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To: Rummyfan

I remember watching the 1979 World Series between Pittsburgh (Papa Willie Stargell) and Baltimore and that was a good one to watch, IIRC.

One real shame with that decade in baseball was when places like Forbes Field, Crosley Field, and Connie Mack Stadium were retired. I recall reading someone’s comment on a Facebook page devoted to lost ballparks and they said that when the Phillies moved to Veterans in about 1971 (over from Connie Mack), they immediately missed watching a ballgame the way you could at the old ballpark. Veterans was that way bit back from the field and had bad sightlines compared to Connie Mack/Shibe according to this person.


35 posted on 10/17/2020 10:04:20 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: OttawaFreeper
I remember watching the 1979 World Series between Pittsburgh (Papa Willie Stargell) and Baltimore and that was a good one to watch, IIRC.

The Orioles ran out to a 3 - 1 games lead then their bats went totally silent. I think they only scored two runs in the next three games. Kent Tekulve... aka Ichabod Crane... I blame it mostly on Earl Weaver not handling the starting pitching properly. He had Jim Palmer and a Cy Young winning Mike Flanagan yet who started Game 7? Scott MacGregor!?

I attended one game at Connie Mack stadium. I remember feeling the upper deck steps were so steep I felt like I could just fly away.

36 posted on 10/17/2020 1:52:52 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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