Comments on: The Summer of ’47 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/08/the-summer-of-47.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:06:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: songbird http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/08/the-summer-of-47.html/comment-page-1#comment-5500 songbird Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:13:37 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=1787#comment-5500 My dad used to tell me stories of seeing the Giants and Dodgers play in Ebbets Field in the 1950's. He was a Giants fan. Six years after he died, Doris Kearns Goodwin told the whole world the stories my dad had told me in "Wait 'Til Next Year". Ironically, I was an L.A. Dodgers fan as a kid as my favorite team, the Chicago White Sox, were too far way for any coverage in my childhood home town. The Dodgers were one of the two closest Major League teams, only 350 miles away. Though the Dodgers were (are) the bitter rival of "his" team, my dad loved telling me stories of the glory days of 1950's New York City baseball. With all respect to your dad, I disagree with him. I believe a majority of Americans do know the value of most things, but have to know the price of everything. Just because the cynics (as Oscar Wilde called such people who "know the price of everything, and the value of nothing") get all the press and media coverage, it doesn't mean they are the majority in America. My dad used to tell me stories of seeing the Giants and Dodgers play in Ebbets Field in the 1950′s. He was a Giants fan. Six years after he died, Doris Kearns Goodwin told the whole world the stories my dad had told me in “Wait ‘Til Next Year”.

Ironically, I was an L.A. Dodgers fan as a kid as my favorite team, the Chicago White Sox, were too far way for any coverage in my childhood home town. The Dodgers were one of the two closest Major League teams, only 350 miles away. Though the Dodgers were (are) the bitter rival of “his” team, my dad loved telling me stories of the glory days of 1950′s New York City baseball.

With all respect to your dad, I disagree with him. I believe a majority of Americans do know the value of most things, but have to know the price of everything. Just because the cynics (as Oscar Wilde called such people who “know the price of everything, and the value of nothing”) get all the press and media coverage, it doesn’t mean they are the majority in America.

]]> By: edzschau http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/08/the-summer-of-47.html/comment-page-1#comment-5499 edzschau Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:44:20 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=1787#comment-5499 Brad, baseball is a game that bridges generations and we're fortunate to have authors like David Halberstam who has written classics that each generation can enjoy. Summer of '49 and October 1964 are two great works but to me his last book, Teammates, tells a great story about how baseball builds relationships and creates a lifetime bond among players (in this case Boston teammates Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, Dom DiMaggio, Bobby Doerr). It's a great read that you and your dad would enjoy. Brad, baseball is a game that bridges generations and we’re fortunate to have authors like David Halberstam who has written classics that each generation can enjoy. Summer of ’49 and October 1964 are two great works but to me his last book, Teammates, tells a great story about how baseball builds relationships and creates a lifetime bond among players (in this case Boston teammates Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, Dom DiMaggio, Bobby Doerr). It’s a great read that you and your dad would enjoy.

]]> By: Gards http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/08/the-summer-of-47.html/comment-page-1#comment-5498 Gards Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:00:22 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=1787#comment-5498 Thanks for encouraging your Dad to tell the story. It provoked a lot of memories of summers gone by. Thanks for encouraging your Dad to tell the story. It provoked a lot of memories of summers gone by.

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