A great life memory

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4 minutes ago, Dutch said:

That would make a great memory for me.🙃

You have no idea.....

[moguy1973]

Lionel Messi's contract amount was just leaked recently.  4 years worth approximately $674million.  That's more annually than Lebron, Brady, Mahomes, and Mike Trout make in a year combined.  The guy better be good at fubol.

[Mitch f]

12 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

You have no idea.....

Uh...yes I do

[Johnsfolly]

17 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

Uh...yes I do

Lived with my MIL for years....

[FishnDave]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

After 14 days my mother in law left Saturday.  😁

Do you hate to see her go, but love to watch her leave?

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58 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

Uh...yes I do

Again, you have no idea.  

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7 minutes ago, FishnDave said:

Do you hate to see her go, but love to watch her leave?

YES!!!   

[Foghorn]

Guess I could fill a page with memories from my Dad being a professional baseball player. Never was famous as the knuckleball he threw according to catchers like Tim McCarver and Bob Uecker was very difficult to corral. We always came home to Desloge after spending the summer in some bigger cities when he was in the majors. Met Stan Musial in 1962 when Dad was a relief pitcher for the original Colt 45's. Batted off Hank Aaron in the father-son game in Milwaukee in 1964. Came up to bat in the first inning with 2 outs and smoked one down the line for a sliding double. Older brother not wanting to look bad muscled up and hit a pop fly in the infield for the 3rd out. Often wonder what he might have done with a catcher like Molina. Probably the best memory was that thru all the ups and downs, he was always the same old country boy who couldn't wait to get home to hunt, fish and play basketball with us kids. He died in 2000 from several bouts for cancer over a 5 year period . He was inducted into the International League baseball Hall of Fame in 2008. 

[ollie]

Jealous over here!

[Foghorn]

Was a lot different in those days as he worked pretty much every off season. Met Mike Shannon at the grand opening of Dugal's Big Star grocery store one year. Even the star players picked up extra income in those days. Worst part were the years he left mid-February and we didn't go where he was playing for the summer for whatever reason. One year he was with the Charleston, West Virginia team in the AAA international League. They were trying a new idea out-playing some games in Havana, Cuba for a trial run. One of the first nights there, they heard a loud explosion followed by a big cloud of smoke. They stopped the game and then he said the guys in the bullpen all made a mad dash to the dugout. Somebody had tried to blow up a nearby train station and the Castro led guerillas had followed a suspect into the baseball stadium. That was the end of that experiment.