"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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On 12/6/2006 10:26 PM, Don White wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:34:07 -0500, Bert Robbins
wrote:


Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:09:50 -0500, Bert Robbins
wrote:


Harry Krause wrote:

On 12/6/2006 11:21 AM, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:04:09 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:



Our pickup hockey games were played on a little lake north of
Westville, a suburb of New Haven. There were no rules there. The
city's outdoor skating rinks did not allow pickup hockey games,
and the indoor old New Haven Arena did not allow anything other
than skating in a big circle to music.

I was never good enough a skater to even try out for our high
school's varsity hockey team. Those guys could skate!

We didn't allow "lifting" in our pickup hockey games. No one
wanted to loose teeth or an eye. If you slammed the puck and it
hit someone above the legs, the opposing team got a point.
I never played hockey or basketball in high school.

Couldn't play one and hated the other. :)
I was only 6'2" in high school and not nearly tall enough to play
for my school's team!
My high school basketball team's tallest player was only 6'2 and we
won the state AAA championships my senior year. This was the same
year Ralph Samson played. Good thing his high school was in AA
school.
Ok, you forced me into it.

I struck out Anthony Richard "Tony" Conigliaro in his final at high
school at bat when I was a Freshman in high school.

So there.

Pffffhhhhhtttt.....
One of my aunts was set up for a blind date with Roger Staubach and she
didn't go. I missed out on having an Uncle Roger.

I had an Aunt who dated Tony Kubek.

The guy was a prick.

And I don't mind saying so publicly...

I sat a a table drinking beer next to one occupied by half a dozen
members of the Montreal Canadiens.....when they were on top.
(think Serge Savard etc)



That's nothing! I met Antonino Rocca once at the old Madison Square
Garden. I was maybe 8. He told me to "drink a lot of milk and grow big and
strong." Never heard of him, eh? He was a famous pro wrestler.



Was friends with Bobo Olson when I was a kid. He lived in the neighborhood.
And was struck out by Ernie Brolio during pickup games during the summer
after he retired. He was from my highschool. When I learned how hard it is
to hit a really well thrown fastball.