We gave UNO hell and they weren’t very happy about it. Good times.
Looks like that document was completed using an IBM Selectric.
Maybe Coach Polk typed it himself after the game
your memory is good. I forgot about it sticking in the grass and then popping open.
Yep, that was my time at MSU. No walls, just a chain-link fence. Visiting outfielders knew they were gonna get an earful all game long and get drenched with beer if they got too close. But they also knew we'd treat them good after the game.
Obviously remember Bruce, but also remember Roark McDonald. He was a pretty damn good catcher as I recall.
Before Roark, we had a super catcher named John McDonald. I don’t remember if they were brothers or what. So many really fine players. Before Bruce played first we had Tim Wheishime (sp). They called him Combat. Mike Kelly in center, Pete White at second, Steve DeErocle (sp) at short, one of my favorites was a guy that played third but I’m having a senior moment with his name. It might come to me later. The list goes on and on. So many really good players. I started watching State baseball in 1966. That was the year that Dudy Noble was built in its current location. They played in Columbus that year in Red Bird Park. That was 2 blocks from my elementary school so I would walk over after school and got to be friends with some of the players. I sat on the scoreboard and hung the runs on the nails each half inning. They gave me some bats (wood) , plus gloves and other stuff. Thought I was in heaven. I was in the fourth grade.
Not Lou, I thought about it and I think his name was Mike Martin. Sux to get old….. also, who could forget the fantastic catches Dan Van Cleve used to make in center. Another really fine Bulldog.
Wild that he got a field named after him at Florida State
Hey Bruce, what was the Mississippi State player's take on how we treated the opponents outfielders? And what about the fact a lot of fans in LFL would splash them with beers if they got too close to the fence?
No, I guess the name still escapes me. The 3rd baseman I am trying to remember played in the late 70’s or early 80’s. It will probably come to me about 3:00 in the morning one of these days. This senior moment **** is real.
It was fine with us. On warm days you could tell who the outfielders were when you shook hands after the game by the smell.
He played 1B. I actually didn't realize he had played 3rd in 1979 until he posted something about it a year or so ago.
thanks for setting the record straight. I don't remember you playing third. I do remember Combat.
Hopefully that wasn't too difficult of a transition for you. I don't necessarily think it would have been, but it's a totally different animal for sure.
