Posted by Rick Daly |
- Re: Life is good! OT but who cares!
Posted by WB
on 10/23/2009, 12:39 pm, in reply to "Life is good! OT but who cares!"What a great retirement gift, Rick.
The Phillies were my home team during much of my kidhood. The last time I saw them play was a double-header with the Pirates (long-time bitter rivals). I don't remember the exact year, but the game was in the old Connie Mack Stadium...a loooong time ago.
WB
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: I left Connecticut Wednesday morning to drive to Pennsylvania to visit my kids
: and watch the Phillies game on my Son's big screen. He invited me down last
: week. I got there, spent some time with them and my Grand-daughters and then my Son
: and Daughter said, let's go get a bunch of hoagies and cheese steaks for the
: game. We got in my Daughter's car and started driving. After a while, I said I
: thought we were going a long way to buy hoagies. They laughed and said it was a
: tradition and good luck to buy them from this special deli they liked. After
: another ten or fifteen minutes, I jokingly said "We're not getting hoagies are
: we? We're going to the game." With that, my Son handed me tickets and said
: "You
: can have the aisle seat if you want it. Happy Retirement!" We WERE going to the
: game!
: Unbelievable! My first time in Citizens Bank Park, my first Phillies game in
: probably 15 years, and the clinching game of the pennant race. A night I'll
: never forget! What a surprise it was. What great kids I have! What an honor and
: thrill to have been there! Go Phils!
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- Re: Life is good! OT but who cares!
Posted by Rick Daly
on 10/23/2009, 3:59 pm, in reply to "Re: Life is good! OT but who cares!"Connie Mack Stadium was INDEED a long time ago! I saw many games at The Vet, but this new park is absolutely beautiful! I'm glad everyone is getting away from those multi-purpose parks and building baseball stadiums again! - Re: Life is good! OT but who cares!
Posted by WB
on 10/23/2009, 11:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Life is good! OT but who cares!"A long time ago, to be sure. I also went to one game at Ebbets Field back when the Dodgers were there. The Phillies were my "home" team, but The Duke (my kidhood baseball idol) was a Dodger, so I liked them, too.
On Father's Day weekend, my son took me to see a Giants game. It was the first time I'd seen their new stadium. Wow, what a gorgeous park! It is strictly a baseball venue, and it's a huge improvement over sharing Candlestick with the 49ers.
So how does this pertain to the Kingston Trio? Heck, I don't know....
WB
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: Connie Mack Stadium was INDEED a long time ago! I saw many games at The Vet, but this
: new park is absolutely beautiful! I'm glad everyone is getting away from those
: multi-purpose parks and building baseball stadiums again!
:
- Ricks OT life
Posted by Steve Harms
on 10/24/2009, 1:50 am, in reply to "Re: Life is good! OT but who cares!"This really doesn't have much to do with the Kingston Trio, but it has a lot to do with a man who has lived his life in a way that, when the final day comes, he can close his eyes and know he lived his life as God intended.
From an early age he had a passion for a new kind of music that even he could play.....and he never lost that passion.He kept that passion while rearing a family and supporting them while he supported his community. Prior to that he supported his country in one of the most profane wars the U.S. ever engaged.....I know, I was there, but he remained a patriot.
The gift his wife gave him a few years ago culminating with a trip to Scottsdale was board-wide event. Others contributed instruments while he contributed passion. And I'm told he fit right in.
And now a surprise trip to a baseball game at the new stadium in Philadelphia......a winning game at that. It's about hard work and it's about joy. I have never met Rick...probably never will, but his passion for life and it's ups and downs seem to have a lot to do with the Kingston Trio.......but mostly this is about a man who figured out why he was put on this earth.....and then set about to prove he knows the answer.
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: A long time ago, to be sure. I also went to one game at Ebbets Field back when the
: Dodgers were there. The Phillies were my "home" team, but The Duke (my
: kidhood baseball idol) was a Dodger, so I liked them, too.
:
: On Father's Day weekend, my son took me to see a Giants game. It was the first time
: I'd seen their new stadium. Wow, what a gorgeous park! It is strictly a baseball
: venue, and it's a huge improvement over sharing Candlestick with the 49ers.
:
: So how does this pertain to the Kingston Trio? Heck, I don't know....
:
:
: WB
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: --Previous Message--
: Connie Mack Stadium was INDEED a long time ago! I saw many games at The Vet, but
: this
: new park is absolutely beautiful! I'm glad everyone is getting away from those
: multi-purpose parks and building baseball stadiums again!
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