Author Topic: 30th September 1971: A Date Which Will Live In Infamy  (Read 617 times)

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Offline hotshot

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Enjoyed all your accounts. I moved back to the area in 1966, after graduating from college.   

Went to many Senators games from 1966-71. It was SO easy to park in what was usually an almost vacant parking lot and, once in the park, to move to a prime seat of my choice (once the sleepy ushers mentally checked out).

I recall one mid-week game where I was able to move down to a vacant box seat right behind the home dugout, directly behind Shirley Povich and General Elwood "Pete" Quesada, first FAA Administrator under Ike and JFK, and a former part-owner of the expansion Senators.

The fact we were never in a pennant race seemed unimportant; still got to follow the exploits of our guys and see all the visiting stars. Back then, never thought I'd live to see a World Series championship for DC.