by TemerityB » February 8th 2019, 11:59am
Thunder1 wrote:TemerityB wrote:Tough as nails, great hitter, wonderful man when I had the privilege of meeting him. When I was a kid, to be the scariest hitters to watch in the batter's box were Dick Allen, Frank Robinson, Frank Howard, Willie McCovey, and Hank Aaron. Robinson could do it all, and while most people today remember him as a manager, I still picture him in an Orioles uniform. God almighty ... these are the players from when I was a kid, and they're leaving us now. Somber.
Here's a really great piece from baseball author Tom Boswell.
https://www.nydailynews.com/national-sp ... story.html
So true..one of the all-time greats..yeah, I saw a lot of the Orioles as a kid, as this was pre-cable and they were always contending..the other guy like that for me was Brooks Robinson..
You got that right - it always seemed like the Orioles were either in it, or winning it. What a bunch of great players came and went - the Robinsons (Brooks' post-season in '70 is still the stuff of legend, as was that 108 win regular season), big Boog Powell, smooth Mark Belanger, Blair and Buford in the outfield; even though the Mets beat 'em in 1969, I think anyone with a brain would look on paper and think the Orioles were the better team. And that pitching ... damn. Palmer, McNally, Cuellar ... one of the best starting staffs I ever saw. This is what a baseball nut I am - I forget my own birthday some years, but I can write something like this in two minutes. I love baseball, can't quit it.
Avoid YouTube (hi, Thailand "vacationers"). One "expert" was talking about a quartz Tissot model "which, no doubt, has an inexpensive Ronda quartz movement inside." I rest my case.