The "back in my day..." thread

[milagros317]

... the first baseman for the Dodgers was Gil Hodges. 😀

 

[paracarl44]

Tommy Lasorda......

played and then later managed The Dodgers.

 

[milagros317]

... the second baseman for the Dodgers was Jim Gilliam. 😀

 

[paracarl44]

The Brooklyn Dodgers played at Ebbets Field.

 

[milagros317]

... the shortstop for the Dodgers was Pee Wee Reese. 😀

 

[paracarl44]

... the shortstop for the Dodgers was Pee Wee Reese. 😀

Who then became a Radio Announcer when he retired from Baseball.

 

[wanderingpixie2112]

...the concept of a 'hybrid' or electric car was in it's infancy.
...the test pattern would come on the TV at the end of a night's programming (no 24 hour TV!)
...regarding videogames: you got to sit for five minutes waiting for a Commodore-64 game to load.
...Internet? What was that? 😕

**briefly wonders "What IS the cut-off age for this thread?"**

 

[paracarl44]

Television was black and white. You had to erect an antenna just to receive a snowy picture.

 

[milagros317]

... the third baseman for the Dodgers was Jackie Robinson. 😀
(moved from second base to allow rooking Jim Gilliam to play there)

 

[paracarl44]

Cokes, a scoop of ice cream, and candy bars cost only a nickel.

 

[wanderingpixie2112]

...you could actually buy a little BAG of lollies for five cents.

These days, it's 5 cents a piece.

 

[paracarl44]

You bought chewing gum for a nickle, and there were five pieces in the pack.

 

[milagros317]

... the left fielder for the Dodgers was Sandy Amoros. 😀

 

[Texas_Tickle]

Bubble-gum cards actually HAD bubble-gum!

 

[milagros317]

... the center fielder for the Dodgers was Duke Snider. 😀

 

[paracarl44]

They would get up Train Excursions to see Baseball Games.

 

[milagros317]

... the right fielder for the Dodgers was Carl Furillo. 😀

 

[ikaiyoo]

in order to do this i would have to war dial for an hour or 2 in order to get connected so i could have 10 minutes to post, check mail, take a turn at gobal thermo nuclear war and MAYBE download a 500 word story if i was lucky.

 

[paracarl44]

Wrist watches were wound and there was no battery.

 

[milagros317]

... one starting pitcher for the Dodgers was Don Newcombe. 😀

 

[paracarl44]

You listened to Baseball Games on the Radio.

 

[milagros317]

... one starting pitcher for the Dodgers was Carl Erskine. 😀

 

[paracarl44]

They played baseball on real grass.

 

[milagros317]

... one starting pitcher for the Dodgers was Billy Loes. 😀

(And Loes was famous for saying, after he had misplayed a ground ball, that he had lost it in the sun. 😛 )

 

[paracarl44]

They did not have radar to track the speed of baseballs crossing home plate.