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I was at the opening day game for the Montreal Expos vs. St. Louis Cardinals in 1970. The guy sitting in front of me was watching the field with binoculars, which was strange, because there was about 20 feel of foul territory between the baseline and the stands, and the 'bullpens' were down the left and right foul lines. Then the guy took the binoculars away from his eyes, unscrewed ones of the lenses, and drank out of it.
I was at a game, probably 1971, against the Pittsburgh P irates.* The bases were loaded, and a guy hit a looping fly ball to center, which Expos center fielder Boots Day badly mishandled. The ball got passed him, and went most of the way to dead center, 420 feet away. It was scored a four base error, so four runs scored on an inside the park grand slam that wasn't.
*I had to spell the team name that way, because if I didn't put a space between the P and the i, I would get an emoticon, instead of the word.
There were a few days in June each year when, after 1969, the Expos always played on the road, or delayed the start of the game by about 15 minutes. The reason why was from a game in June, 1969, against the LA Dodgers. Tommie Davis led off for the Dodgers, and hit a routine grounder to shortstop Bobby Wine. Wine fields it clearly, and throws to first base, (possibly Bob Bailey playing there, we'll assume it was). As the ball's coming to first, Bailey, or whomever, covers his nuts with his bare hand, and covers his face with his glove. The ball sails past his ear, into the crowd.
There was a small gap between the third base grandstand, and Jonestown, not the place where those cultists drank the poison Koolaid, that was what the bleachers were called, because Mack Jones was the regular left fielder the first two seasons. On a couple of days each year, the sun would be setting at exactly the same time the game was starting, exactly through that gap between the stands. A day or too earlier or later, it was OK. It was sort of like Stonehenge, but accidentally. The setting sun was directly in the first baseman's eyes, for a ball fielded by the shortstop or third baseman. The umpires conferred for a few minutes, and awarded Davis a ground rule double.
Bleacher tickets for kids 12 and under sold for 50 cents, and a buck for adults.
I was at a game, probably 1971, against the Pittsburgh P irates.* The bases were loaded, and a guy hit a looping fly ball to center, which Expos center fielder Boots Day badly mishandled. The ball got passed him, and went most of the way to dead center, 420 feet away. It was scored a four base error, so four runs scored on an inside the park grand slam that wasn't.
*I had to spell the team name that way, because if I didn't put a space between the P and the i, I would get an emoticon, instead of the word.
There were a few days in June each year when, after 1969, the Expos always played on the road, or delayed the start of the game by about 15 minutes. The reason why was from a game in June, 1969, against the LA Dodgers. Tommie Davis led off for the Dodgers, and hit a routine grounder to shortstop Bobby Wine. Wine fields it clearly, and throws to first base, (possibly Bob Bailey playing there, we'll assume it was). As the ball's coming to first, Bailey, or whomever, covers his nuts with his bare hand, and covers his face with his glove. The ball sails past his ear, into the crowd.
There was a small gap between the third base grandstand, and Jonestown, not the place where those cultists drank the poison Koolaid, that was what the bleachers were called, because Mack Jones was the regular left fielder the first two seasons. On a couple of days each year, the sun would be setting at exactly the same time the game was starting, exactly through that gap between the stands. A day or too earlier or later, it was OK. It was sort of like Stonehenge, but accidentally. The setting sun was directly in the first baseman's eyes, for a ball fielded by the shortstop or third baseman. The umpires conferred for a few minutes, and awarded Davis a ground rule double.
Bleacher tickets for kids 12 and under sold for 50 cents, and a buck for adults.
