[elky] Re: Trip
- From: faithcubsmc2691@xxxxxxx
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:01:08 -0400
I have even more fun watching my bro-in-law's and Dad's city league softball
teams play.
My bro-in-law's Tuesday night team finished the year at 11-1 and swept the
year-end tournament. In the first game of the tournament, they were down 4-2
(NOT a normal softball score) into the bottom of the last (7th) inning ... and
scored 3 runs with no outs to win 5-4.
Dad's Friday night team (thankfully) still have two more games to go before the
end of their season. They are 6-6 right now, but had a stunning win last
Friday night. The other team scored 7 runs in the top of the 4th to take a
seemingly insurmountable 11-4 lead. Their defense was impeccable, but in the
bottom of the 7th inning, with them leading now 13-4, their defense COLLAPSED
... LITERALLY ... and Dad's team scored 10 runs to win 14-13 ... 8 of those
runs came with NO outs.
And, Jared, sounds like you had a great trip! I, too, LOVE listening to
baseball on the radio. The Cubs' Pat Hughes describes the game perfectly. The
Sox radio team suffered, in my opinion, when John Rooney bolted for St Louis.
"Back in the day" when the Cubs played only day games and Mom and Dad's '76
Monte Carlo only had an AM radio, on the way home from Dad's games on Friday
nights, we'd listen to the Sox game ... John Rooney and Ed Farmer. Farmer is
still there, but he and Darrin don't seem to have the same chemistry ... and it
isn't as exciting to listen to. I was
thrilled the last few times I've been in the STL area to listen to John Rooney
again.
BTW ... if you're interested, Pat Hughes is doing a series called "Baseball
Voices". I have the Harry Caray book/CD and might buy a few others:
www.baseballvoices.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Lindh <chrislindh@xxxxxxxxx>
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 9:02 am
Subject: [elky] Re: Trip
You know what's fun? A minor league game - you're that much closer to
the action and you get involved. I could care less who's winning, I
just want to be close enough to feel a part of it. My wife's firm
summer outing was a minor league game in Tennessee a few years ago. I
had a lot of fun, the game ended with a walk-off homer and fireworks -
you can't beat that.
Even though we have the Braves I think there is a minor league team
reasonably close now... wouldn't mind checking out Arena Football or a
Hockey game as well, haven't seen either of those.
Chris
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Jared Ryan<jryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I actually love listening to baseball on the radio, and I do it often. No
> other sport works really well on the radio. On my trip, I listened to
an
> Astros/Dodgers game on XM, and they were carrying the Dodgers' feed with
> Vin Scully announcing. He, like Houston's Milo Hamilton, is one of the
> really great baseball radio announcers.
>
>
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:19:30 -0500, John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> I have fun watching a game if I am there. If it's on the tube, I wouldn't
>> last 5 minutes.
>>
>> I have been to see the Cardinals in my youth a couple times (Dad is a big
>> Cards fan) and several White Sox games courtesy of when I worked at
> Jared,
>> and Nate and Dad went with me (one time in the ESPN suite with food and
>> right behind home plate, killer seats).
>>
>> When you go to the game, it's the spectacle, the people watching, and the
>> atmosphere that cannot be duplicated. Especially on TV. I am not
> generally
>> a
>> sports fan though (any sport) except racing, and I wouldn't call myself a
>> fan.
>>
>> JC
>>
>> ---
>> John Christensen
>> Saint Charles, IL
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Robert Adams <ladams21@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I'm with you Robert about wanting something to do at a ball game..
>>>> computer, book, ??? something... topless honeys to watch ? I don't
>>>> know,
>>>> but SOMETHIHING is better than a stick , ball, catch, scratch and
> throw.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>> Short attention span and not much patience
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I guess I'd have to be a beer drinke
r to enjoy a baseball
>>> game... :) :)
>>>
>>> I understand the "strategy" but it's still boring to watch. I
>>> prefer golf actually cause at least I get nice green landscape to look
>>> at.
>>> Now playing baseball, I enjoyed that. For me I really don't enjoy
>>> watching
>>> much any sport of any type. It's all boring... Even when we did the
>>> motorcross thing I only watched our races. I had no interest watching
> any
>>> others. I find sports to be something you do not something that you
>>> watch.
>>> If I'm not involved in it I really don't care about it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert Adams
>>> Rules: Please play nicely with others.
>>>
>>>
> Rules: Please play nicely with others.
>
>
Rules: Please play nicely with others.
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