Post by fjs64 on Mar 29, 2019 11:45:58 GMT -5
With yesterday being the first day of the baseball season, memories of seasons past stir within my mind. As a child of the 1940/50's, and living in New York, and having uncles who were baseball fans, particularly of the NY Giants, I have so many memories. The strongest memory was a late September day in 1951, I was still single digits in age, the little 10" TV was on and my uncles were watching one of the first televised baseball games, Giants vs the Dodgers, game 3 of the 2 out of 3 playoff, Dodgers leading 4-1, bottom of the ninth. Giants score a run, Bobby Thompson to the plate, 2 runners on:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrI7dVj90zs
My uncles were cheering along with all NY Giant fans.
Through the 50's I watched and rooted for the Giants, all home games were telecast on WPIX channel 11, sharing it with the Yankees. All Dodger home games were on Channel 9, WOR. Living in NY and being a kid and a baseball fan was fantastic. Then a sad day for Giant fans and Dodger fans, that 1957 would be the last year that they would be in NY, as they were heading west. I was shocked, let down, most kids cried, it was like your heart was being torn out.
Back then there was not the technology to watch the games that were so far away, no MLB network, no internet. So as a Giant fan there was nothing to turn to, but then came Les Keiter, and the recreation of Giant games......it kept us somewhat attached.
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/sports/baseball/16keiter.html
But the sadness continued, not as bad as when it was announced, but life went on.....I became a Met fan and of course into my life came basketball, and the Bonnies. Life goes on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrI7dVj90zs
My uncles were cheering along with all NY Giant fans.
Through the 50's I watched and rooted for the Giants, all home games were telecast on WPIX channel 11, sharing it with the Yankees. All Dodger home games were on Channel 9, WOR. Living in NY and being a kid and a baseball fan was fantastic. Then a sad day for Giant fans and Dodger fans, that 1957 would be the last year that they would be in NY, as they were heading west. I was shocked, let down, most kids cried, it was like your heart was being torn out.
Back then there was not the technology to watch the games that were so far away, no MLB network, no internet. So as a Giant fan there was nothing to turn to, but then came Les Keiter, and the recreation of Giant games......it kept us somewhat attached.
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/sports/baseball/16keiter.html
But the sadness continued, not as bad as when it was announced, but life went on.....I became a Met fan and of course into my life came basketball, and the Bonnies. Life goes on.