What a helluva place Ebbets Field was. There was an old black man that the people in left field called Riggs who was really a great cheerleader and kept them riled up. The spring of 1955 I saw a number of games at Ebbetts Field, Yankee Stadium and in Boston. I never paid a penny for my seat in that we always wore our uniforms and they provided us with seats. Fenway Park was the best one in that if you had a uniform on you could sit in any empty seat you found. If the ticket holder showed up we had to move, but so often that just didn't happen.

What a helluva place Ebbets Field was. There was an old black man that the people in left field called Riggs who was really a great cheerleader and kept them riled up. The spring of 1955 I saw a number of games at Ebbetts Field, Yankee Stadium and in Boston. I never paid a penny for my seat in that we always wore our uniforms and they provided us with seats. Fenway Park was the best one in that if you had a uniform on you could sit in any empty seat you found. If the ticket holder showed up we had to move, but so often that just didn't happen.

Enlighten me. Koch Brothers. What makes them infamous? I was going to use fellow-traveler and pinko too to get your goat.I hardly think they are avowed Marxists but more like Norman Thomas socialists.Most of the Dems now are Socialists in the sense that they believe in the control if not ownership of the means of production. They are perfectly happy with a mixed economy as long as they are in charge by manipulating the masses to keep them in charge as in China with the Dems head of a one party Democrat controlled State. . I used to see the Brooklyn Dodgers play and in 1956 they did beat the Yankees. A plague on both their houses. I also saw the Boston Braves play before they left for Milwalkee.I was NY Giant fan before they abandoned us for San Francisco.As for the JBS I always found them just too strident and humorless. Like the Left so often is too by the way. But where did all those old Communists go? They certainly did not disappear with the demise of Soviet Communism. The Dems simply assimilated them.Obama was certainly influenced by Marxism but now I think he( as the rest of the Dems) is basically an opportunist manipulating the masses for his own aggrandizement. We all are pawns of a bigger system. I see no ultimate hope in politics.I gave up on politics several years ago and became a Jehovah's Witness. Satan is the ultimate god of this system of things. Anyway you do have a good sense of humor and I appreciate it.









I am actually trying to wean myself a little from politics too, but have been less than successful. My reasons, however have nothing to do with satan or the Jehova's Witnesses. My reasons have to do with becoming tired of corporate vetted presidential nominees.

I won't vote Republican but I also don't want a president who gets $400,000 for two speeches to Goldman Sachs, and can be as war loving and intemperate in her remarks as any Republican. Of course I am referring to Hillary Clinton (D-Wall St).

I wish those type of baseball traditions were carried on, beyond the 50s. Baseball used to be so steeped in tradition. I stopped following it for 2 reasons:

1. I discovered girls

2. The ending of the reserve clause with the Curt Flood case. After that the players knew no loyalty and would change teams, often every few years. I no longer felt that there was a predictable core of players who would come back every year. I didn't want to root for a bunch of uniforms of brand new people.

There was no longer the world of ever-returning players with names like Koufax, Drysdale, Wills, and Snider.

That's right & the problem. You are to lacking in understanding & wisdom to even understand that is a Problem - A REAL PROBLEM. Joe Macarthy was absolutely right when commies were relatively few in #, now our common culture is quite Marxist & commies are not just infiltrated in the gov but imbedded. Major examples are Valery Jerret, David Axelrod. & Erick Holder. If you doubt this, you know very little about them, their history & family history & probably don't understand how far left a progressive has to be to qualify as a Communist. And also you don't get that Obama is also both an Anticolonial Communist & a Muslim just like his father & you need to do some serious research. Start with the youtube videos "Obama the one video" & "Obama's Ring" These vids will make the beginning of your research quick,simple, & mind blowing