Warning!! It's Baaaaaack!! Off-topic Baseball Thread '08 !!

[26 Year Gap]

I thought it was the Stanford Trees. You really can learn a lot on this site unless you are an oracle of some kind.

[Mark Padgett]

When I was a kid (a few centuries ago), I used to go to a lot of White Sox games at Comiskey Park. In the men's rooms, they had urinal troughs that were the right height for kids. There was a sign above them that read "Future Shortstops". Just another memory of childhood.

I also remember one time at a night game when Norm Cash was with the Tigers and he went over by the 1st base dugout to catch a foul fly and some Sox fan threw his beer is Cash's face to prevent the play. The entire stadium cheered.

Here's a baseball trivia question for you guys. What MLB player was Luis Aparicio's father-in-law and what was the guy's nickname? BTW - Luis was my idol back then since I played shortstop in Little League. I had his autographed glove, too.

[socalreff]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

When I was a kid (a few centuries ago), I used to go to a lot of White Sox games at Comiskey Park. In the men's rooms, they had urinal troughs that were the right height for kids. There was a sign above them that read "Future Shortstops". Just another memory of childhood.

I also remember one time at a night game when Norm Cash was with the Tigers and he went over by the 1st base dugout to catch a foul fly and some Sox fan threw his beer is Cash's face to prevent the play. The entire stadium cheered.

Here's a baseball trivia question for you guys. What MLB player was Luis Aparicio's father-in-law and what was the guy's nickname? BTW - Luis was my idol back then since I played shortstop in Little League. I had his autographed glove, too.

Sonia's dad

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

When I was a kid (a few centuries ago), I used to go to a lot of White Sox games at Comiskey Park. In the men's rooms, they had urinal troughs that were the right height for kids. There was a sign above them that read "Future Shortstops". Just another memory of childhood.

I also remember one time at a night game when Norm Cash was with the Tigers and he went over by the 1st base dugout to catch a foul fly and some Sox fan threw his beer is Cash's face to prevent the play. The entire stadium cheered.

Here's a baseball trivia question for you guys. What MLB player was Luis Aparicio's father-in-law and what was the guy's nickname? BTW - Luis was my idol back then since I played shortstop in Little League. I had his autographed glove, too.

Don't get me started!

Like a horse and carriage, coffee and cream, Martin and Lewis, Hope and Crosby, Lone ranger and Tonto......... the other half of arguably one the best double play combos in the history of baseball.

Hall of famer......... Jacob Nelson "Nellie" Fox

You got me stumped on Looie's father-in-law

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Go YANKEES!!

MTD, Sr.

[26 Year Gap]

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

So I take it you're not cheering for the Nats?

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by grunewar

So I take it you're not cheering for the Nats?

I now golf. And I follow the EPL. I have gone to an occasional spring training game in Ft Myers, but I no longer even look at the standings. An anagram for former Expos owner Jeffrey LORIA is OLIAR.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Go YANKEES!!

MTD, Sr.

what about these guys?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by fullor30

You got me stumped on Looie's father-in-law

"Jungle" Jim.

[mick]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

"Jungle" Jim.

Help me understand.
Rivera born in 1922
Sonja Llorente married Aparicio in 1956.
Does that work?

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by mick

Help me understand.
Rivera born in 1922
Sonja Llorente married Aparicio in 1956.
Does that work?

In Marks imagination................

I'm pretty well versed in White Sox history and I've never heard anything about Looie's father-in-law.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by mick

Help me understand.
Rivera born in 1922
Sonja Llorente married Aparicio in 1956.
Does that work?

I guess the White Sox announcers from that era were wrong, then. But ya' gotta admit, it's a great nickname.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I guess the White Sox announcers from that era were wrong, then. But ya' gotta admit, it's a great nickname.

Methinks the years have clouded your recollection. I can't imagine any sox announcer saying Louie was playing on the same team as his father-in-law

Would Chita be Looie's Mother-in-law?

[mick]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I guess the White Sox announcers from that era were wrong, then. But ya' gotta admit, it's a great nickname.

I wonder if Llorente's mother taught school.