tigerwat

Softball

I was there as a member of the Coaches Committee ground crew. I remember Koerner made the third out....I thought he had also made the first out We were in the ground crew pen waiting to go work the field after the game ended.....and it went on and on. I had a friend that worked with me at Dow that was a GT grad, and he was sitting in the seats behind home plate. I ragged him after about the 10th run. Most enjoyable game I ever saw, and we made it to 5 CWS wins.

Chris lives in Houston and works for Shell. He grew up down the street from our house. Unfortunately the home was destroyed in a fire a year ago....was rebuilt and parents are in the process of moving back in. Chris is one of the nicest players we ever met. He came home for Christmas a year ago and saw our grandson practicing in the front yard and he walked over to throw batting practice for an hour. He has a great family.....wife and young son who hopefully grows up as nice as he is.

Vertigo can be a medical emergency. My first episode came out of the blue many years ago. Thru the years, I would instantly get an episode that would render me useless.....going from the whole world spinning, getting boiling hot and sweating to shivering cold in an minute. It would take me days to get over it, many times bedridden. I can fully understand how it could take down a young athlete in the prime of life. Fortunately over the years the episodes have become few and far between.

At the end of his last inning, the ump came up to Skenes as he was walking to the dugout. He talked to him for a couple of minutes then Johnson walked out and he talked to the ump alone. Did anyone hear what the discussion was? I've never seen an ump do that after an inning.

Koerner was the first and last outs. I was on the Coaches Committee ground crew and we were waiting to go out and rake the infield. One of my Ga Tech work friends was in the stands and I gave him a hard time the whole time.

Back in the 60s I had a student job at Records and Registration. I boxed and moved old records out of the very dusty and hot attic to put them on microfiche. Every day I would go into the mens restroom next to the R&R office. Years later, we moved back to BR after I got out of the Air Force, and my wife got a job at R&R. One day, I went to pick her up and walked into the restroom out of habit. I thought something was different as I walked in, but did not panic until I saw someone in heels walk into the stall next to me. I then realized that they had converted this room to a womens room. I quickly pulled up my pants and prayed as I walked out that no one would be in the hall. I was lucky....I still laugh at that close call.....and I always check before I go into a restroom. :moon:

My wife and I went early, and found a mob of students already walking towards us with sod. People were actually walking up to them and taking pieces from them. We managed to get to the pile, got 3 sections, and managed to get them back to the truck without losing any. The people who had lined up in vehicles, some from out of state, never had a chance to get any. I have mine around my flagpole in the front yard.

Great comeback win today.......

It was pretty obvious Hilliard ran out of steam. Something new every night.