This is one of those little kid inside me takes over posts.
I was lucky enough and old enough to see the Beatles from their (U.S.) beginnings, but I consider myself even more fortunate to have seen Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda, Jimmy Davenport, Juan Marichal and Jack Sanford all through the 60's. Those Candlestick memories have dominated my thoughts the past few weeks and re-introduced my Dad in my day-to-day thoughts as well. I'm a pretty private person and don't intend to blog much about that, but I will say that I absolutely love my past as a young kid. I was pretty damn lucky.
The even better part of the whole Giants-Rangers-Phillies-Braves experience was hanging out with my New York daughter Amanda over the phone. She kicked things off by calling me from a downtown pub in Philadelphia the evening the Giants won that last game... wearing her Giants hat! Brave young woman and a TRUE Giants fan. Will Clark, Kevin Mitchell and Rod Beck were the guys during Amanda's early days. It was wonderful to feel so connected between PA, NY and ABQ! Thanks Amanda!
This is from the San Francisco Chronicle website @ http://www.sfgate.com :
