I was going through some old photo albums and found these pictures I had taken 37 years ago. Wow, could it have been that long ago? Am I really that old? Yes and yes.
These were taken on June 11th or 12th, 1975 at Arlington Stadium (the old one obviously) before a game between the Orioles and Rangers. I have ticket stubs from both games and these pics could be from either (or both). Back then the Orioles made two trips a year through the West Division and I always drove up for at least one series in the Metroplex.
The Orioles won 9-8 in ten innings the first night. Dave Duncan homers twice for the Orioles. Brooks Robinson got one of the Orioles' 16 hits. Jim Palmer won his 10th game of the season on the second night which meant he had 10 of the Orioles 24 wins on the season to that point.
I took a picture of Brooks during that series in Arlington but I'm saving that for another post.
Mike Cuellar (with an Afro) playing long toss in Arlington Stadium.
Bobby Grich jokes with Ellie Hendricks during warm-ups.
Don Baylor, who was from Austin just down I-35 had played in this park as an Oriole farm hand a few years earlier. I remember he had a lot of fans and friends there.
Earl walking and thinking (and probably wishing he had a smoke).
I was going through some old photo albums and found these pictures I had taken 37 years ago. Wow, could it have been that long ago? Am I really that old? Yes and yes.
These were taken on June 11th or 12th, 1975 at Arlington Stadium (the old one obviously) before a game between the Orioles and Rangers. I have ticket stubs from both games and these pics could be from either (or both). Back then the Orioles made two trips a year through the West Division and I always drove up for at least one series in the Metroplex.
The Orioles won 9-8 in ten innings the first night. Dave Duncan homers twice for the Orioles. Brooks Robinson got one of the Orioles' 16 hits. Jim Palmer won his 10th game of the season on the second night which meant he had 10 of the Orioles 24 wins on the season to that point.
I took a picture of Brooks during that series in Arlington but I'm saving that for another post.
Nice photos! The White Sox logo in the back is cool. My favorite is the Don Baylor shot. Looking forward to seeing the other photo.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics - but are you sure the Cuellar one is from '75? The White Sox didn't introduce that logo (as seen on the LF wall behind him) until 1976...
ReplyDeleteThat's possible. I took pictures on most of those trips. Don Baylor was gone to Oakland in '76 so that pic is almost certainly from the '75 season.
DeleteAnd now that I think about it I have pics of my girlfriend talking to Tippy Martinez which could only have happened in '76 or later so it's possible that these are a 'mixed' lot of photos.