RE: [bomp] Re: And the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees Are...

["Joey Beretta" <joeyb4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > > lou boudreau is as far as i go back
> > >
> > > My grandpa used to make jokes that only when he
> > left
> > > Cleveland ('47) did the Tribe get great
> > >
> > > Nevertheless he's quite pleased with the division
> > > series, considering how often he saw the Yanks
> > beat
> > > the Indians (going as far back as 1927)
> >
> > He was there through 1950, and managed them to their
> > world championship in
> > 1948.
>
> Yes, I know Bourdreau was a key part of  the golden
> age of the Indians.
>
> I was referring to my grandfather (and my grandma, and
> my mom and her sister) who left Cleveland for LA in
> 1947, and thus wound up becoming a Stars fan in those
> PCL days not Boudreau.
>
> Growing up in the family I did, I certainly know that
> Boudreau split in '50.

Sorry, I misread that.



> > I'm quite pleased with the division series too, both
> > of them in the AL
> > actually, but disappointed with how the NL ones are
> > going (I still don't
> > think of Colorado and Arizona as real teams...)
>
> yes, something just isn't right about those teams.

I actually think I might not mind them as much if they had just called
themselves Denver and Phoenix (and the Marlins if they had been Miami).  I
don't like the trend toward geographic all-inclusiveness in team names.

Joey

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