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wryter2000

(47,455 posts)
38. Born in 48
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 04:26 PM
Feb 2019

Right after Truman held up that newspaper.

I don't remember seeing DiMaggio. I saw the Yankees in the late 50's.

Mickey Mantle, my childhood hero Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #1
Me too! n/t Still Sensible Feb 2019 #4
I saw him play wryter2000 Feb 2019 #26
Me too. He had such a natural charisma. empedocles Feb 2019 #30
Mickey was a hero to most every kid in Oklahoma Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #34
I never heard that story wryter2000 Feb 2019 #39
You must be as old as I am.. pangaia Feb 2019 #35
Born in 48 wryter2000 Feb 2019 #38
43 gotcha.. pangaia Feb 2019 #40
Nice to meet someone older than me. wryter2000 Feb 2019 #48
Yeah, rub it in, why dontcha... pangaia Feb 2019 #49
I've got some old flint tools GeoWilliam750 Feb 2019 #61
Definitely Mickey! blur256 Feb 2019 #43
Yes, Tom Greenwade Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #45
Unfortunately for me blur256 Feb 2019 #47
I only saw Mickey play once Jarqui Feb 2019 #55
You got to see two of the all-time greats Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #56
There were a number of great players there. Jarqui Feb 2019 #59
It's great that your memories are still so vivid after all these years Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #60
I remember some of their faces or their physical appearance Jarqui Feb 2019 #64
I can remember the smell of the bathrooms at the Stadium ! pangaia Feb 2019 #63
An old NHL locker room ... Jarqui Feb 2019 #65
Roberto Clemente, my childhood hero in Pittsburgh! Guilded Lilly Feb 2019 #2
My 1st baseball memory is going to Forbes' Field The Polack MSgt Feb 2019 #12
My grandfather knew Bob Prince and though I was very young... Guilded Lilly Feb 2019 #13
I remember my first trip to Cleveland Municipal Stadium Ohiogal Feb 2019 #28
It is an absolutely AWESOME memory!! One of a kind. Guilded Lilly Feb 2019 #50
Me too The Blue Flower Feb 2019 #37
Babe Ruth... ADX Feb 2019 #3
Same Auggie Feb 2019 #21
The Bambino was in a class by himself. In context, before Ruth, Home Run Baker had 12 HRs. empedocles Feb 2019 #29
Hands down, Jackie Robinson Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #5
Ted Williams,what a treat to Wellstone ruled Feb 2019 #6
Arguably, the greatest hitter ever, despite Fenway's 380 ft right field. empedocles Feb 2019 #31
Got the chance to see him player against the White Sox Wellstone ruled Feb 2019 #41
Me too. I got to go to Yankee Stadium 1x/year. I always picked fri nite red sox. empedocles Feb 2019 #44
Best part,no one can take those moments in life away. Wellstone ruled Feb 2019 #46
Lou Gehrig CanonRay Feb 2019 #7
Roberto Clemente appleannie1943 Feb 2019 #8
That's easy. Satchel Paige El Supremo Feb 2019 #9
dizzy dean, ted williams, willie mays, joe dimaggio rampartc Feb 2019 #10
I would love to watch Walter Johnson pitch and Ty Cobb hit Va Lefty Feb 2019 #11
The meanest man in baseball oswaldactedalone Feb 2019 #14
Napoleon Lajoie blm Feb 2019 #15
Stan "the Man" Musial. nt Atticus Feb 2019 #16
+1 SaintLouisBlues Feb 2019 #22
Mr. Baseball kacekwl Feb 2019 #17
Warren Spahn rlegro Feb 2019 #18
I'd like to see Satchel Paige pitch. JDC Feb 2019 #19
Hank Aaron. akraven Feb 2019 #20
Two players, actually, and I'd set my way-back machine for July 2, 1963 Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #23
Wow! What a game. Thanks. kairos12 Feb 2019 #24
Back when men were men; to Hell with relief pitchers Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #25
That's a great stat. Trivia for you. kairos12 Feb 2019 #42
I would love to see (in their prime) Ohiogal Feb 2019 #27
it would be between Henry Aaron, Willie Mays and Jackie Robinson rurallib Feb 2019 #32
Joe Shlabotnik TlalocW Feb 2019 #33
THE MICK... who I saw many times in the REAL Yankee Stadium... pangaia Feb 2019 #36
mays, koufax Kurt V. Feb 2019 #51
Jackie Robinson, in his first game... hands down. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #52
The only answer randr Feb 2019 #54
Yup!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #58
Dizzy Dean cureautismnow Feb 2019 #53
Bob Uecker LakeArenal Feb 2019 #57
I totally get Walter Johnson GeoWilliam750 Feb 2019 #62
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