I commenced gainful employment at age 10, as local paperboy for the Oakland Tribune, in 1955. (For those with a thirst for details: E Oakland, near Foothill and Highland.) Yearly, the Trib would treat it's street-weary paperboys to some event. Ca. 1956 or '57, the event was a day ball game between the Oakland Oaks and a forgotten PCL opponent.
BTW, it was through managing the Oaks to a PCL title in '48, that the 'Old Perfesser' Casey Stengel came to the attention of the Yankees. Thus giving berth to the Glory Days of the early 1950's Yankees.
Oh yeah, the game! (Sorry, the OP and responses have sent me down waaay deeeeep memory lane, lol.) A sunny, warm day at the Emeryville ballpark, hard by the east end of the Bay Bridge. First time at a 'real game', though I'd played sand-lot with neighbor kids. First time I had a ball-park dog, and a hot bag of peanuts in the shell. Being part of a boisterous crowd of fans.
Something close to heaven.
By default I became a switch-hitting fan (akin to YJ, lol) when the Giants and the A's came west. but by then we'd moved to the Sierra foothills (near the intersection of Hwy 88 and Hwy 49, for the detail oriented) so participation, for me, was high school team, and AM radio. "... and it's bye bye, baby!" [KSFO's Russ Hodges' trademark home run phrase during Giants games.]
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As for ChinaJohn's (and like-minded troll wanna-bes) 'contributions': you all are only revealing yourselves as the worldly-wise sages you aren't.
Chinajohn:
Slowwedge:
PaulTon:
Baseball, is that the one like rounders?
Can't be sure Paul, they play football with their hands over there................
They put their hands on the balls?That'll be San Francisco!
Give us a break! You're simply leaving stinky piles in an otherwise pleasant thread. For God's sake, men, at least have the decency to carry a litter-bag with you, so that civilized men don't have to tap-dance around your spore whilst strolling though the Forum. For you, CJ it's multiple piles - I only chose the most recent.