OFB Ball

[billryan]

I lived the summer of 77. Attended many a game. One of Sam's attacks happened on my friends block, and one of my Fraternity Brothers cousins was involved in one.
Great time and place to come of age.

[DaBurglar]

I lived the summer of 77. Attended many a game. One of Sam's attacks happened on my friends block, and one of my Fraternity Brothers cousins was involved in one.
Great time and place to come of age.wow   no kidding?I'd agree it was certainly an INTERESTING time to "come of age", don't know if I'd go as far to say it was a "great" time though....Obviously  I'm a good decade younger than you so being 8 to 9 years old at this time is not the same as being 18-19 years old, give or take.....

[billryan]

NYC in the late 1970s.
President Ford told us to go to hell. We laughed and said we were already there. Brooklyn and Da Bronx were burning. Vacant buildings were everywhere. Someone came up with the bright idea of designing shutters that looked like a painting of a living room so people on the highway would look and see happy families instead of burned out buildings.
Dick Young chased Tom Terrific out of town and the Mets went into a ten year funk when the beloved Mrs Payson died and left the club to her incompetent nephew.
The center of the Sports World was The Cathedral in the Bronx and a new music was being born down on the Bowery. Yet another musical form was being created in the Bronx, but it was still a couple of years from breaking out. Afrika Bombatta and Mel Melle were bringing youths of all ages together in the Zulu Nation, with music and dance replacing guns and knives.
Girls were wearing jeans three sizes too small, which somehow made them easier to talk them out of.
It was magic.

[DaBurglar]

NYC in the late 1970s.
President Ford told us to go to hell. We laughed and said we were already there. Brooklyn and Da Bronx were burning. Vacant buildings were everywhere. Someone came up with the bright idea of designing shutters that looked like a painting of a living room so people on the highway would look and see happy families instead of burned out buildings.
Dick Young chased Tom Terrific out of town and the Mets went into a ten year funk when the beloved Mrs Payson died and left the club to her incompetent nephew.
The center of the Sports World was The Cathedral in the Bronx and a new music was being born down on the Bowery. Yet another musical form was being created in the Bronx, but it was still a couple of years from breaking out. Afrika Bombatta and Mel Melle were bringing youths of all ages together in the Zulu Nation, with music and dance replacing guns and knives.
Girls were wearing jeans three sizes too small, which somehow made them easier to talk them out of.
It was magic.
Egad.......you should write a book.....make it different than Spike Lee's various works though......

[Carcounter]

Opening day, 1978, Yankee Stadium. I'm at the game with a busload of NYSDOT employees from L.I. They give everybody 2 "Reggie"Bars, a candy bar with Chocolate, caramel, peanuts etc.Like a Baby ruth Bar. Reggie said they should name a candy bar after him, I think after he hit 3 Home Runs in Game 6 of the 1977 WS. Bottom of the first, 2 men on and Reggie hits one into the right field seats. Everyone looks at each other, looks at the 2 Reggie Bars each of us have and onto the field they go. Took the Grounds crew about 30 minutes to rake them up.

[billryan]

Reggie bars were awesome. Similar, but different than a Baby Ruth, they even had Mets fans eating them.

[Tedlark]

That's because Mets fans will eat just about anything...