an old guy who walks around town in a MFY uni.