Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 11 Posted July 11 Second last row from the bottom right below the dude with sunglasses. I was a catcher and outfielder! 5 1 Quote
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted July 11 Posted July 11 I was born in 1955 but got this in 1964 4 Quote
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted July 11 Posted July 11 WOW, you guys got official baseball pants. We got a T-shirt, hat, and wore our jeans and tennis shoes. Which no one ever played tennis with them. 3 2 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 11 Author Posted July 11 2 hours ago, irish ike, SASS #43615 said: WOW, you guys got official baseball pants. We got a T-shirt, hat, and wore our jeans and tennis shoes. Which no one ever played tennis with them. We had a good sponsor. At the time I believe that was one of the biggest construction companies in the area. 2 Quote
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted July 12 Posted July 12 My little league team was sponsored by Sinton and Brown. A local manure company. We had full uniforms. As 9 year old the year before in pee wee league we just had T shirts. In high school the junior varsity team had old uniforms from the late 40s- early 50s. They were heavy wool. We hated them. Little League started about 1963 for me. 2 Quote
Lawdog Posted July 12 Posted July 12 Little League was kind of a big deal in the town where I grew up. Teams were sponsored by local merchants (Hardware stores, banks) or civic groups (Rotary Club, Lions Club, etc) and the local police sponsored a team. The field had lights, an announcer booth/press box and a primitive electric score board that had individual light bulbs that told you the number of balls, strikes, outs and error or hit. PA system introduced the batter and an inning summary. The announcer was the local paper sports editor, so the kids got a decent write up the next day. Manual number placards were hung indicating inning runs and totals by kids who got a free bag of popcorn and a coke from the concession stand to work it. You got a complete uniform, jersey, pants, socks and cap. Jersey and pants went back after the season, but you kept the socks and hat. Was kinda fun to see who got what number from the year before. Numbers were on the right sleeve. Sponsor on the back, and town name across the front. Little League patch on left sleeve. The numbers corresponded with the uniform size, pretty much. Single digits were smaller kids and on up. Number 10 and 14 were the hot numbers to get (Ron Santo, Ernie Banks). Pretty big Chicago Cub influence since we were 90 miles from Chicago and the local cable company could get the WGN TV feed. Yes, they were wool and hot. But you looked good! Circa 1968-72. And I do still walk that park when I get back there. Our boys got a kick out seeing where me and my friends used to play. 2 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 12 Author Posted July 12 I also played Pony League which was the next step up from little league. Our sponsor was Rick’s menswear, a local clothing store in town. We won the championship in 1962. I had a trophy and somehow lost it. 😡 1 Quote
I. M. Crossdraw, SASS# 8321 Posted July 13 Posted July 13 Which one? All those kids look alike. 🙄 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted July 13 Posted July 13 17 minutes ago, I. M. Crossdraw, SASS# 8321 said: Which one? All those kids look alike. 🙄 He's the one with the Stepanovil Const. shirt on. 😉 1 Quote
I. M. Crossdraw, SASS# 8321 Posted July 13 Posted July 13 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said: He's the one with the Stepanovil Const. shirt on. 😉 AHHH, that makes sense. I can see that now.😂 They are all catchers and outfielders. Edited July 13 by I. M. Crossdraw, SASS# 8321 2 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted July 13 Posted July 13 And back then we actually had to win to be the winners. We were so abused for our parents entertainment! 1 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 13 Author Posted July 13 (edited) 4 hours ago, I. M. Crossdraw, SASS# 8321 said: Which one? All those kids look alike. 🙄 The best looking one of course!🤠😎 I’m right below the dude with the sunglasses as I said in the original post DUH 🙄 Edited July 13 by Rye Miles #13621 1 Quote
watab kid Posted July 14 Posted July 14 9 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said: And back then we actually had to win to be the winners. We were so abused for our parents entertainment! thats a fact , no participant trophys handed out , you lost you went home empty handed but you knew you were there and gave it your best 1 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted July 14 Posted July 14 5 hours ago, watab kid said: thats a fact , no participant trophys handed out , you lost you went home empty handed but you knew you were there and gave it your best And the incentive to try a little harder next game. 1 Quote
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted July 14 Posted July 14 My Little League years were from 62-63 in Knoxville. There were enough kids (boys) in our neighborhood that we basically supported 3 teams in our 'division'. I also was a starting catcher. And my batting average was above 400, if I remember correctly. The wildest pitcher in our league was a left hander and he was on our team. I hated batting practice when he was pitching cause he was fast and a little wild when he hurled that ball. He was the only pitcher that gave me the 'hee-bee-gee-bees', if you know what I mean. ..........Widder 1 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 14 Author Posted July 14 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: My Little League years were from 62-63 in Knoxville. There were enough kids (boys) in our neighborhood that we basically supported 3 teams in our 'division'. I also was a starting catcher. And my batting average was above 400, if I remember correctly. The wildest pitcher in our league was a left hander and he was on our team. I hated batting practice when he was pitching cause he was fast and a little wild when he hurled that ball. He was the only pitcher that gave me the 'hee-bee-gee-bees', if you know what I mean. ..........Widder I hit 4 home runs in a game in Little League once! Well, here’s the real story. We played in an open field, no fence in the outfield. I hit the first one over the fielders head and by the time he ran it down and threw it in I was home. The next one if I remember was in the gap of left and center, one of them got the ball and threw it in, but the infielder flubbed it and then picked it up and made a really bad throw home so that was #2. I remember the other two were similar. If there was a fence those homers would have been doubles or maybe a triple or even a long single with errors. I do remember the first one that went over the left fielders head would have probably cleared a fence if there was one. So, realistically I had ONE real homer. I was a pretty decent hitter if I do say so myself! Edited July 14 by Rye Miles #13621 Quote
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted July 14 Posted July 14 We also didn't play on fields with Little League fences. The main field downtown had a fence but we didn't play there. One of my buddies just missed the birthday cutoff and was still in Little League when the rest of us moved up to the 13 to 15 year old League. This guy could hit the ball. Sure enough the that year they put up a regulation fence. I don't know how many he hit that year. In high school varsity our coach said if you totalled up practice and game homers he'd never had anyone hit more then him. Quote
watab kid Posted July 15 Posted July 15 13 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said: And the incentive to try a little harder next game. yes indeed that was an incentive to train and show up better next time 1 Quote
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