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@Brucefulton11 @miles_commodore It seemed like every boy in my junior high carried a copy of I Am Third in the early seventies.

@miles_commodore I had the an ACL transplant in 1980 my freshman year in H.S. I read "I am Third" Gayle Sayers book, what a great book to motivate young athletes. We need more Gayle Sayers or revisit what kind of man he was. He was a should have been like Bo Jackson.

The 6th best 1970's movie according to me is Brian’s Song. There is no movie I have ever seen that makes me more emotional than this film. It’s fantastic. Brian’s Song runs in at 6.

Which album lived on your turntable?

@uniformcritic Taken at Comiskey Park!

Sal Maglie…Seattle Pilots pitching cosch. Admit it, you want this jacket.

@VinnysCorner1 Comiskey Park 1969

What was the first stadium you saw a game in?? I’ll start… Yankees Stadium

@IlliniDodgers @baseballinpix "Zitz him up!"

@baseballinpix Smoke ‘em inside!

The Seattle Pilots, 1969. They were an expansion team that played only one season before relocating to become the Milwaukee Brewers in 1970. The franchise was founded due to a rapid expansion spurred by the loss of the Kansas City Athletics.

@BBGreatMoments Riverview Stadium in Clinton IA, 1973.

What was the first minor league ballpark you ever visited?

@nut_history Bears beat Cowboys 44-0 at Texas Stadium in 1985. Ran into Gene Barth at the airport and he said Dallas didn't want to come out for the 2nd half.

What is your “I was there” sports moment? Please quote

@therealburns3 82 Grad. Tuesdays .60 quarts of Busch in the Cellar, downtown Normal! Go Birds!

Cubs game didn’t happen You just cannot beat Bloomington-Normal Best town ever

@wjwaldron @PulpLibrarian That tasting room was great. We went there a couple times in the early 80s.

@PulpLibrarian Sad ending for the "beer that made Milwaukee famous." Worked there as a tour guide back in college.

I regret to inform you that Schlitz beer is ending. Pabst Brewing Company have today announced they will end the brand with a final batch, brewed on Saturday, May 23. The last afterwork Schlitzpause will then follow...

@2025DaBears I still remember Brickhouse hosting the 10th inning and reading an ad for some sort of contraption to dispense beer at home with the phrase, "No pumps or paraphernalia".

My earliest memories of Cubs broadcasters are Jack Brickhouse and Jim West

Final Jeopardy 🤔

@CheapSeats411 I had a choice between playing golf or going to this game. Unfortunately, I chose golf.

NBC Game of the Week. Vin Scully on the call. The Tigers started 35-5 that year. I still think they're the best team I've ever seen.

@TheHuskerDepot I saw them play the Bulls at Chicago Stadium in Nov 1972. All I remember was the PA announcer saying "Archibald!" everytime he scored.

Is anyone out there still alive who remembers watching or going to a KC/Omaha Kings NBA game?

@TheSports_Shift Dickie Noles Larry Gura

@Matt_Pinner Me two.

l hate it when people don't know the difference between “your” and “you're”. Their so stupid.

@Roger774501171 Late sixties at old Comiskey. Pete Ward homered and I remember my dad carrying me down the stairs so I could see the scoreboard foreworks.

If you attended games as a youngster , what’s the first homeruns hit you remember seeing in person, and who hit them. For me there is two Shea Stadium - Dave Kong Kingdom Kauffman stadium- Darryl Motley

@vanishedchicago @Chicago_History @PeteKastanes Louisiana Crunch Cake was my favorite.

Who else has fond memories of Burny Brothers Bakery like I do? I found this charming Valentine’s Day ad from Jewel Food Stores from fifty years ago in Chicago. I’d love to hear your memories too—please share! Thank you!

@1brianwomack @hockey_vintage California Seals, later the Golden Seals. Same color scheme as the Oakland As. Charlie Finley owned both teams.

@hockey_vintage What was the San Francisco team called?

60 years ago today ON THIS DAY in hockey history (February 9, 1966): The NHL announces 6 expansion franchises aka the "Second Six" set to join the league for the 1967/68 season: Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and St. Louis

@DrinkSolaPop I work at a big box store and I'll ask the kids with their dads if they like shopping with their dad. Sometimes makes me tear up. I would love one more Saturday running errands with my dad. Going to the hardware store and the lumber yard. Somehow never out for lunch though!

My Dad took me EVERYwhere with him when I was a child. To the post office, live poultry market, the gas station, I mean every errand, everywhere. I didn't even care to go on vacation. I just wanted my Dad to take me around the city with him 😭

@PatriotRedneck0 @thereal_SnS I first heard this in a bar in Normal, IL in 1982 where they had .60 quarts of Busch on tap. The song still makes me smile.

David Allen Coe one of the most underrated country artists in history. I said what I said.