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Offline DCFan

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Who are you?
« Topic Start: August 11, 2018, 03:49:50 PM »
Some of the responses regarding the Cuban missile crisis got me wondering who everyone is and where you went to school.

Where were you born? Walter Reed hospital Washington DC.
Where did you go to high school? Springbrook HS Silver Spring MD Class of ‘72.
Your first MLB game? Senators, DC Stadium with my dad.

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« Reply #1: August 11, 2018, 06:51:28 PM »
Ok I’ll play :) Born in 1965 at St. Raphael’s in New shaven CT.; Hamden High School class of 1983; first MLB game wow-minor league West Haven Yankees in the 70’s; Boston Red Sox while visiting my sis in college in 1981.

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Re: Who are you?
« Reply #2: August 11, 2018, 08:56:30 PM »
Born 1959 in Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT; Lakeland Regional High School Class of 1977 (Wanaque, NJ). First MLB game was Orioles at Yankees in Yankee Stadium with my Dad, the late 60s. Boog Powell played first. I believe Brooks Robinson was playing third.

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Re: Who are you?
« Reply #3: August 12, 2018, 11:30:14 AM »
Born at Children’s Hospital in DC in 1958
Graduated Springbrook High School in 1976
First baseball game was the Senators at DC Stadium. I’m sure I spent more time hunting down the cotton candy man

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Re: Who are you?
« Reply #4: August 12, 2018, 05:46:21 PM »
born in Boston, about 1 mile from Fenway.
First baseball game was at Fenway, right after Bobby Kennedy died. Iit may have been the Thursday afternoon because it was a birthday party for a classmate and i don't recall that many of us getting out of school in 4th grade.  I remember the moment of silence, so the Sox may have been coming off a road trip or may have cancelled the Wednesday game

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Re: Who are you?
« Reply #5: August 12, 2018, 06:30:43 PM »
Please will you most distinguished and exalted potentates of decency in this great land, this city on a hill, please also say your social security and bank account numbers please...let me introduce myself: I am the eldest son of King Abucha of Nyimbassaland in modern day Zangaro.  My family has been murdered off in most nefarious manner by mercenaries of the Knights Templar...I seek a mutually agreeable arrangement for the transfer of much sums of gold money.   

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Re: Who are you?
« Reply #6: August 12, 2018, 06:33:30 PM »
But I'll bite on #3 - with my grandparents (all dressed up, natch) Yanks/Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, summer of '77 IIRC.  Reggie was playing before he got famous for candy bars. 

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Re: Who are you?
« Reply #7: August 12, 2018, 07:11:59 PM »
Florida man here:
Born in Orlando, Fla.
Graduated high school in West Palm Beach, Fla.
First baseball game was watching the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla.

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« Reply #8: August 12, 2018, 07:13:35 PM »
Florida man here:
Born in Orlando, Fla.
Graduated high school in West Palm Beach, Fla.
First baseball game was watching the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Where about in Orlando?  We lived in Oviedo from the mid-'80's to the mid-'90's...

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« Reply #9: August 12, 2018, 07:24:41 PM »
Where about in Orlando?  We lived in Oviedo from the mid-'80's to the mid-'90's...

My family lived near Lake Mary, if I recall correctly.

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« Reply #10: August 12, 2018, 07:38:28 PM »
Born in 69, everything after that is hazy.

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« Reply #11: August 12, 2018, 07:47:28 PM »
My family lived near Lake Mary, if I recall correctly.

Somewhat north and west of us...

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« Reply #12: August 13, 2018, 04:20:58 AM »
Please will you most distinguished and exalted potentates of decency in this great land, this city on a hill, please also say your social security and bank account numbers please... 

The Chi-coms hacked into the OPM a few years ago so spilling it on wnff is old news.  :hysterical:

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Re: Who are you?
« Reply #13: August 13, 2018, 07:08:59 AM »
Born in 1970 at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring.  Moved out of the region for a few years and now back in Howard County.  The first game I really remember going to was with my dad, it was Earl Weaver's last game in 1982.  Milwaukee beat the Orioles on the last day of the season to win the AL East.  I went to the first Nats game at RFK in 2005 and dropped the Orioles like a bad habit immediately. 
I obviously don't recall the Cuban Missile Crisis but I was in school in 5th grade when Reagan was shot, I was in school in 10th grade when the Space Shuttle exploded, and I was at work in Greenbelt when 9-11 occurred. 

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« Reply #14: August 13, 2018, 09:00:03 AM »
Somewhat north and west of us...

Cool. When and why did you move? Honestly, Orlando is one of the worst cities in Florida.

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Re: Who are you?
« Reply #15: August 13, 2018, 09:05:47 AM »
Where were you born? Naval hospital, San Diego, 1952
Where did you go to high school? Wilson (Long Beach, CA) 1967-69; Radford (Honolulu) 1969-70
Your first MLB game? Senators, DC Stadium (vs Red Sox) with my father, 1963

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« Reply #16: August 13, 2018, 09:45:52 AM »
Born in 1979 at Fairfax Hospital. Thomas Jefferson HS class of 1998. First game I remember going to was in the OF at Memorial Stadium which must have been 1986 or 1987. I remember feeling like home plate was a mile away.

My best early baseball memory was a joking argument between two sections at Memorial Stadium - one section yelling "tastes great" and the other yelling "less filling" - ending in actual fisticuffs. Memorial Stadium was amazing.

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Re: Who are you?
« Reply #17: August 13, 2018, 12:06:04 PM »
born 1968 in Long Island NY, graduated HS in 1986.  First MLB game was the Reds, with Tom Seaver on the mound, against the Mets at Shea.

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« Reply #18: August 13, 2018, 01:36:39 PM »
Where were you born? Naval Hospital, Groton CT, 1954
Moved 7 times every 1-2 years until age 11
Where did you go to high school? Fitch High School, Groton CT 1972
Your first MLB game? Yankee Stadium, Yankees vs Tigers with my Grandfather, Mother, & Uncle, 1962

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« Reply #19: August 13, 2018, 01:50:39 PM »
Where were you born? Naval Hospital, Groton CT, 1954
Moved 7 times every 1-2 years until age 11
Where did you go to high school? Fitch High School, Groton CT 1972
Your first MLB game? Yankee Stadium, Yankees vs Tigers with my Grandfather, Mother, & Uncle Senator, 1962

Groton is a really neat town.  I used to take the ferry across from Orient Point LI a few times a year to visit friends in RI.  We just made the trip with the family last year, I wanted the kids to experience the ferry ride.  We stopped at the Daniel Packer in Mystic for lunch before heading up to Boston.