OT: A Day At Wrigley Circa 1971

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

I know this has nothing to do with baseball cards so if you want to axe this Leon feel free with no hard feelings.

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...


The Pirates show up for the game...Clemente looking annoyed....Dock Ellis looking a little spaced out...More fans filing in...


Players and fans warming up...


Look Ma! I caught a ball....CUBS WIN!!!!!


Bill Hands heads to his car and Joe Pepitone and his woman ride off into the sunset.

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Posted By: leon

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

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Posted By: Dan Lundrigan

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!

Cool photos by the way!

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

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: Daniel Bretta

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: howard

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: barrysloate

He threw a no-hitter on acid, or so he claimed. I always wondered if that was true.

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Posted By: dstudeba

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: Bruce Babcock

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.