Comments on: Where Have You Gone, Dave Stapleton?

By: GodzillaJoe

GodzillaJoe — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 06:00:35 +0000

Dad: These bums can never win
Me: They still could
Dad: Bah.
Crack. There’s a long drive…..
I jumped up off the couch and busted my knuckles on the ceiling. Awesome memory.

By: VJ in Stuttgart

VJ in Stuttgart — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:40:35 +0000

I remember 1986. My first trip to Fenway, and my lifelong Yankee fan dad had tickets for a 3 game set against the MFY’s. We sat right next to the Red Sox dugout for two games and three rows back for the finale. That was good stuff, seeing Don Baylor, Wade Boggs, and other guys like Marty Barrett.
Good times, good times.

By: Flatsixes

Flatsixes — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:15:24 +0000

Wow. It’s 1986. And I am living in another part of the world, with a different beautiful wife, behind the wheel of a different large automobile. Well, how did I get here?

By: DoctorOctothorp

DoctorOctothorp — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:45:22 +0000

My dad took me to a few of those post-season games in 1986. I was a lucky lucky kid. Here are a few photos I shot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/atsolo/5121445276/in/set-72157625254839492

By: rapid_roman61

rapid_roman61 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:05:23 +0000

WOW — that’s before John Dennis started dying his eyebrows!
Hendu’s HR was one of the good memories from that year, but I still get shpilkis at the thought of John McNamara not putting in Stapleton for defensive purposes in the 9th inning of game 6 of the World Series. ARRRRRGH……this post also reminded me I had one of those cheapass painters caps that were the rage back in ’86…..it had all the players names on it including “Stapes”.