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RFS62 · 01-09-2003, 10:19 AM

Old Red Guard,

That was fantastic, as usual.

There's a very funny article in the archives of The Onion that follows that theme.

http://www.theonion.com/onion3849/in_my_day.html

GAC · 01-09-2003, 10:33 AM

what an article. Do you read this website often? I have never heard of it?

Far East · 01-09-2003, 10:33 AM

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Might as well make my jaded commentary

Old Red Guard :
I don't pay any attention to board awards, and we're only nine days into 2003. But if yours isn't the post of the year I want someone to refer me to one that's better. I feel like reading yours and rereading it and copying it and recopying it and then lying to my friends that I was the author.

cincinnati chili · 01-09-2003, 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by Old Red Guard
Yes, today's athletes are incredible and outclass their counterparts of yesteryear. They are not nearly as much fun to watch or follow.

Great post ORG. I need to amend my RedsZone to make you Redszone's resident baseball social historian

RANDY IN INDY · 01-09-2003, 11:50 AM

Great post, Old Red Guard. Reminds me of the stories my grandfather told me of ballplayers he played against on factory teams in the 20's, 30's and 40's. He said he started playing with his older brother as a kid (12), but was treated like a man, and given no slack. He caught many games with nothing but a worn out catchers mitt with a handkerchief stuffed in a big tear in the leather and a mask. A chest protector and shin guards were luxuries that he only acquired late in his playing days. He was hit over the head with a baseball bat in a brawl, and later in life, had to have surgery to clip a nerve that had caused him terrible headaches and loss of sleep for years. He was a blacksmith by trade and a farmer by choice. Baseball was his passion. He just worked and played through the pain, cause that was what you did then. He was paid two dollars a game to play on that factory team. He said that he would have payed them to play. Baseball was his game, the game that he loved. He was always puzzled by the modern ballplayer, and the softness that he saw in them. How could you not play when they are paying you that kind of money. He didn't understand, and come to think of it, I don't either. I miss him, and the great stories dearly.

Brings back a lot of treasured memories for me, Old Red Guard.

cincinnati chili · 01-09-2003, 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by GAC
what an article. Do you read this website often? I have never heard of it?

GAC: I think the Onion staff are among the best comedy writers on the planet. They have a print edition too. Conan O'Brien tried to hire their founder to be his head writer a few years back, and he turned him down, deciding to build his publication instead.

They're based in Wisconsin, but I also think they have some writers in Colorado and around the country.

I used to read it every week. But ever since Grad school and my redszone addition, I miss a lot of their issues.

westofyou · 01-09-2003, 11:57 AM

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what an article. Do you read this website often? I have never heard of it?

Never heard of the onion!!

Next you'll tell me you don't know who Ernie Pook is or Tom the Dancing Bug.

Or worse yet Akbar and Jeff!!

princeton · 01-09-2003, 12:13 PM

ORG: wow

M2 · 01-09-2003, 12:53 PM

You mean Chef Jeff and Akbar at the Snackbar?

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RFS62 Hey Cubs Fans Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: New York Posts: 16,567	Old Red Guard, That was fantastic, as usual. There's a very funny article in the archives of The Onion that follows that theme. http://www.theonion.com/onion3849/in_my_day.html __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~ Mark Twain Last edited by RFS62; 01-09-2003 at 10:23 AM.

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01-09-2003, 10:33 AM	#152
GAC What Me Worry? Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Bellefontaine, Ohio Posts: 26,416	what an article. Do you read this website often? I have never heard of it?

01-09-2003, 11:50 AM	#155
RANDY IN INDY Matt's Dad Join Date: May 2000 Location: Brownsburg, Indiana Posts: 14,502	Great post, Old Red Guard. Reminds me of the stories my grandfather told me of ballplayers he played against on factory teams in the 20's, 30's and 40's. He said he started playing with his older brother as a kid (12), but was treated like a man, and given no slack. He caught many games with nothing but a worn out catchers mitt with a handkerchief stuffed in a big tear in the leather and a mask. A chest protector and shin guards were luxuries that he only acquired late in his playing days. He was hit over the head with a baseball bat in a brawl, and later in life, had to have surgery to clip a nerve that had caused him terrible headaches and loss of sleep for years. He was a blacksmith by trade and a farmer by choice. Baseball was his passion. He just worked and played through the pain, cause that was what you did then. He was paid two dollars a game to play on that factory team. He said that he would have payed them to play. Baseball was his game, the game that he loved. He was always puzzled by the modern ballplayer, and the softness that he saw in them. How could you not play when they are paying you that kind of money. He didn't understand, and come to think of it, I don't either. I miss him, and the great stories dearly. Brings back a lot of treasured memories for me, Old Red Guard.

01-09-2003, 12:13 PM	#158
princeton Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: princeton, nj Posts: 9,482	ORG: wow

01-09-2003, 12:53 PM	#159
M2 Posting in Dynarama Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Boston Posts: 26,668	You mean Chef Jeff and Akbar at the Snackbar?