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In your youth, what venue did you aspire to play in?
October 15, 2019, 11:49 AM
pbslingerIn your youth, what venue did you aspire to play in?
Drove past Crysler Stadium in Independence, Missouri and remembered how I revered that baseball stadium. If my high school team had some success in early rounds of playoffs, they might have played there. I only played JV baseball, so it really was a pipe dream. I've never set foot in that stadium, and it always looks somewhat imposing to me when I drive by. To me, that's where the big boys play.
What venue would have meant you had realized your dreams when you were a young athlete, artist, or performer?
October 15, 2019, 12:06 PM
BamaJeepsterI was a football player in high school in Alabama and graduated in 83. My dreams were realized my senior year when we advanced in the playoffs and played in Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and for the state championship at Legion Field in Birmingham. As a lifelong Alabama fan, those 2 stadiums were all that mattered!
The state championship game was played in the rain the week after the Alabama/Auburn game in 1982 and is listed as the number 5 all time most memorable game in Alabama high school football history:
http://www.ahsfhs.org/games/index.asp
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flashguyNone. Sports did not interest me.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth October 15, 2019, 12:57 PM
PowerSurgeI always wanted to pitch against Dale Murphy in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium and see how I would do against him.
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October 15, 2019, 01:10 PM
6gunsWish I'd been good enough to even have those thoughts.
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October 15, 2019, 01:11 PM
erj_pilotBoston Garden. On ice...NOT the parquet floor.
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mojojojoThe Wild Blue Yonder...and thankfully I did
Icarus flew too close to the sun, but at least he flew. October 15, 2019, 01:22 PM
Ryanp225I always wanted to play a rock n roll set at Red Rocks amphitheater.
(Not into team sports)
October 15, 2019, 01:24 PM
6gunsquote:
Originally posted by erj_pilot:
Boston Garden. On ice...NOT the parquet floor.
I was a big Bruins fan in the early to mid 70's era.
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October 15, 2019, 01:28 PM
YooperSigsIn my Little League, baseball playing days:
Crosley Field.
End of Earth: 2 Miles
Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
October 15, 2019, 01:32 PM
jgerge222I always wanted to play in Ohio Stadium The Shoe!
I still get goose bumps walking in there to watch the Buckeyes play!
October 15, 2019, 01:35 PM
Sailor1911Road America
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stu1000rrThe Playboy Mansion.
October 15, 2019, 01:42 PM
orion5I wanted to play in God's arena, hunting and fishing, birdwatching etc. Still doing it, and will as long as I am able.
o5
October 15, 2019, 01:43 PM
V-Tailquote:
Originally posted by mojojojo:
The Wild Blue Yonder...and thankfully I did
Me too, but I never got shot off the pointy end of a big boat.
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים October 15, 2019, 02:04 PM
signewtPast grade school I never cared for events involving a ball of any kind. Don't understand it myself.
Track & field yes. Gymnastics yes.
1964 Olympic judo was of interest.
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October 15, 2019, 02:08 PM
pulicordsquote:
Originally posted by orion5:
I wanted to play in God's arena, hunting and fishing, birdwatching etc. Still doing it, and will as long as I am able.
o5
Like you, I preferred outdoor sports, and aspired to "play" them in places like Alaska and Africa. I'm fortunate in that I've been able to do so. Stalking "Buff" (Cape Buffalo) in the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania was almost surreal.
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October 15, 2019, 02:16 PM
PykerOctober 15, 2019, 02:18 PM
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October 15, 2019, 02:25 PM
radiomanI wanted to sit in for Johnny for a night.
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