Comments on: Remember That? http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/13/remember-that/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: briang http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/13/remember-that/#comment-271372 briang Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:58:50 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79854#comment-271372 niekro's head is perfectly huge! niekro’s head is perfectly huge!

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/13/remember-that/#comment-271359 Alex Belth Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:18:42 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79854#comment-271359 13-14. 8) Sure, sounds like fun. Thanks! 13-14.

8) Sure, sounds like fun. Thanks!

]]> By: briang http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/13/remember-that/#comment-271357 briang Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:14:07 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79854#comment-271357 that phil niekro drawing is great....how old were you?.....ten?...twelve? that phil niekro drawing is great….how old were you?…..ten?…twelve?

]]> By: Evil Empire http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/13/remember-that/#comment-271356 Evil Empire Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:10:31 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79854#comment-271356 This is my favorite post in a very long time --- may I suggest that you post on anniversaries this summer (ie May 10 on May 10)? This is my favorite post in a very long time — may I suggest that you post on anniversaries this summer (ie May 10 on May 10)?

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/13/remember-that/#comment-271355 Alex Belth Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:56:24 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79854#comment-271355 5) Yeah, those are two very memorable games. 6) Thanks for sharing that. Ah, the old days! 5) Yeah, those are two very memorable games.

6) Thanks for sharing that. Ah, the old days!

]]> By: Greg G http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/13/remember-that/#comment-271351 Greg G Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:31:52 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79854#comment-271351 The last time my father and I were at Yankee stadium, we were trying to park in a lot, and the guy running it pulled out a barricade right in front of us, and my father started driving in anyway. The guy shouted, "What the F..K man!!!" My dad pulled this iron-on Yonkers Police patch from the dash and flashed it like a badge. (My brother was a cop in Yonkers). The guy shouts (That don't mean s..t man! This is the Bronx, and you can't just run me over!!!" My dad didn't say a word, he held the patch and just stared at the guy. Surprisingly, the guy opened the barricade and let us in though. I always thought we would return and find our car burned to a cinder, but it was fine. I remember hearing about how Steinbrenner worked in the parking lot one day, as he was a micromanager. He wasn't working that night though. The last time my father and I were at Yankee stadium, we were trying to park in a lot, and the guy running it pulled out a barricade right in front of us, and my father started driving in anyway.

The guy shouted, “What the F..K man!!!” My dad pulled this iron-on Yonkers Police patch from the dash and flashed it like a badge. (My brother was a cop in Yonkers). The guy shouts (That don’t mean s..t man! This is the Bronx, and you can’t just run me over!!!”

My dad didn’t say a word, he held the patch and just stared at the guy.

Surprisingly, the guy opened the barricade and let us in though. I always thought we would return and find our car burned to a cinder, but it was fine.

I remember hearing about how Steinbrenner worked in the parking lot one day, as he was a micromanager. He wasn’t working that night though.

]]> By: Jon DeRosa http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/13/remember-that/#comment-271346 Jon DeRosa Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:14:19 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79854#comment-271346 [4] For the Griffey game, I was sitting Upper Deck, mid way up, 3rd base side of home plate so that you kind of had to lean down to see the left field corner. And between this game and the Reggie returns game, I got very lucky in the 80s. When I went to see Frank Thomas however in the early 90s, my dad locked the keys in the car in the lot while it was still running and Thomas got tossed for arguing balls and strikes. [4] For the Griffey game, I was sitting Upper Deck, mid way up, 3rd base side of home plate so that you kind of had to lean down to see the left field corner.

And between this game and the Reggie returns game, I got very lucky in the 80s. When I went to see Frank Thomas however in the early 90s, my dad locked the keys in the car in the lot while it was still running and Thomas got tossed for arguing balls and strikes.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/13/remember-that/#comment-271341 Alex Belth Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:39:39 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79854#comment-271341 3) Dude, you were at so many memorable games back in the 80s! That's aweseome. Where were you sitting that day? Funny, but nobody talks about how Reggie played for the Angels more than he ever did for the Yanks. 3) Dude, you were at so many memorable games back in the 80s! That’s aweseome. Where were you sitting that day?

Funny, but nobody talks about how Reggie played for the Angels more than he ever did for the Yanks.

]]> By: Jon DeRosa http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/13/remember-that/#comment-271340 Jon DeRosa Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:30:15 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79854#comment-271340 You were pre-blogging. I was there for the Griffey Sr catch. My neighbor and his dad took me, huge Sox fans, but good sports and no real trouble in the stands for their hats. Perhaps my reggie shirt served as sort of a shield. I also remember thinking that the rivalry was something strange and old-fashioned, out of the past, increasingly inaccessible and that time would smooth it over. Whoops. You were pre-blogging.

I was there for the Griffey Sr catch. My neighbor and his dad took me, huge Sox fans, but good sports and no real trouble in the stands for their hats. Perhaps my reggie shirt served as sort of a shield.

I also remember thinking that the rivalry was something strange and old-fashioned, out of the past, increasingly inaccessible and that time would smooth it over. Whoops.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/13/remember-that/#comment-271338 Alex Belth Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:53:33 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79854#comment-271338 George was such an ogre. George was such an ogre.

]]> By: NoamSane http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/13/remember-that/#comment-271337 NoamSane Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:50:10 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79854#comment-271337 "Steinbrenner <b>is an idiot </b>" Those were my sentiments exactly around that time. Love the Griffey catch. Good stuff. “Steinbrenner is an idiot ” Those were my sentiments exactly around that time.
Love the Griffey catch.
Good stuff.

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