tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post2121748015014903676..comments2024-03-28T16:15:29.763-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: I Miss the Old Daysmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-24455129902557060472014-07-20T17:17:12.693-05:002014-07-20T17:17:12.693-05:00Nice phrase in a great speech.Nice phrase in a great speech.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-65644540582224360002014-07-20T17:04:46.689-05:002014-07-20T17:04:46.689-05:00"Why did Rice play Texas?""Why did Rice play Texas?"Gerardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-56104328814880529912014-07-20T16:31:52.802-05:002014-07-20T16:31:52.802-05:00You can add the Astros to the shrewd traders list,...You can add the Astros to the shrewd traders list, which is why Ryan finished his career with the Rangers.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-80177197991595888692014-07-20T16:27:59.657-05:002014-07-20T16:27:59.657-05:00Nolan Ryan - the one that got away. For 50 years ...Nolan Ryan - the one that got away. For 50 years the Mets never had a no hitter. All their pitchers who threw them were on other teams - Ryan (7!), Tom Seaver, David Cone, Dwight Gooden (the latter two with the Yankees).<br /><br />Shrewd traders, those Mets.<br /><br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-24927809881073146412014-07-20T14:49:23.072-05:002014-07-20T14:49:23.072-05:00Me, too, Tom.
Jeff & Deb, that World Series h...Me, too, Tom.<br /><br />Jeff & Deb, that World Series has an Alvin, Texas, connection.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-53436458770093066242014-07-20T14:36:37.630-05:002014-07-20T14:36:37.630-05:00No--it was the Mets' year.No--it was the Mets' year.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-74585299506212022902014-07-20T14:26:36.528-05:002014-07-20T14:26:36.528-05:00Of course, we know that season did not have a happ...Of course, we know that season did not have a happy ending for the Braves, Deb.<br /><br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-32775074179735901262014-07-20T14:18:24.207-05:002014-07-20T14:18:24.207-05:00I had just finished renewed combat training and ha...I had just finished renewed combat training and had arrived in Vietnam. I think I was still in Saigon, prior to shipping deeper in country. Everyone was watching it on TV. Like JFK, this is another time I will always remember where I was when it happened.Tom Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-89942016461417351862014-07-20T12:31:18.991-05:002014-07-20T12:31:18.991-05:00A collector's item for sure.A collector's item for sure.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-21088589400030132022014-07-20T12:22:12.974-05:002014-07-20T12:22:12.974-05:00I was between 6th and 7th grade. It was the summer...I was between 6th and 7th grade. It was the summer the Braves won the National League West. I kept a combined Apollo 11/Braves scrapbook. How I'd love to still have that scrapbook today!Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-87360133434192737122014-07-20T11:51:43.393-05:002014-07-20T11:51:43.393-05:00I was in grad school. Judy and I had a two-bedroo...I was in grad school. Judy and I had a two-bedroom apartment. Angela was almost 7 months old. Long time gone.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-19861560008215454062014-07-20T11:20:41.900-05:002014-07-20T11:20:41.900-05:00Jackie and I were visiting her parents in the Cats...Jackie and I were visiting her parents in the Catskills - we were engaged - and came home in time to watch the Moon landing.<br /><br />God, we're old.<br /><br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com