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DeaconKC said:
82 here already and heading for mid 90s. Rain forecast off and on most of the week.
My Mom was the Master of the "One arm run around" when using a belt. For those of you unfamiliar with the term it refers to her holding onto one arm while I made circles trying to avoid the belt. It only worked until I ran up against a piece of furniture! Dad would just grab me by the scruff of the neck and use the belt. Never abused, but they made sure I knew right from wrong.
On the subject of baseball, lifelong White Sox and Cardinals fan ;hey, I'm a Southsider so a Cub hater, although I do love Wrigley Field]. Also a fan of the Cubbies' Rick Monday for his rescue of the flag when a piece of crap tried burning one during a game. Also, never will forget the day Robin Ventura of mt White Sox got six hits off Nolan Ryan!
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@DeaconKC FWIW, Robin Ventura is from my home town of Santa Maria, Ca and his uncle has been a good friend of mine for 50 years. SM was proud of robin.
 


Baseball is the only sport I really enjoy watching in person. I have some great memories of watching the Giants @ Candlestick & PacBell parks and the A's @ Oakland Coliseum (1970's -1990's). I still prefer the smaller minor league games and I had the pleasure of watching the Oregon State team play several times (2018) while my son was there.

Both were in sketchy areas. Candlestick was next to the Hunters Point hood (OJ's old hood) and Oakland is the hood.
 
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The Major League Baseball logo was designed by Jerry Dior in 1968 and was included on all on-field uniforms of Major League Baseball (MLB) employees beginning in the 1969 season.

A special silhouetted batter logo, still in use by the league today, was created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the league. It has served as inspiration for logos for other sports leagues in the United States—most notably the National Basketball Association, which used the silhouette of Jerry West to create their current logo, unveiled after the 1968–69 season.

The logo was created in a single afternoon. Contrary to popular belief, the silhouette was not modeled on Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew, but was drawn with reference to photographs of several players. The silhouette was chosen specifically because of its ambiguity: the batter could be right- or left-handed and of any ethnic background.

The MLB "Batter" logo was commissioned by the Major League Baseball Centennial Committee, and was introduced by the new Baseball Commissioner, Bowie Kuhn, to be used in preparations for, and celebration of, the 1869–1969 Professional Baseball Centennial Celebration held July 21, 1969, in Washington, DC

All of the above is from Wikipedia
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DeaconKC said:
Also, never will forget the day Robin Ventura of mt White Sox got six hits off Nolan Ryan!
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I was never a big baseball fan, but one of our vendors regularly took me to Ranger home games. The ladies were always worth watching. I happened to be at that game and it was interesting after that. Fans were wild! Ventura really had a very good career but those six hits are always what he will be remembered for.
 
Oh, don't get me wrong I am a fan of Robin Ventura, he always conducted himself with class. Let's face it, baseball was a different sport then, much different rule set back then. Saw a lot of baseball at old Comiskey Park growing up.
And quit putting runners on base in extra innings!
 


The sport that I would like to see make a comeback would be boat racing especially the smaller outboards. It was a very family sport my class d hydro. The picture I’m doing 65
 

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DeaconKC said:
82 here already and heading for mid 90s. Rain forecast off and on most of the week.
My Mom was the Master of the "One arm run around" when using a belt. For those of you unfamiliar with the term it refers to her holding onto one arm while I made circles trying to avoid the belt. It only worked until I ran up against a piece of furniture! Dad would just grab me by the scruff of the neck and use the belt. Never abused, but they made sure I knew right from wrong.
On the subject of baseball, lifelong White Sox and Cardinals fan ;hey, I'm a Southsider so a Cub hater, although I do love Wrigley Field]. Also a fan of the Cubbies' Rick Monday for his rescue of the flag when a piece of crap tried burning one during a game. Also, never will forget the day Robin Ventura of mt White Sox got six hits off Nolan Ryan!
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I grew up on the southside. Near 68th and Hamlin, stayed through 5th grade and then moved southwest to Oak Forest. Class of 70 at Tinley Park HS. Always a White Sox fan but I did root for the Cubs especially Billy Williams who worked for my dad from November to the end of January for years. Dad sold Buicks and Billy helped in that as a sales/ambassador. As did Bobby Hull and Keith Magnusion of the Black Hawks who worked for him in the Summer. No Bulls or Sox players. The Sox players usually worked at a dealship that former White Sox Tony Piet owned. I was good golfing friends with his son.
 
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Billy Williams
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When talking about Billy Williams Leo Durocher said, “You write his name down, in the same spot every day, and you forget it. He will play left, he will bat third.”

WIlliams Played 1,117 consecutive games, setting a National League record at the time. He was not only dependable he was a complete player who could do everything and do most things at an elite level.

1961 NL Rookie of the Year.
Top 10 MVP finishes: Multiple seasons, including runner-up in 1970 and 1972.
Six-time NL All-Star should have been more.
1972 NL Batting Champion, .333 average.
Eleven times he finished in the top ten in total bases in the NL.
Ten times he finished in the top ten in hits in the NL.
Nine times he finished in the top ten in runs scored in the NL.
Nine times he finished in the top ten in homeruns in the NL.
Eight times he finished in the top ten in RBI in the NL.
Eight times he finished in the top ten in slugging percentage in the NL.
Eight times he finished in the top ten in triples in the NL.
Seven times he finished in the top ten in doubles in the NL.
Six times he finished in the top ten in on base percentage in the NL.
Four times he finished in the top ten in batting average in the NL.
Three times he finished in the top ten in stolen bases in the NL.

He was a tough hitter to strike out. He averaged under 59 strikeouts per year and never struck out more than 84 times in any season. While hitting a total of 426 home runs, amazing!

Williams wasn’t flashy on the field, but he was known for his intelligent positioning and reliability defensively.

Very few were more consistent and even fewer were a more complete player.

Billy Willaims was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1987. My only question is "What took so long?"
 
Bruette said:
When talking about Billy Williams Leo Durocher said, “You write his name down, in the same spot every day, and you forget it. He will play left, he will bat third.”

WIlliams Played 1,117 consecutive games, setting a National League record at the time. He was not only dependable he was a complete player who could do everything and do most things at an elite level.

1961 NL Rookie of the Year.
Top 10 MVP finishes: Multiple seasons, including runner-up in 1970 and 1972.
Six-time NL All-Star should have been more.
1972 NL Batting Champion, .333 average.
Eleven times he finished in the top ten in total bases in the NL.
Ten times he finished in the top ten in hits in the NL.
Nine times he finished in the top ten in runs scored in the NL.
Nine times he finished in the top ten in homeruns in the NL.
Eight times he finished in the top ten in RBI in the NL.
Eight times he finished in the top ten in slugging percentage in the NL.
Eight times he finished in the top ten in triples in the NL.
Seven times he finished in the top ten in doubles in the NL.
Six times he finished in the top ten in on base percentage in the NL.
Four times he finished in the top ten in batting average in the NL.
Three times he finished in the top ten in stolen bases in the NL.

He was a tough hitter to strike out. He averaged under 59 strikeouts per year and never struck out more than 84 times in any season. While hitting a total of 426 home runs, amazing!

Williams wasn’t flashy on the field, but he was known for his intelligent positioning and reliability defensively.

Very few were more consistent and even fewer were a more complete player.

Billy Willaims was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1987. My only question is "What took so long?"
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Sounds similar to Willie Mays career


AB - 10924
R - 2068
H - 3293
HOME RUNS - 660
RBI - 1909
SB - 339
Bat Avg - .301
OBP - .384
OPS - .941



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Hello gents

The squirrel is off his rocker today and then they let him out on the 5th Saturday of the month, so you've been warned.

anyway is their something going on at elkhart yard as for like 2 weeks the activity on the mainline passed my house has been limited to almost none.
I'm staying inside because its been in the high 90s and heat into the 100s. Long story shot being a corn fed Indiana man heat doesn't do well with me and almost always get a bad case of swamp A@@.

Hope y'all are doing good
wishing the best anthony
 
boogietrain94 said:
Hello gents

The squirrel is off his rocker today and then they let him out on the 5th Saturday of the month, so you've been warned.

anyway is their something going on at elkhart yard as for like 2 weeks the activity on the mainline passed my house has been limited to almost none.
I'm staying inside because its been in the high 90s and heat into the 100s. Long story shot being a corn fed Indiana man heat doesn't do well with me and almost always get a bad case of swamp A@@.

Hope y'all are doing good
wishing the best anthony
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I'm over in Ft Wayne, and not close enough to any rail lines to see action. But the corn-fed Indiana vs heat rings true.

My Arse is downstairs in the basement until maybe Sept or Oct.
 


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