BASEBALL!

[Ciaran]

Originally Posted by AtLastHome

My "old days!" My first games were at Seal Stadium in SF right after the Giants were uprooted.

Presumably one of the grounds where the SF Seals played? Until recently, I had a Japanese program for a goodwill tour that the Seals made to Japan in 1949.

My young nephew is half-Japanese and the Japanese are very interested in baseball so I'm determined that he'll be raised as a Yankees fan

Originally Posted by AtLastHome

I can see your point here. My parents were huge baseball fans- and "courted" when the Giants and Dodgers were NY teams. Since they eventually settled in northern CA, they were happy about these teams ending up here. Although, they sure talked up the days of the "Bums".

Their history was so romantic - always the bridesmaid and never the bride ... until 1955 when "next year finally came" ...... one of the best stories of sporting history.


Ken Burns' Baseball, a documentary series from the early to mid 1990s, is a great program with some absolutely fantastic footage.