
One won lost won
Feb 11, 2008 Oct 12, 2008 5 3440
Only in the realm of continuing brilliance that is AN would I be referred to with the short tag of "wolo". I think that is an unquestionably outstanding, perfect reversal of "one won lost won" + . First game, LA Coliseum, 1958. I went through the 1958 Baseball Reference for Dodger games, and I cannot figure out which game was my first. I thought Carl Furillo got the GWRBI, but...no match.
Who was the coach's son, carrying the bag with the bats and balls, to all my games and practices?? This is when I was 8-9 years old. A chubby little 5-year old, George Horton, who was NCAA championship manager/coach at Cal State Fullerton, now resurrecting the Oregon program! Small world!
I've been an A's fan since 1977, when I permanently moved to the Bay Area from Santa Barbara. The ol' Detroit Lions linebacker, Wayne Walker on the television broadcasts. His favorite intro line to the action: "He made a bid..." He must've said it twenty times a game! But I liked the underdog A's. The pinnacle? The 88-89-90 teams were so great (and the Yankee teams, sorry Bob Geren, so weak) it was truly time to bask in Oakland baseball glory.
Rootin' for the uniform!
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