[Magdalen] Designated Hitter

[Jon Egger]

The Royals are in a 'must win' situation for game 6.  They're at home, and
I know that helps.  I hope they go to a seventh game; my son and his friend
John have tickets to game seven.  They will make a trip down from Mpls
tomorrow if so.

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Grace & peace,
jon


On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> From: Charles Wohlers
>
>  OTOH, my mother was always a big Mets fan, even in the days of Marvelous
>> Marv Throneberry.
>>
>
> The mother of friends my age who lived next door to us in Smithtown was
> personal Secretary to Edgar Bronfman (of liquor and Prohibition fame) as in
> that position, controlled tickets to the corporate box. We saw most Mets
> games for a couple of years as a result -- even cutting school for
> afternoon games a few times.
>
> They divorced in 1965 and she and her kids moved away (a blended family --
> they each brought four kids to the marriage) so that was the end of our
> Mets adventures, though some other friends of mine and I would buy tickets
> to occasional double headers (so as to get our moneys worth).
>
> Another great game was the double header with the Giants, that totaled 32
> innings of baseball over nearly ten hours. We got our moneys worth out THAT
> one for sure. The hapless Mets even made a Triple Play during the extra
> innings of the second game. We got in some trouble, as we got home at 2 AM
> on a school night (Memorial Day had been celebrated Friday that year). Dad
> was not happy picking us up at the station, but he'd watched the games on
> TV and our late arrival was not exactly unexpected.
>