tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194364687235361900.post1140727311290993460..comments2023-05-23T06:58:38.567-05:00Comments on JD's Jottings: Holy Cow! My Uncles Liked Baseball Too!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194364687235361900.post-87153181003055610482015-02-28T19:31:49.779-06:002015-02-28T19:31:49.779-06:00The "uniforms" in the church ball team f...The "uniforms" in the church ball team from Friedens really amaze me. I can't believe they played in those. I sure wish I had one of those sweaters though!John Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758177255213910118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194364687235361900.post-56866380797229321102015-02-28T19:29:22.753-06:002015-02-28T19:29:22.753-06:00George was a pretty good name dropper too. I remem...George was a pretty good name dropper too. I remember how he enjoyed telling me about this. He knew I loved baseball and that I would be excited about this.John Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758177255213910118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194364687235361900.post-8322250905597967242015-02-28T19:27:52.000-06:002015-02-28T19:27:52.000-06:00He had a sneaky sense of humor, and he didn't ...He had a sneaky sense of humor, and he didn't mind giving me the business once in a while,but you are right. He was so unlike Daddy in that way!John Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758177255213910118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194364687235361900.post-58353422216608827452015-02-28T19:26:14.490-06:002015-02-28T19:26:14.490-06:00My Uncle liked to hobnob and name dropper.:)My Uncle liked to hobnob and name dropper.:)John Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758177255213910118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194364687235361900.post-86043567932921237902015-02-28T10:04:12.484-06:002015-02-28T10:04:12.484-06:00Good baseball stories!! I did not know that Uncle ...Good baseball stories!! I did not know that Uncle George was Nolan Ryan's mailman! That's a random & awesome connection. :)Amy Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07656085601090998534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194364687235361900.post-37028846854172304402015-02-21T21:04:06.200-06:002015-02-21T21:04:06.200-06:00Let's see, Paul, out of all of that, you got t...Let's see, Paul, out of all of that, you got that the Cubbies are the family team!? Well, I guess you're right . Uncle Ernie certainly was. Grampa liked the Cubs too, but he was not really a big baseball fan. I am sure most of the Zion family, if they were baseball fans at all, it would be the Cubs. I grew up watching them on WGN - a lot - HOFer Jack "Hey Hey" Brickhouse and Vince Lloyd were the announcers. (I secretly called him Jack Brick#@&#house). I would make my own scorebook and score the games, also using my baseball cards, laid out on the floor. I pulled for the Cubs until they played the Braves. The Braves small-market did not allow a TV package in those says, so the only time I got to see them play was when they played the Cubs on WGN. I would listen to them on my transistor radio. I would hunker down underneath the dining room table and listen to Earl Gillespie and Blaine Walsh. Look 'em up. I think I became a Braves fan through one of my grade school buddies at Friedens in Kenosha. I loved Eddie Matthews, Henry Aaron, Warren Spahn - I knew them all. And I still cherish my Milwaukee Braves baseball cards from the late 50's and early 60's. I literally cried when they moved to Atlanta! But Wrigley Field is still a baeball holy place.John Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758177255213910118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194364687235361900.post-42471501038977547742015-02-21T16:45:42.880-06:002015-02-21T16:45:42.880-06:00Good stuff!!! So you're saying The Cubbies we...Good stuff!!! So you're saying The Cubbies were the family team? Got it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11508892982201669758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194364687235361900.post-88405338911882017532015-02-17T06:43:56.400-06:002015-02-17T06:43:56.400-06:00I love seeing Uncle Ernie smile.. Don't rememb...I love seeing Uncle Ernie smile.. Don't remember that very much. Picked out Uncle Kelly & Uncle George immediately. Never knew the ballgame story or maybe I forgot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06499893404981508216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194364687235361900.post-43153312619496084432015-02-16T23:19:02.681-06:002015-02-16T23:19:02.681-06:00I also love how our family is so baseball oriented...I also love how our family is so baseball oriented. KThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402957684200965860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194364687235361900.post-58417098193281584712015-02-16T23:15:57.593-06:002015-02-16T23:15:57.593-06:00That picture of Uncle Ernie and Harry Carey is so ...That picture of Uncle Ernie and Harry Carey is so familiar to me. :) I love it. KThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402957684200965860noreply@blogger.com