Memories Blossom with the Spring
As I’m starting to write this post, there is a hint of spring around the corner and I wonder what memories this season stirs in you. There is still snow on the ground, but next week the ST60 crew is off to Florida to cover our Tigers and various other Major League ball clubs.
When I was a kid I couldn’t wait for the Tigers to start spring training. I knew that I would soon be spending time with my dad, watching Tiger baseball or listening to Ernie Harwell on the radio. My dad worked hard his whole life and even on his days off we would work together in the garden or the garage, but the radio would always be tuned to WJR and Tiger baseball. That was a connection I always had with my father who was born in a different time and world.
Even today, close to eighty years old he makes his comments about what they should do or who isn’t performing. I can talk to my father for hours about baseball and it makes no difference that I do a sports show, he always thinks he’s right.
Please, tell us what spring training or baseball has meant to you. Till next time….
I think I’m gonna cry!! I remember sitting with my grandpa and dad listening to the games. Watching George and Al on Channel 4. Skipping school with a buddy and my gf in high school and buying bleacher seats at Tiger Stadium (and hoping the car would still be there when we came out!!). Parking and walking across I-75 to get to the stadium. Squeezing our beat up cars into the Firestone parking lot off Michigan Avenue. The 84 Tigers and Bless You Boys! Wishing I was old enough to go to Opening Day…… Now it’s sitting with my wife and daughter in left field. Wishing I was too young to go to Opening Day but glad I’m not!! The taste of a cold $8 Bud Lite and $4 hot dog. Fantasy camp at Comerica Park and drinking with Dave Rozema!! SportsTalk60 and media passes. Good memories, great friends, and Tiger Baseball!! GO TIGERS!
Comment by KevfromtheManKave — February 24, 2010 @ 12:48 pm
Both awesome memories. I myself couldnt wait to hear Ernie’s voice on the radio in the summer. It was just like heaven. Still to this day its hard to imagine a Tiger game without him. I also remember that sticky floor at old Tiger stadium. was always covered with soda or something. Your shoes would just stick to it.
Comment by tim — February 24, 2010 @ 2:13 pm
How I remember those floors
Comment by john — February 24, 2010 @ 6:18 pm
i remember my first Tiger game…aganist the old California Angels…My stepdad
took me….he also got me a baseball. He knew one of the ushers, and he was able to get me to the entrance to the clubhouse, where a nine year old kid, was
able to get every Tiger autograph….My stepdad made a nine year old boy very happy….
Thanx Dad….I Miss You…
Comment by CHIP — February 24, 2010 @ 6:26 pm
That must of been cool to get Ty Cobb, Newhouser, Greenberg, and kell
Comment by john — February 24, 2010 @ 8:04 pm
Hey Chip - Wasn’t that before they actually called it Tiger Stadium. Was there an upper deck or did you watch thru the ole wooden fence? Who was the nine year old with the autographed ball and why didn’t you get one? Oh the memories……
Comment by KevfromtheManKave — February 24, 2010 @ 8:54 pm
Wow the Tigers memories. I loved the whole 70’s and 80’s teams. That was some good Tiger baseball.John Wockebfuss and Rusty Staub. Two of my favs. Nice pic site by the way.
Comment by ken — February 25, 2010 @ 2:16 am
Good ole briggs stadium…yea kev you found me out….
tell us kev, how it was to put out fires with buckets of water….
Comment by Chip — February 25, 2010 @ 10:07 am
hello, I came across your show while listenin to internet radio.I am actually from Ohio. I have listened to 2 shows so far. pretty good. I will try and tune in again. i do like that you put some of the shows on here though. I love the internet and listen to it at work and home. So much variety. Keep up the good work. Go buckeyes
Comment by jerry — February 26, 2010 @ 12:10 am
I can remember watching the Gator, and Willie Horton, Freehan, wneh I was a a young teen. The 84 Tigers were an awesome site and I was at the big game when Gibby hit the homer. That was a feeling to remember. Thanks for sharing yours. Good show
Comment by Larry — February 26, 2010 @ 10:00 pm
Oh and I forgot, just the way the atmosphere was.
Comment by Larry — February 28, 2010 @ 12:38 pm
Thanks for the posts. yes Tiger stadium has it’s memories. Does anyone rememder Herbie Reddman the grounds crew guy?
Comment by john — March 1, 2010 @ 1:56 pm
Just sitting here in the Kave waiting for John to show up so we can get the roadtrip started. Running on a tight schedule as usual. Thought I’d check out the site…….Hard to forget Herbie dancing around the bases with his broom during the 7th inning stretch. Funny how now they clean the infield and switch bases every 2 or 3 innings. My how things have changed.
Comment by KevfromtheManKave — March 3, 2010 @ 11:48 am
I remember him to. Old Tiger stadium was a great place to watch a game
Comment by nick — March 9, 2010 @ 4:00 pm
I remember being therer in 84 when the Tigers won it. What a great feeling it was
Comment by jerry — March 10, 2010 @ 1:42 pm
Yeh the 84 team,
Comment by ken — March 10, 2010 @ 4:27 pm