A little older than you Josh...so I actually saw Roberto Clemente up close and personally several times first at old Colt Stadium and at the Dome. As a member of the Astros Kids Club...they'd allow members down on the field and you could watch infield and outfield. I saw, at age 11 or 12...an INCREDIBLE throwing display as Clemente took outfield practice(MLB actually did it in those days). I have seen a lot of extremely strong OF arms through the years. No one and I mean NO one comes close to what I saw that day. Once in a lifetime.
Had a chance to see Koufax pitch in Houston at Colt Stadium and the Dome...Again...a lifetime arm. Nice easy delivery then a missile launch...and a true nose-toes curve that few saw and fewer hit.
Saw Jim Brown playing in Dallas against the Cowboys, probably 62 or 63 run roughshod over the Dallas defense. I don't remember how many yards...but for a lot of those he dragged linebackers 5-10 yards, or outran defensive backs. Truly unbelievable.
Time machine takes me back to my first MLB game in July '61, Crosley Field Cincinnati. Lefty Claude Osteen who briefly served as a pitching coach later on in the PCL...vs. Don Drysdale....1:58 minutes, Drysdale won it with his own RBI double late in the game, maybe the 8th inning. A little kid from east Texas seeing his first MLB game, got himself hooked because of that battle, the old, old ballpark that smelled like Hudepohn beer, hot dogs and sweat. Great time machine, my man! Blessings from Austin.
A little older than you Josh...so I actually saw Roberto Clemente up close and personally several times first at old Colt Stadium and at the Dome. As a member of the Astros Kids Club...they'd allow members down on the field and you could watch infield and outfield. I saw, at age 11 or 12...an INCREDIBLE throwing display as Clemente took outfield practice(MLB actually did it in those days). I have seen a lot of extremely strong OF arms through the years. No one and I mean NO one comes close to what I saw that day. Once in a lifetime.
Had a chance to see Koufax pitch in Houston at Colt Stadium and the Dome...Again...a lifetime arm. Nice easy delivery then a missile launch...and a true nose-toes curve that few saw and fewer hit.
Saw Jim Brown playing in Dallas against the Cowboys, probably 62 or 63 run roughshod over the Dallas defense. I don't remember how many yards...but for a lot of those he dragged linebackers 5-10 yards, or outran defensive backs. Truly unbelievable.
Time machine takes me back to my first MLB game in July '61, Crosley Field Cincinnati. Lefty Claude Osteen who briefly served as a pitching coach later on in the PCL...vs. Don Drysdale....1:58 minutes, Drysdale won it with his own RBI double late in the game, maybe the 8th inning. A little kid from east Texas seeing his first MLB game, got himself hooked because of that battle, the old, old ballpark that smelled like Hudepohn beer, hot dogs and sweat. Great time machine, my man! Blessings from Austin.