mphs mike
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2 hours ago, PonyBoy2 said:
1st MLB game I ever saw was June 1979 Blue Jays at the old CNE against the California Angels at the time. Nolan Ryan was the starter, what a thrill!! When times were different, we were pre-teens and went and sat on the stairs behind home plate between innings to watch Nolan warm and see how hard he threw up close.
We were on a school field trip; my 2 other buddies were with me too. This reporter came up to us with his TV man and said we're on TV, could he ask us some questions. We told him where we were from, what school, how old etc... What a rush! We went home and watched the Canadian news station and we weren't shown. I think he was just Jaking us, but we were so excited!
Quite a first game experience for sure. Ironically, stole a Canadian girl for a wife when I got older 😀
My first MLB game was the Angels at Jays in 1977. Joe Rudi hit a HR, but the Jays won. Don't really remember much else. It was a thrill
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10 hours ago, Sabres73 said:
Sure am - I watched the very first Jays game against the White Sox on tv in 1977 as a 13 year old. The Expos were my number one, but we know how that went. Go Jays!
I remember the snow, Dave Steib starting, and I believe it was delayed a day because of weather.
CNE stadium!
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My age is showing, but I'll always think of Schoeny as #6
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3 hours ago, Pimlach said:
RIP Chuck.
His jazz music stunningly hit the pop charts in 1977 and got a lot of air time. It was refreshing change for me personally and it opened new doors. There was a time when my music consumption was >90% rock/pop.
After hearing this record I started to listen to jazz and I used to regularly see Spyro Gyra perform live at the original Tralfamadore Cafe in Buffalo. My record collection took on a new and more diverse direction.
While Chuck's jazz music may never be called influential from a pure jazz perspective, it actually was for me. Chuck's hit record took me to artists like George Benson, Chick Corea, Weather Report and jazz/rock fusion. After awhile I explored all forms of jazz going back to Charlie Parker, Miles and Coltrane, Brubeck, etc.
I could have written this post. You forgot to mention Herbie Hancock and the Jazz Crusaders
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1 hour ago, Standing Room Smoking Cigs said:
Yeah it is July and things can get stagnate. As a Buffalo crowd, we have had amazing players from Gilbert to Dom, as much we are in the sucky era, Gilbert doing a 200 feet skate and scoring, we don't and probably will never sèe that again, by any hockey player, as I witnessed as a child
I'll always remember the Larry Carriere quote, along the lines of "playing defense with Bert on the ice was easy - gather the puck, take it behind the net, wait for Bert to circle around, pick it up, watch him skate through the opponent, score, and you're +1 as you get to the bench"
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21 hours ago, Standing Room Smoking Cigs said:
I still to this day, as a kid going to games with the family's Red Section owned in the Aud, seeing great games, seeing great heart Sabres. Beating the Soviets, allowed as a kid to get into the press box. Saying "Hey to the Mr. Sy and Mr. Norty. As I grew I saw passion even when the Sabres faltered a bit. But they were constant, a hope. Rigas was what was but hope was there. Golisano stepped in and hope was there. But this crowd, your losing a 55 year old fan that spans the Sabres time line and I am older than 55, not by much. Adams has to go. He has killed the hope of younger generations, just so he can maintain his lifestyle. Flim Flam man, a carnival barker, a siding salesman..
Well said, from a 63 yo that has been a fan since September 1970
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Sophistry
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Prove you're running an NHL team - sign Ehlers, Ekblad
Don't choke or spit out your coffee
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27 minutes ago, Weave said:
And not related to Gilles Meloche
I’d prefer a goalie related to a golden seal
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1 hour ago, Pimlach said:
Pre Sabres, my favorite hockey player as a kid was Bobby Orr. He was young looking, and fast, and no one played like him. He really had no peer back thenMy favorite Buffalo Bison, going back to 1967, was a guy named Dennis Hextall. https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2262
He could score and fight. Dennis would drop the gloves, win the fight, and then fix his hair while skating his way to the penalty box. Hilarious but cool.
When the Sabres were born Gil immediately became my new favorite and the Bruins became the enemy, although Toronto was an even bigger enemy.
I've always had my greatest disdain for the B's. Born of how good they were at the Sabres birth and attending the game Schoeny fought Orr, Vadnais, Cashman
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12 hours ago, tom webster said:
It’s funny, first thing I thought of when reading the original post was Guy Trottier.
The first pro hockey game I attended was a Bisons game that final season. Guy had a hat trick and I was hooked!
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3 hours ago, phil_soisson said:
I remember still savoring the Buffalo Bisons 1969-70 Calder Cup Championship that final AHL season. Then, raising the roof on the Aud, and adding the Oranges.
While I remember it, I was young enough that I couldn't understand why we'd lose stars like Guy Trottier for the next season.
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12 hours ago, Doohickie said:
Digging deep for tonight's victory tune
That's so deep I remember playing that 8 track in the car
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11 hours ago, Andrew Amerk said:
Eff Arby’s.
The last time I went there, they refused to make my beef and cheddar on a seeded bun instead of an onion bun. Even after I told them that I’m allergic to onions, they stuck to their guns.
I haven't been to an Arby's in 35 years. Last time I pulled in to an Arby's the sign said was open 24/7 it was closed. Never again
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1 hour ago, PonyBoy2 said:
It used to be our play by play guys.
Darling and Jeanneret..🫤
Thumbs up for Ted
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I hate to admit it, but the Cozens trade told me the same thing that Hoppe wrote. I can't believe the Knox Brother's baby has sunk to these depths
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47 minutes ago, Night Train said:
A 1974 Vega complete with rust...
That's worse than the '77 Vega I drove to pick up my wife of 38 years for our first date
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Now you're making this old guy look up Jack Brownschidle's stats.
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1 hour ago, Stoner said:
Sabres lineup
Tage
Quinn
Cozens
Rasmus
Sammy?
Rasmus
UPL
Vanc
Buré
Linden
Stan Smeal
Another guy with a mustache
Gary Bromley tending the twine
and Bobby Schmautz
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On 10/23/2024 at 9:36 AM, Phil Goyette said:
It's funny too, now that you mention it.
I remember my Mom and Dad getting all dressed up to go to a Sabres (or Braves) game, which was usually preceded by dinner at the Aud Club.
And while my Dad's ties were always fat....they were never tacky! (other than the material)
Good times.
Like my Dad's ties - made from a fabric not occurring in nature!
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23 hours ago, Pimlach said:
Third year in franchise history and they made the playoffs in the NHL's heavyweight division.
That was quite an accomplishment.
You built that tea, Punch!
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I like this deal and the fact that the NTC doesn’t kick in for two years
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1 hour ago, inkman said:
Hear me out here. Maybe just getting Jeff off the roster was the benefit. Declining production, allergic to defense, not real good at anything other than finishing plays that someone else does all the work for.
Me thinks Lindy played a large role in the Skinner decision, for the reasons you outlined.
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I refuse to watch that clip. Probably haven’t seen it since the live version
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Baseball - Who's Watching?
in The Aud Club
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Yeah - poor memory at my age. I looked it up - Steib wasn't even in the bigs until 1979. Game played on opening day, despite the snow.