here is a copy of a letter i wrote to a young parent friend --
this story took place when i was only 7-8 years old !!
its about how sweet the good old days were
so ' back in the day ' ...... the late 40's --around boston
there were no wierdos or verts or any shitheads that would ever do harm to kids --
and there was never any crime on buses , trains etc -
so public transpo was 24 hours
baseball was , by all means - THE national pastime --for kids PLAYING -
but -- unless you lived in new york ( yankees, dodgers & giants )-
none of the other MLB teams ever had close to a sell-out-
in fact - by the time i was 10 --the braves had to move to milwaukee
bc they didnt ever have enough $$ attendance ---and this was before TV and the big TV money deals..
i even went to the 1948 braves//indians world series -- NO advance tickets -- NO line --1/3 of the stands were empty ?? !!
as a goodwill promotional effort -- the red sox and braves always let kids age 12 & under get in for free
after the 5th inning --but usually - way before that - if you just stood there and looked poor--- like 3rd inning
it was also great for the players to see 1000s of kids there --instead of a 50% empty stadium -
most often - by the 6th inning --we had snuck all the way down to the most prime seats -
AT THE DUGOUT --we could talk to the players - most knew us as we were there every game.
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will cort - thats not even the story - lol
THE story is that it so often rained in boston - that there were dozens of ' twi-light ' double- headers ( to make up rain games )
now add a few good long extra inning games --
and there were lots of nites i would come home at 1 AM --
and i was usually on the train by myself --bc my friends all lived much closer to the stadiums -
and they could walk there -- or get off at a closer stop..
same story with the bruins and celtics --we would go to an afternoon hockey game---then
hang around the boston garden for a few hours until the celtics nite games started
so - would you suppose --my parents were up worrying about my safety ???
NFW--they were asleep --not concerned at all
thats how great ' the old days ' really were --
it was such a cool and easy and carefree childhood --NO WORRIES
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so, can you imagine your boy -- all alone- jumping on a bus tonite --to go see a movie up in west palm ??
or just a short midnite walk down to walmart to grab an ice cream -
would you be calmly sleeping??
the bottom line is --that kids today sure do have better high-tech toys -
but they can never experience the peace and freedom us old folks so enjoyed-----it would be sad for them ...
except they now grow up with mandatory 24/7 supervision --so they have no idea about the life they have missed.
this story took place when i was only 7-8 years old !!
its about how sweet the good old days were
so ' back in the day ' ...... the late 40's --around boston
there were no wierdos or verts or any shitheads that would ever do harm to kids --
and there was never any crime on buses , trains etc -
so public transpo was 24 hours
baseball was , by all means - THE national pastime --for kids PLAYING -
but -- unless you lived in new york ( yankees, dodgers & giants )-
none of the other MLB teams ever had close to a sell-out-
in fact - by the time i was 10 --the braves had to move to milwaukee
bc they didnt ever have enough $$ attendance ---and this was before TV and the big TV money deals..
i even went to the 1948 braves//indians world series -- NO advance tickets -- NO line --1/3 of the stands were empty ?? !!
as a goodwill promotional effort -- the red sox and braves always let kids age 12 & under get in for free
after the 5th inning --but usually - way before that - if you just stood there and looked poor--- like 3rd inning
it was also great for the players to see 1000s of kids there --instead of a 50% empty stadium -
most often - by the 6th inning --we had snuck all the way down to the most prime seats -
AT THE DUGOUT --we could talk to the players - most knew us as we were there every game.
----------------------------
will cort - thats not even the story - lol
THE story is that it so often rained in boston - that there were dozens of ' twi-light ' double- headers ( to make up rain games )
now add a few good long extra inning games --
and there were lots of nites i would come home at 1 AM --
and i was usually on the train by myself --bc my friends all lived much closer to the stadiums -
and they could walk there -- or get off at a closer stop..
same story with the bruins and celtics --we would go to an afternoon hockey game---then
hang around the boston garden for a few hours until the celtics nite games started
so - would you suppose --my parents were up worrying about my safety ???
NFW--they were asleep --not concerned at all
thats how great ' the old days ' really were --
it was such a cool and easy and carefree childhood --NO WORRIES
-----------------------------
so, can you imagine your boy -- all alone- jumping on a bus tonite --to go see a movie up in west palm ??
or just a short midnite walk down to walmart to grab an ice cream -
would you be calmly sleeping??
the bottom line is --that kids today sure do have better high-tech toys -
but they can never experience the peace and freedom us old folks so enjoyed-----it would be sad for them ...
except they now grow up with mandatory 24/7 supervision --so they have no idea about the life they have missed.
I grew up in the 60's-70's, and it's so true.I took a bus to downtown mpls.because I knew where my mom workee; and I was like 5-6 years old.Oh how I miss the good old dsys.
