tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257460674438308350.post6424756103317846259..comments2024-03-27T18:22:04.715-05:00Comments on Love, Life and APBA Baseball: Dinner InterruptedKenneth Heardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072933923543276082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257460674438308350.post-84714759141623464882014-10-15T00:50:49.521-05:002014-10-15T00:50:49.521-05:00I still think the StL Cards have done this to Clay...I still think the StL Cards have done this to Clayton Kershaw the last two postseasons. ArrrrGGGGHH!!! The Life of a Dodger fan. Hey at least we won a postseason game and got there.<br />I replayed this 1951 matchup in Strat-O-Matic, and Dodgers won 4 of 6 in two three game series at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field. With 3 walkoffs in 6 games, one for NY Giants, two for the Dodgers. <br />Crazy!<br /><br />*(I know it may be a bad word, but I had to have the lefty/righty matchups and the outfielder arm ratings)Scott Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257460674438308350.post-86785972196497140702013-08-19T15:51:10.757-05:002013-08-19T15:51:10.757-05:00Around 1977 or 78, I went to the Don Kessinger bas...Around 1977 or 78, I went to the Don Kessinger baseball camp somewhere in the Missouri bootheel for a week. During that week, an old time ball player came and spoke to us. His name was Preacher Roe. I later found out he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers during their glory years in the 50s. My knowledge of baseball history wasn't much then, but would grow a lot soon when I got the APBA baseball game in 1978. I wish I knew then what I know now. I would've LOVED to chat with Mr Roe about those days in Brooklyn, playing with PeeWee, Jackie, Duke and Roy, and Skoonj in right field- Carl Furillo, with the cannon arm. I enjoyed your story immensely Kenneth!Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257460674438308350.post-55774363412820573862013-05-31T01:47:43.321-05:002013-05-31T01:47:43.321-05:00Loved it & I agree, how can you resist not ask...Loved it & I agree, how can you resist not asking him about 1951, right? I think I may have mentioned it before.. but I actually lived in West Plains,Mo. for a brief period when I was just turning four years old. My father was laid off from Terry Machine (who made parts for GM) in 1979, I believe. He moved down to Missouri to live close to his brother, who lived just outside of West Plains in the country. I remember everything being green outside, and I also remember a scary moment when the sky turned all green as well. My dad later on would tell me how their paper would take almost two days to get a late night final baseball scores. I also remember a big park where we rode our hot wheels bikes around, they made the sidewalks look like roads for kids to enjoy with lights & fake stop signs... pretty cool stuff when your a kid. My father's team in APBA was named the St. Louis Cardinals, and he would go to three straight World Series from 86'-88', winning it all in 1987 in which he had a who's who of 1987 team in Trammell, George Bell, Ozzie Virgil, among others. It's funny, I was really young.. but I remember things of living there for only 6 to 8 months or so... then came back up to Michigan. Shane Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09594769293801380160noreply@blogger.com