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ED NOTE: This
is a page dedicated to the memory of Jerry. His favorite
expression was 'When I Was A Kid!'
Enjoy looking back into your childhood, and also submit your own
memories to mccartymetro@gmail.com.
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See
the young man below? He was 18 when this photo was taken
at the train station in Mobile, Alabama, in 1952. |

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There
is $1.50 in his pocket. In that bag by his foot are two changes of
clothes. (And if his mama was anything like most other mamas in the
South, probably some sandwiches and other snacks.)
He
was on his way to Indiana to take a job. He was going to play baseball
for the Indy Clowns of the Negro Leagues. Apparently, he was pretty
good at it. A couple of years later, he was signed by the Milwaukee
Brewers. He played for the Brewers for 2 seasons, then moved across
town to the Braves, and later followed them to Atlanta. Eventually, he
was the last Negro League player to be on a major league roster.
He
still hangs around the baseball world. At the moment, he's the senior
vice president of the Atlanta Braves. Even though the team has changed
stadiums (twice) since then, his retired number, 44, still hangs on
the outfield wall of the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium near where
he belted a homer to break Babe Ruth's all-time record which he held
for 33 years). |
Remembering
"Hammerin' Hank" Aaron, who passed away on January 22, 2021. |
NOW
HERE'S A COFFEE COMMERCIAL I CAN GET BEHIND
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A
McBLAST FROM THE PAST - 1972
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Actual
Comments Made In The Year 1957
"I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20."
"Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2000 will only buy a used one."
"If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous."
"Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?"
"If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store."
"When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage."
"Kids today are impossible. Those duck tail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls."
"I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying 'damn' in 'Gone With The Wind,' it seems every new movie has either "hell" or "damn" in it.
"I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas."
"Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the president."
"I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now."
"It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet."
"It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work."
"Marriage doesn't mean a thing any more; those Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat."
"I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business."
"Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to congress."
"The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on."
"There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel."
"No one can afford to be sick any more; $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood."
"If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it."
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Tiger
Stadium, previously known as Navin Field and Briggs
Stadium, was located in the Corktown neighborhood
of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The
stadium was nicknamed "The Corner" for its
location at the intersection of Michigan and
Trumbull Avenues. It hosted the Detroit Tigers of Major
League Baseball (MLB) from 1912 to 1999,
as well as the Detroit Lions of the National
Football League (NFL) from 1938 to 1939
and 1941 to 1974. Tiger Stadium was
declared a State of Michigan Historic Site in 1975 and
was listed on the National Register of Historic
Places in 1989.
The last
Tigers game at the stadium was held on September 27,
1999. In the decade after the Tigers vacated the
stadium, several rejected redevelopment and preservation
efforts finally gave way to demolition. The stadium's
demolition was completed on September 21, 2009, though
the playing field remained until 2018, when the site was
redeveloped for youth sports as the Corner
Ballpark.

Detroit pitcher Jim Bunning strikes out Roger Maris
of the New York Yankees in a game at Tiger Stadium in
the early 1960s.
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HAPPY
BIRTHDAY COKIE
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