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ALL my childhood heroes are leaving us
BTw I once ran into him on an elevator at UC Medical school in SF> He was treated there>
He wasn't as imposing In person as he seemed at the plate!
RIP Stretch
brm
p.s. Willie mays is still with us, right? And, Yaz?
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Next year is the 50th anniversary of The Miracle Mets!
I was at Game five of the world Series that year when they won it all. Played in the daytime, under a glorious fall sky!
Brm
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Sorry to hear of McCovey's passing. He was the first legitimate star of the San Francisco Giants, since Mays for the most part never completely shook the image of being part of the New York Giants in San Francisco.
McCovey's only World Series appearance came in 1962 and ended with his line drive to Bobby Richardson in Game 7, the only time a World Series final outcome was truly in doubt up to the very last pitch. Charles Schulz did multiple Peanuts strips in the weeks following that just ended with Charlie Brown suddenly wailing, "Why couldn't McCovey have hit it three feet higher?" and the next one "Two feet higher?"
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I hope they dont ruin the doc. By making it fit the widescreen ratio - like that horrible ESPN/HBO/PBS sports docs. I will not watch it if they do.
I was part of history and I saved all my memoriabila!
Btw I only could afford one ticket for the NLCS and the WS . Both times i picked the clincher. Was also there the night they clinched the division title.
Oh what a night!
Brm
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Looks like more about Seaver than the Mets.
It will probably feature historical footage that is cropped, stretched and converted from video to film (like Ken Burns did)
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When Seaver was a rookie he sublet a basement apartment in my neighborhood.
One day me and my friends knocked on the door hoping to get autographed baseballs. His wife answered. Never did get the autograph.
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I read the article in the magazine!
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I was also at the 'Don Young' game when NY scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Cubs. The Cubs lost their cool that day and began their slide.
The only game I ever sat in box seats - right behind the Cubs dugout!
Brm
Ps you can read a detailed account in THE YEAR THE METS LOST LAST PLACE
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Munsters is a different Marshall.
The ' black cat' game was at nite.
Wasn't there.
But i was at..........
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"I'm published! My dad composed the Munsters theme! I'm published! I was at the Cubs' 'black cat' game! I'm published! I was at the Mets '69 clincher! I'm published!"
Jeez, enough already, Marshall! Decent people won't stand for it!
This is the first time i ever posted here.
Cut me some slack!
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Munsters is a different Marshall.
The ' black cat' game was at nite.
Wasn't there.
But i was at..........
...the 73 NLCS game when Pete Rose had a fight with Bud Harrelson causing a near riot in the stands.
And , of course, I was at the Game five clincher when Willue Mays pinch hit a single and they won the pennant!
Almost as big a miracle as '69
Brm
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Then I moved to SF ......
Where I followed the Niners.
You know the rest!
Brm
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Just curious:
did any East Coasters stay up till 3 a.m. to watch the world Series?
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