All apologies
Ozcubowner--sorry to hi-jack your thread.
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Originally Posted by dbuck
CC123, have you ever been to Crosley Field? I remmeber going with my Dad and Grandfather in the late 40's thru the early 60's. We used to ride an excursion train from McArther, OH to Ciny during baseball season and to Cleveland, OH during football season. My Grandfather was a RR Engineer and my Dad was a Brakeman for the DT&I and they got free tickets for the train ride. I also remmeber, everytime the
Redlegs switched beer sponsors, my Grandfather would switch also.  |
No unfortunately, I haven't
dbuck. I grew up watching them and admiring them. There is something nostalgic about the magic of that game. You saw some of the greats play ball if you watched it during the 40's through 60's--Ted Williams, Stan (the man) Musial, Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, and the list goes on and on. That was well before my time and I look at the great era, realizing what fun that must have been to go to the ball park! How lucky you were to ride the rails and go to the games. Some of my relation is from Lockland and Redding, OH and I need to take some time away to catch a game--though, I wouldn't recognize any of the players since I left my interest of baseball in '84 when they went on strike and me as a young boy, left disillusioned. Oh, did you ever see the round barn (turnstyle ?) in Cincy? I have seen pictures of it, but I never saw it.
Thanks for sharing such a great story
dbuck,
Cub Cadet 123