Comments on: 1969: Padres Down Phillies at Shibe Park http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html Blogging the San Diego Padres baseball club. Established 1997. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:42:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: LynchMob http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50369 LynchMob Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:40:24 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50369 11 ... for a second there, I thought you were talking about "Terence Mann" ... but I just looked up the difference in wikipedia :-)<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-50369">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> 11 … for a second there, I thought you were talking about “Terence Mann” … but I just looked up the difference in wikipedia :-)

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]]> By: LynchMob http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50367 LynchMob Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:23:19 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50367 12 ... whew, it's not just me then :-)<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-50367">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> 12 … whew, it’s not just me then :-)

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]]> By: LynchMob http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50366 LynchMob Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:22:46 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50366 It's a small world, ain't it ... the other place I went to many games while growing up was St. Louis ... had an uncle that worked in purchasing for a railroad ... and, man, could that guy get tickets! 4 rows back of the Cardinal dugout ... during the hey-day of Gibson and Brock and ... well, you know ... was at Busch Stadium the day Nate Colbert hit his 5 HRs in Atlanta ... with Nate being from St. Louis (I think he was at the DH where Musial hit 5 HRs), it got a lot of coverage, on the scoreboard during the game, on the TV news that night, and in the newspapers in the days to follow ...<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-50366">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> It’s a small world, ain’t it … the other place I went to many games while growing up was St. Louis … had an uncle that worked in purchasing for a railroad … and, man, could that guy get tickets! 4 rows back of the Cardinal dugout … during the hey-day of Gibson and Brock and … well, you know … was at Busch Stadium the day Nate Colbert hit his 5 HRs in Atlanta … with Nate being from St. Louis (I think he was at the DH where Musial hit 5 HRs), it got a lot of coverage, on the scoreboard during the game, on the TV news that night, and in the newspapers in the days to follow …

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]]> By: Jim Parish http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50365 Jim Parish Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:20:21 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50365 11: I am losing it. It was Andrew Jackson Elementary; Mann was my junior high. (And I think it must have been fifth grade.)<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-50365">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> 11: I am losing it. It was Andrew Jackson Elementary; Mann was my junior high. (And I think it must have been fifth grade.)

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]]> By: Jim Parish http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50364 Jim Parish Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:13:44 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50364 10: I went to Horace Mann Elementary. I think it was at 54th & El Cajon. (I live in the St. Louis area these days; I don't even know if Mann still exists.)<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-50364">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> 10: I went to Horace Mann Elementary. I think it was at 54th & El Cajon. (I live in the St. Louis area these days; I don’t even know if Mann still exists.)

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]]> By: LynchMob http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50363 LynchMob Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:59:47 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50363 9 ... if you don't mind ... what school were you at? That'd been cool to have "the sports desk"! I was in 4th grade at Sunset View Elementary out in Pt Loma in April-June, 1969 ... my Dad had the good sense to take me to Opening Day ... I wish I remember'd going ... but that's just too long ago, I s'pose ... yup, too much "history", as you say ...<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-50363">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> 9 … if you don’t mind … what school were you at? That’d been cool to have “the sports desk”! I was in 4th grade at Sunset View Elementary out in Pt Loma in April-June, 1969 … my Dad had the good sense to take me to Opening Day … I wish I remember’d going … but that’s just too long ago, I s’pose … yup, too much “history”, as you say …

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]]> By: Jim Parish http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50361 Jim Parish Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:50:12 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50361 6: Before that time I wasn't interested in baseball much, but my sixth-grade teacher wanted to get us all to pay attention to the news. He assigned each of us our own beats, and we had to report on what was going on every day. I got the sports desk. The rest is history.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-50361">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> 6: Before that time I wasn’t interested in baseball much, but my sixth-grade teacher wanted to get us all to pay attention to the news. He assigned each of us our own beats, and we had to report on what was going on every day. I got the sports desk. The rest is history.

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]]> By: Geoff Young http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50360 Geoff Young Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:46:48 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50360 #5: That's awesome, Jim! Thanks so much for contributing -- please feel free to drop in with any memories you might have from those days. BTW, McCool plays a key role in tomorrow's game...<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-50360">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> #5: That’s awesome, Jim! Thanks so much for contributing — please feel free to drop in with any memories you might have from those days.

BTW, McCool plays a key role in tomorrow’s game…

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]]> By: LynchMob http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50359 LynchMob Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:42:52 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50359 Didi posted this yesterday ... http://www.sportsline.com/print/mlb/story/10203587/1 ... yet another good article about the impact Greg Maddux is having on the 2007 Padres ... the one comment I wonder about, however, is when CY says that he's getting advice from him about "holding runners" ... huh? :-)<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-50359">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Didi posted this yesterday …

http://www.sportsline.com/prin.....10203587/1

… yet another good article about the impact Greg Maddux is having on the 2007 Padres … the one comment I wonder about, however, is when CY says that he’s getting advice from him about “holding runners” … huh? :-)

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]]> By: LynchMob http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50358 LynchMob Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:39:57 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/1969-padres-down-phillies-at-shibe-park.html#comment-50358 5 ... there we go ... that's what I'm talkin' about ... thanks! And ... I just gotta know ... what were you doing in April '69?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-50358">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> 5 … there we go … that’s what I’m talkin’ about … thanks!

And … I just gotta know … what were you doing in April ‘69?

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