OT: A Day At Wrigley Circa 1971

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Posted By: <b>Daniel Bretta</b><p>I know this has nothing to do with baseball cards so if you want to axe this Leon feel free with no hard feelings.<br /><br />Here we have the players and Wrigley Field employees arriving early...Joe Pepitone pulls up on his cycle with his woman...Milt Pappas shows up with his kids in tow...<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/3945/wrigley18oc.jpg" border="0" width="600" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a><br /><br />The Pirates show up for the game...Clemente looking annoyed....Dock Ellis looking a little spaced out...More fans filing in...<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/3546/wrigley2medium4ma.jpg" border="0" width="600" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a><br /><br />Players and fans warming up...<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/9215/wrigley3medium3ho.jpg" border="0" width="600" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a><br /><br />Look Ma! I caught a ball....CUBS WIN!!!!!<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img313.imageshack.us/img313/9006/wrigley4medium6tk.jpg" border="0" width="600" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a><br /><br />Bill Hands heads to his car and Joe Pepitone and his woman ride off into the sunset.<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/5623/wrigley57lk.jpg" border="0" width="600" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a>

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Slow day at the office? These are fine...as a valued everyday participant you are entitled to a few O/T's per the board rules (FAQ'S). I will state it again though.....If I don't see your name on threads and posts quite a bit then you shouldn't be doing any off topic threads. The other moderators, and my feelings, are that this promotes a little bit of "family attitude", which it's meant to do. Heck, I have had some strange ass questions and they get answered here very quickly. You must be a participant to ask OT stuff though....best regards....btw, those two teenagers with long hair remind me of me <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Dan Lundrigan</b><p>You should put Clemente and Doc Ellis side by side so Clemente is looking at Ellis`s hat in disgust.His girlfriend must have knitted it for him,kind of reminds me of Seinfeld and the puffy shirt!<br /><br />Cool photos by the way!

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>Dan, I actually think those photos are infinitely more interesting than half the stuff that gets posted here - certainly much more interesting than the latest PSA overgrade alert, the newest fake Wagner on ebay or a 100 post discussion on whether we should all assume that our T206s have been soaked and stretched. Keep 'em coming!

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Posted By: <b>Daniel Bretta</b><p>Thanks! I have tons more photos like this, but I don't want this forum to get away from what it's really about and that's prewar baseball cards...I was bored and I thought a nice diversion would be a nostalgic look back on a day at Wrigley...which I'll bet a lot of folks in this chatroom can relate to.

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Posted By: <b>howard</b><p>Wow...if you ever needed proof that Dock was dropping acid during his playing days, that hat is it!

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>He threw a no-hitter on acid, or so he claimed. I always wondered if that was true.

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Posted By: <b>dstudeba</b><p>I agree, this is one of the best threads. I love those old Kodachrome pictures, and to see the ballplayers coming to the game is awesome. Thanks so much!

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Posted By: <b>Bruce Babcock</b><p>Great thread. I have memories of being at the LA Coliseum watching the Dodgers in about 1961, and later at Dodger Stadium, but no photos.