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Topic: How you became a football fan ...

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MrNubbz

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Re: How you became a football fan ...
« Reply #28 on: February 17, 2018, 11:33:47 AM »
Ya forgot Belanger one of the finest defensive SS to ever play.And Merv Rettenmund - i always remember the catchers because that's what I played.On another note McDowell later got his stuff together and became a substance abuse counselor or sum such.He comes back for old timer activities and is a great interview with engaging & entertaining stories.Sam regaled when he threw 1-0,9 inning complete game victory.Back then starters often went the distance.Evidently Sam threw a 3 hitter,how ever he struck out 17 but walked 13.Then he picked off 4 of the base runners.These old timers all had a laugh about this because he ended up throwing the ball like 200 + times.The interviewer & other old timers were chiding Mike Hargrove who was there.When Hargrove managed he was notorious for pulling starters after 115-120 pitch count.The Indians ended up trading McDowell for Gaylord Perry(who was a character in his own right) & Frank Duffy.Perry ended up pitching 29 complete games for the Tribe in '72.Duffy was a good glove man
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Re: How you became a football fan ...
« Reply #29 on: February 17, 2018, 12:20:16 PM »
That's all good/fine/accurate but it's icing on the cake.Good Ole Boy Bobby  mixing it up with Steve Superior takes it out of the frying pan and into the fire.Fairly certain I saw all of them
Was Bowden never thought of as two-faced?  I can't recall a larger gap between persona of a HC and play style of a team.  He played the part of ole southern grandpa publicly (and in the living room, with recruits, I'm sure) while his defenses purposely took out QBs and hit well after the whistle (effectively, for sure).
Now you could say the defenses were made in the DC's image (Mickey Andrews), but either Bowden was complicit or incompetent even before dawning his safari hat.  
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