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52 Years Ago Today |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Wed May 27 09:07:10 2020 The 7- Flushing IRT gained a forever fan and devotee!!! |
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Re: 52 Years Ago Today |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed May 27 20:04:34 2020, in response to 52 Years Ago Today, posted by MainR3664 on Wed May 27 09:07:10 2020. Happy birthday! |
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Posted by Express Rider on Thu May 28 01:12:16 2020, in response to 52 Years Ago Today, posted by MainR3664 on Wed May 27 09:07:10 2020. And wishing you a Happy Birthday and best wishes as well!! |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu May 28 02:11:14 2020, in response to 52 Years Ago Today, posted by MainR3664 on Wed May 27 09:07:10 2020. Happy birthday. It's no Sea Beach line, but it's OK! |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Thu May 28 12:08:12 2020, in response to Re: 52 Years Ago Today, posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu May 28 02:11:14 2020. LOL- thanks much!!!! |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Thu May 28 12:08:24 2020, in response to Re: 52 Years Ago Today, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed May 27 20:04:34 2020. Thanks :) |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Thu May 28 12:08:38 2020, in response to Re: 52 Years Ago Today, posted by Express Rider on Thu May 28 01:12:16 2020. Thanks :) |
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Posted by Michael549 on Thu May 28 12:20:33 2020, in response to 52 Years Ago Today, posted by MainR3664 on Wed May 27 09:07:10 2020. Were you born on the train?Wondering. Mike |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Thu May 28 14:38:58 2020, in response to Re: 52 Years Ago Today, posted by Michael549 on Thu May 28 12:20:33 2020. LOL- no.... |
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Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today) |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Thu May 28 15:09:08 2020, in response to 52 Years Ago Today, posted by MainR3664 on Wed May 27 09:07:10 2020. Happy Birthday!On the day you were born, May 27, 1968, the Flushing IRT carried Mets fans to and from Shea Stadium to watch Gil's kids beat the Yankees 4-3 in the Mayor's Trophy Game. Mickey Mantle was in his last season and played first base all year. Price of a Field level box seat at Shea: $3.50 Price of a Special Mayor's Trophy Game Program: 25 cents Also, future MLB Hall of Famers Jeff Bagwell and Frank Thomas were born on this date. |
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Re: Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today) |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Thu May 28 17:54:27 2020, in response to Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today), posted by Mitch45 on Thu May 28 15:09:08 2020. Where did you find the information about the Mayor’s Trophy game?Not only were they born on the same date but the same year of 1968. |
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Re: Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu May 28 20:33:58 2020, in response to Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today), posted by Mitch45 on Thu May 28 15:09:08 2020. Reserve seats were $2.50. I started to follow the Mets in '68. Little did anyone know that one year later they would shock the baseball world. I remember it well. |
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Re: Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today) |
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Posted by Express Rider on Thu May 28 20:42:04 2020, in response to Re: Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today), posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu May 28 20:33:58 2020. Fall 1969 - Mets made everyone smile....I was at a Fillmore East late show in Oct. 1969 (Kinks & Spirit) - Randy California remarked on how well things were going for the Mets. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Thu May 28 22:15:22 2020, in response to Re: Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today), posted by Express Rider on Thu May 28 20:42:04 2020. That’s truly a cool story.Thanks. |
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Posted by Express Rider on Fri May 29 08:09:22 2020, in response to Re: Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today), posted by Catfish 44 on Thu May 28 22:15:22 2020. You're welcome!Not transit related: That night the Kinks were a bit ragged. Ray Davies was unfortunately a bit "tight", and at one point stumbled and fell over but got up. Either he or Dave forgot some of the lyrics to Death of a Clown. They premiered some, or most of their album "Arthur" that night. Spirit encored with "Mechanical World" well past 2 am. Transit related: Ray and Dave Davies grew up at 6 Denmark Terrace, north London. Closest station to their home is East Finchley. Dave Davies said growing up, he wanted to be a train driver on the Underground. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri May 29 14:28:55 2020, in response to Re: Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today), posted by Express Rider on Fri May 29 08:09:22 2020. Very cool |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri May 29 20:24:11 2020, in response to Re: Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today), posted by Express Rider on Thu May 28 20:42:04 2020. It was right during the weekend of Woodstock that the Mets caught fire and rode that momentum to a World Series championship. The entire city went bananas. |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri May 29 22:33:21 2020, in response to Re: Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today), posted by Express Rider on Thu May 28 20:42:04 2020. "Fall 1969 - Mets made everyone smile..."Except the bookies. Every Joe six-pack out there who put a few bucks on the Mets cashed in big time. The neighborhood bookie took some beating. |
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Posted by Express Rider on Sat May 30 03:17:01 2020, in response to Re: Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today), posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri May 29 22:33:21 2020. You're right about that!& in the unrecorded dubious landmarks dept. - various candy stores in towns and cities where one could place bets with bookies. There was a certain candy store* somewhere in Middletown, NY that my cousin always used, and he pointed out to me once. Years ago now, I don't remember. When I lived in Boston, a candy store that was known for decades as a bookies connection was pointed out to me "somewhere along the Beacon St. trolley line" *Three cool cats in a beat up car, dividing up a nickle candy bar.... |
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Re: Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat May 30 08:22:07 2020, in response to Re: Big Baseball Events (Re: 52 Years Ago Today), posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri May 29 22:33:21 2020. The Mets overcame 100:1 odds of winning it all. Nobody expected them to accomplish what they did. Unfortunately, Met fans expected them to repeat in 1970, but it didn't happen. |
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