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Post by dumdave on Nov 3, 2013 8:56:40 GMT -6
That is very cool Dave. I had to google it. Left and Center field walls are still left standing. A park like setting complete with a Little League diamond. That is the very Left Field wall that Bill Mazeroski hit his walk off home run in game 7 to kill the much hated and heavily favored Yankees in 1960. Of course that is correct. Maz hit it off Ralph Terry, who was a starter on that team. It went over Lawrence Peter Berra's head. He wasn't behind the plate. Casey liked to play him in left field & allow Elston Howard to catch for defensive purposes. The Yankees had no reason to let Maz bat. He was an all-star that year and ALWAYS had a great bat. They should have walked him. Next time I am in Pittsburgh, I am going out there to see it. -DD
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Post by dog on Nov 3, 2013 13:55:38 GMT -6
Formula 1 Elf-Tyrell. 4 smaller wheels in the front. I believe it was driven by Jody Schaecter back in the '80's I think there also was a F1 car that had 4 wheels in the rear around the same time. After posting this, I went and looked and it was actually in the '70's.
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Post by dumdave on Nov 4, 2013 9:47:54 GMT -6
Which city is further north than the other? L.A. or Vegas?
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Post by dumdave on Nov 5, 2013 8:35:28 GMT -6
Boy, I feel dumb: I would have guessed LA was further North. I had to look, It's Vegas by a fair bit. THAT IS CORRECT. I noticed it on a map I was looking at.
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Post by dumdave on Nov 5, 2013 8:39:56 GMT -6
Manhattan has it's Central Park. So does Streator thanks to Faucet Plumb. As in NYC, there is a large building nearby. Where is it?
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Post by rukidding (towns local troll) on Nov 5, 2013 10:27:54 GMT -6
The Elks?
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Post by dumdave on Nov 6, 2013 9:21:12 GMT -6
No, that was made by his uncle, Col. Plumb. Col. Plumb insisted that Streator have a 4 square block Park. He did this because he grew up in Ohio & those towns had large parks near downtown. Faucett Plumb was into real estate (among other things). He developed the land around where SHERMAN SCHOOL would be built. He put aside a park and named it Central Park on the plat maps. I read about it from a book that I got from the Historical Society called "The Story of Streator". Someone put it online a few years ago.
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Post by dumdave on Nov 6, 2013 9:23:16 GMT -6
This is one I was never taught in school: (or the Discovery Channel) Crepuscular: What is it and some good examples? Off the top of my balding head....I would say it could be an infection.
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Post by dumdave on Nov 7, 2013 8:43:19 GMT -6
I was the oldest rookie in MLB. I have a WS title.
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Post by dumdave on Nov 7, 2013 10:57:19 GMT -6
Satchel Paige is correct.
At age 42+ he was a rookie for the Cleveland Indians. They won the WS that year. (1948) He went on to play for several MLB teams. Finally, he pitched in MLB for Charlie Finley's Kansas City Athletics in 1966. Then he went back to barnstorming and playng in the minor leagues.
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Post by dumdave on Nov 8, 2013 8:00:55 GMT -6
I have a museum in Van Meter Iowa Pop. 1,094. Who am I? I was called Rapid Robert.
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Post by willy on Nov 8, 2013 9:30:34 GMT -6
Bob Feller
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Post by Blue Star on Nov 8, 2013 9:59:48 GMT -6
There's a resturant in south Chicago that honors all of the black MLB players & helps/donates to the older retired ones, as they didn't have Ins. or benefits. It was listed in a Chi. Trib. group I belong to. Sis & I went there for lunch, enroute to the Taste of Chicago. Not the best area, so go in the daytime!
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Post by dumdave on Nov 8, 2013 10:09:38 GMT -6
CORRECT!
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Post by willy on Nov 8, 2013 10:12:13 GMT -6
Joe McGinnty, real oldie
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