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Gee, memory lane and names and things I have not thought about for years. Like my first transistor radio. It cost $14 and that was a huge amount of money to me and we would listen to the games coming over all scratchy. I remember watching that series on my folks black and white TV and feeling so dejected.

I was also a Dodger fan until they pulled up stakes when I was 10. I still have my little league Clem Labine glove. Duke Schnieder, PeeWee Reese were great. All those guys played the game because they loved it and you could tell. I still remember hearing the news that Roy Campenella had his career ending auto accident.

As far as the old stadium and my dad, he always had great seats in the place (behind or just to the right of the dugout). He would take us to the Player's club (that was so he could get something to drink besides beer). The only served Ballantine Beer and Ale.. Make the 3 ring sign for Ballentine..He told me it was piss water LOL. I was just happy to get some peanuts or a hot dog. A hot dog cost or a soda was 20 cents and a beer I think was 30 or 40 cents. Unfortunately my dad's drinking started to affect our family life and the last game I remember going to was around 59.

However, in the 80's I was working for a company and my pool secretary was a one time secretary to Steinbrenner. She still had connections and could get great seats on a nothing notice. Because of my schedule at the time, I could only get to Sunday games that were played at home. But, I was able to go to another 30 games or so over several years including one play off game (that they lost).

I have a friend that is a Red Sox fan. He is so bad that he thinks if you are not a fan, then you are a hater. Not me. It is a matter of pride but if they should lose, it is very low on my list of priorities to lose sleep over.

Thanks for the walk down memory lane.