50th Anniversary

GnatsEyelash · Post by **GnatsEyelash** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:00 am

The 1971 World Series was won today fifty years ago.

Blass was magnificent. Clemente, Stargell, Robertson, Oliver, Hebner, Cash, Briles, Kison, Giusti, Murtaugh, et al.

Saw Steve and Bob yesterday. Lots of great memories.

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rucker59@gmail.com · Post by **rucker59@gmail.com** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:59 pm

Was there a reunion of some sort? Where did you see them?

GnatsEyelash · Post by **GnatsEyelash** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 2:52 am

They were Grand Parade Marshals of the Garrett County MD Autumn Glory Festival. I was the parade announcer.

GreenWeenie · Post by **GreenWeenie** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:20 pm

5A737C696E586478717C6E751D0 wrote: They were Grand Parade Marshals of the Garrett County MD Autumn Glory Festival. I was the parade announcer.

Gnats,

Wondering if either has a local connection?

Seems somewhat intriguing- recognizing the Pirates' victory over the Orioles- in Maryland.

iwatch · Post by **iwatch** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 4:41 pm

That ‘71 Series was the beginning of my love for this game. I was 8 years old and only knew what my big brother told me ( and he knows nothing about baseball). We loved Stargell as he crushed homers constantly. I remember that summer we got little boxes of Milk Duds with cards of baseball stars on the back of the box. Mays, Aaron and no Stargell. Only this Clemente guy. I couldn’t understand why this guy and not Willie. Until that series. Then I understood. What a fabulous player he was. I came to love baseball, the Pirates and Clemente, Stargell, Blass, Oliver, Hebner, Sangy. A glorious team that was gone so quickly.

WildwoodDave2 · Post by **WildwoodDave2** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:39 pm

504E584D5A51390 wrote: That ‘71 Series was the beginning of my love for this game. I was 8 years old and only knew what my big brother told me ( and he knows nothing about baseball). We loved Stargell as he crushed homers constantly. I remember that summer we got little boxes of Milk Duds with cards of baseball stars on the back of the box. Mays, Aaron and no Stargell. Only this Clemente guy. I couldn’t understand why this guy and not Willie. Until that series. Then I understood. What a fabulous player he was. I came to love baseball, the Pirates and Clemente, Stargell, Blass, Oliver, Hebner, Sangy. A glorious team that was gone so quickly.
71- was the year I came to Wildwood. Man that

was some series. I enjoyed sticking to those Philly fans who seem to be everywhere

GreenWeenie · Post by **GreenWeenie** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:42 pm

Yeah, but in your case, that was 1871.

GnatsEyelash · Post by **GnatsEyelash** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:26 am

192C3B3B30093B3B30373B5E0 wrote: They were Grand Parade Marshals of the Garrett County MD Autumn Glory Festival. I was the parade announcer.

Gnats,

Wondering if either has a local connection?

Seems somewhat intriguing- recognizing the Pirates' victory over the Orioles- in Maryland.

Bob Robertson is from the next county over, and grew up in Mount Savage, MD, which is less than an hour away. Garrett County is the furthest west county in Maryland, and closer to Pittsburgh than Baltimore.

I grew up in Cumberland, which is about the same distance from Pittsburgh and Baltimore. Cumberland had about an equal amount of fans of each team, which made for a great World Series atmosphere in the neighborhood.

GreenWeenie · Post by **GreenWeenie** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:48 am

I know the area. Sounds like a nice day.

UtahPirate · Post by **UtahPirate** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:04 pm

Sophomore at Provo High School. Cemented my boyhood admiration of Roberto that began in 1963 when I was an 8 year old in little league. It proved to be an awakening for many people to how great Clemente really was. We were such underdogs as the O's had that impressive staff of 20-game winners. It was like Clemente personally willed the Pirates to victory.

That year I had told Vance Law, who I didn't know very well at the time, that I was a bigger Pirate fan that he was ;D Vern had semi-retired in Provo and the Law's, with all their V-named kids, were a pretty big deal. He and I were both riding pretty high with that series win and became pretty good friends.

Times have changed so much. I still remember World Series day games through grade school where my friends and I wore long sleeves so we could wire-up to our small pocket transistor radios, listen to the games, signaling to each other across the room when someone scored, and trying to make sure our teacher didn't catch us. And of course, pouring over box scores in the newspaper a day after the games had been played, or me sneaking off of my grade school campus by myself to slip over to the store to buy a pack of baseball cards with the quarter I was supposed to use for lunch that day. Love those memories ...