BATTER UP!

[2jakes]

A Kodak moment!

 

[2jakes]

1903 World Series at Boston's Huntington Avenue Grounds.

 

[LizzieMaine]

That spot is now part of Northeastern University, with a stone home plate set in the ground to mark the precise spot of the original.

 

[Harp]

I was less than thrilled about taxpayers subsidizing the Cell. Or the McCaskey Family Playpen, for that matter.

The new DePaul stadium is a surprise, in more ways than mere Chicago graft and corruption.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

A few of my vintage bats (actually replicas, that I've used); my favorite is the "Dixie Swatter" at the bottom.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

A couple of my replica hats; the Black Sox being a particular historical interest to me, here's the 1917 and 1920 style WS caps, along with a vintage catcher's mitt...I also have some 30s, 40s and 50s Yankees style hats, and several other gloves.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

My autographed photo of John Cusack, who played Buck Weaver in the director John Sayles' 1988 movie "Eight Men Out", a take on the Elliot Asinof's 1963 book of the same name. I've got Michael Rooker, DB Sweeney and John Sayles' autographs lying around here too, somewhere.

Rob

 

[LizzieMaine]

Excellent! Here's me in my original early-1970s Red Sox flannel and cap marking down another blown inning on my scorecard.

I also keep a Carl Yastrzemski-model Louisville Slugger next to my bed, in case some junkie breaks into the house and I can't reach the gun in the nightstand in time.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Lol! I keep a bat (a Derek Jeter LS) by our bed, as well as this, for home invasion protection...I'm fortunate to not have had to use either one, in that circumstance.

Rob

 

[2jakes]

Lol! I keep a bat (a Derek Jeter LS) by our bed, as well as this, for home invasion protection...I'm fortunate to not have had to use either one, in that circumstance.

Rob

On the night stand, my 12” toothpick.


Nearby, Fred Perry all-wood racquet,
a Mauser with 7.57mm cartridges.

I have a cat that alerts me when someone is approaching.
Only thing is that he cannot tell the difference between a
mouse or a human. To him they are all the same.

 

[HudsonHawk]

I also keep a Carl Yastrzemski-model Louisville Slugger next to my bed, in case some junkie breaks into the house and I can't reach the gun in the nightstand in time.

I have a dozen or so bats lying around the house in various rooms, mostly just because, well, I like having bats around. Mrs. Hawk doesn't seem to mind, so long as the ones particularly loaded up with pine tar are left outside. I do keep a 34-inch model under the bed and a Beretta 9mm in the nightstand.

 

[HudsonHawk]

A few of my vintage bats (actually replicas, that I've used); my favorite is the "Dixie Swatter" at the bottom.

Rob

Looks like old "Dixie" had a few knocks in her.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Looks like old "Dixie" had a few knocks in her.

Yeah, I used to play baseball with my sons...until they grew up, met girls, and moved out, lol.

Rob

 

[HudsonHawk]

Yeah, I used to play baseball with my sons...until they grew up, met girls, and moved out, lol.

Rob

I still play. My wife asks me when I'm going to quit playing. I say "when they tell me I can't anymore". She asks "who is 'they'?" I suppose my teammates.

 

[Harp]

Lol! I keep a bat (a Derek Jeter LS) by our bed, as well as this, for home invasion protection...I'm fortunate to not have had to use either one, in that circumstance.

Rob

A Thompson is actually better than the M16 in dense vegetation. ...don't know about bedroom CKZs.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

A Thompson is actually better than the M16 in dense vegetation. ...don't know about bedroom CKZs.

Lol...the way I shoot ("spray and pray"), I'd probably do more damage to the inside of my house, than anything else.

But, at least it would scare the perp...even though I'd be digging 45 slugs out for weeks.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[LizzieMaine]

Mmmmmmm, unwrapped hot dogs slowly poaching in a Sterno steamer. Some things never change.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

That lady at Woodrow's right is making sure the Prez knows how to throw a ball, lol.

Rob