Comments on: Lasting Yankee Stadium Memory #53

By: Evil Empire

Evil Empire — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:00:18 +0000

Rest in Peace, Todd….I’ll keep score and think of you at the Rickwood Classic this Summer and I’ll eat some ribs for you.

Godspeed.

By: Evil Empire

Evil Empire — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:19:39 +0000

[18] Excellent, let me know and we’ll get some ribs from Dreamland!

By: Todd Drew

Todd Drew — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:47:51 +0000

Evil Empire,
That’s a very nice Web site. I’m going to plan on making it down for the Rickwood Classic one of these years.

By: Evil Empire

Evil Empire — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:59:34 +0000

Todd they have a slick website at http://www.rickwood.com

You might want to check out the rickwood classic some summer. AND talk about a neighborhood to get some stories from!

By: Todd Drew

Todd Drew — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:49:02 +0000

Evil Empire,
That will be an honor. I haven’t seen Rickwood Field, but it’s on my list.

By: Evil Empire

Evil Empire — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:26:30 +0000

[13] okay I was just curious about that because I have long heard the statement that no one had and this was underscored by the Yankees tour.

Its funny, I really didn’t want Josh Hamilton to hit one out BEFORE the homerun derby but once the moment came I really was sad that he didn’t.

By the way, are their African-American newspaper clippings (or microfiche) at the library where the truth of Gibson’s feat might be recorded? You have to think that if he did hit one out that the answer is there.

Todd – if you ever make it to Birmingham, Alabama, you’ll be my guest for some BBQ and an outing to Rickwood Field, which has more history than any other southern ballpark.

By: Todd Drew

Todd Drew — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:14:47 +0000

Raf,
I’m glad you enjoyed the memories. That’s a great story about how your grandfather learned English.

By: Todd Drew

Todd Drew — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:07:45 +0000

Evil Empire,
I’m not submitting any evidence here. This is just about memories. Gibson’s homer may have gone out of the Stadium or maybe it didn’t. I don’t think we’ll ever know for sure, but I like to think it was hit clear to East 161st Street.

By: Raf

Raf — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:55:44 +0000

Great piece of writing, I really enjoyed the interaction with the young boy and his grandfather. My aternal grandfather moved to Hilton Head, SC from the Bx when I was young, and my maternal grandfather stayed in Honduras, so I never really got to know either. Both are gone now.

What I do remember about my paternal grandfather was that he sounded like the Duke (wrt pacing and cadence) when he talked, a byproduct of learning his english by watching movies.

By: Evil Empire

Evil Empire — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:53:26 +0000

Todd,

Did Josh Gibson really hit one out of the stadium? I thought he, like mantle, only came close. If so, is there any evidence like contemporaneous newspaper articles or is it individual rememberances? Thanks.