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Old Sat Sep 08, 2007, 07:17am
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
In Memoriam
 
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Originally Posted by ChuckElias
Back in '94 (I hate being old ), I went to a game in Appleton, Wisc to see the Appleton Foxes.
Back around '52 ( ), my dad took me to a minor league game between our local team and a touring team called the Indianapolis Clowns. The Clowns had an infielder named Hank Aaron playing for them. I heard a rumor somewhere that he eventually made it to the Bigs.

Back then, every town seemed to have a minor league team of some kind, affiliated or not. And every town supported the heck out of their team too.

Alas, a quieter, gentler age........
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