Name: Anita ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Feb 19, 2006, 12:01 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Harmon
Class: 1969
City & State: Fair Oaks, Ca
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Message: Okay Pasternak - I'll bite! While I have heard of the "Headless Horseman", I must admit that I don't have a clue as to who he is, what he is, or where he is? Enlighten me - please. And Steve Fraser - "Who's on first"?...embracing, kissing, and necking (gosh, there's a term I haven't heard in ages) I thought that was 'first base'? I'm not even going to touch "What's on second" and "I don't know who's on third"!
P.S. Happy Birthday Elizabeth!

Name: Steve Fraser ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 9:26 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: laguna woods , ca
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Message: Girls, I'm sorry, but another baseball stadium post. Although it's relatively new and Keith hasn't had a chance to bomb one out (yet), the Tony Gwynn field at San Diego State is a beauty. It rivals Blair Field in every way. A hitter from Hawaii could probably hit the parking lot with a Tonga Paddle.

Name: Wade Greasby ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 9:07 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1973
City & State: Surf City, Ca
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Message: As far as college baseball parks go, Texas has a great park. I played college ball in the south, '75-'77 at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, now renamed Louisiana University @ Lafayette. At UT where the turf is hot, fans sit close to the action and opposing teams catch hell from the "homies". Florida St. has a great park also. LSU was the most "unfriendly" park. But after the games the food was the best. They beat you then fed you. The only big draw back I faced was being from California. I heard it all down there when playing. I wouldn't change the experience and the people I played with, though it would have been great to play out here and let the southern boys face the best college players of that day. I played some summer ball up in Colorado, back in the seventies, where the ball flies out of the parks. Dan Burns, St Bernard High, hit a ball 450-500 feet through a third story dorm window up at CU, University of Colorado. That frozen rope should have had a stewardess on it. Furthest ball I've seen hit. Scott and Colburn hit some blasts at HHS. Scott can still John Daly the golf ball. OK enough baseball, all you golfers sign up for the golf tourney and we'll talk more then.

Name: Keith D. Jones ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 8:31 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1976
City & State: Kona, HI
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Message: I did both. I see how that might be hard for some people like you to fathom. Like I said, some people can and some people can't. I no longer can but at least at one time I could. I'm pretty sure I'm not as good with a calculator as Mr. Fraser is. But, I won't say I don't believe him. You have to realize there is no reason for me to lie about what I have done in my life. It is easy to verify just about everything I say. Allot of it I have pics of. Ask Coach about the Home Run or anyone else on the team. Ask the scout from the NY Mets about my throw or Ray King a scout from the Twins. Like they'd remember since in that kind of level what I did was no big thing. But to some it must be.
Sorry John for sounding like I am bragging but I don't see it like that. I am telling people past stories at HHS and out of it. I went to HHS for four years so I think I am a Cougar. Just like you guys with the car stories. We all have interesting stories (well some of us). It's always the people who have nothing intersting to say that attack the people who do. Oh well lucky I am not like that.

Name: Armand Vaquer ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 7:44 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1972
City & State: Tarzana, CA
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Message: I have to admire the athletes from Hawthorne. Seems we bred a lot of 'em. The closest I ever came to being on the playing fields of Dodger and Angel stadium were for a flag ceremony in 1964 or 65 at Dodger Stadium between games of a double-header and a parade at Angel Stadium after inducting Gene Autry into a fraternal order I belong to back in 1985. I don't remember any cat-fights but I do recall some incidents at the swimming pool when we had co-ed swimming. Girls would be jumping off the diving platform and some guys standing there would yank their bikini tops off just when they were almost airborne. Naturally, angry boyfriends would be out seeking revenge.

Name: Steve Fraser ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 4:42 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: laguna woods , ca
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Message: Keith, I'm confused! Did you hit the ball out of Blair Stadium or did you just throw it out? I'm seeing two different stories, neither one believeable! Show up at the C-Town Golf Tourney and we'll see how far you can throw a golf ball!

Name: Cindy Wernicke ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 2:26 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Maxson
Class: 1963
City & State: Seal Beach, CA
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Message: OMG Pat, that is the funniest thing I have read in a long time, "make you scream like a little girl" what a beautiful line. You and John are my heroes. I know a lot of guys who played with cars and they were really good at sports also.

Name: Cheri Longanecker ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 2:23 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1965
City & State: Gig Harbor, WA
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Message: I might be one of the few women who enjoys baseball. So all of the talk regarding the "olden days" and who hit what where is enjoyable. Thank you Jim Schroeder for the compliment. We had a great time putting on that production. Mr. Fix and Mr. Morgan were a demanding pair of men who expected the cast and crew to perform at their best. Does anyone know how Mr. Fix is? Cindy Whittaker can't imagine why you would want to move to Texas. Thank you for the offer - work hours won't permit me to pop in. Go Mariners! I'm traveling to Pioria, AZ to attend a few games next month.

Name: Pat Underwood ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 1:00 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1963
City & State: Hawthorne, Calif
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Message: I would like to thank Keith for mentioning those of us that did play with cars. My favorite toy was the 348 that sat under the hood of my 1958 Chevy. Then later on in life, I graduated to a 409 in a 64 Chevy. I wasn?t good in sports and I didn?t fight in school, but I could sure show you the sport of street racing and whip your butt and make you scream like a little girl from light to light. I pray to the gods of Chevrolets every night and say ?Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.?

Name: Kathy ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 12:58 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Frodge
Class: 1979
City & State: Dupo,Illinois
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Message: I am looking for 2 ppl Edward Sanchez class of 77 and Lisa DePasquale class of 79......Thanks Alot...Kathy Frodge

Name: Jerry Miles ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 12:26 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Fair Oaks, CA
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Message: Nick, no problem. I new dat hi skool educasion wood pay off big someday. Forget the chips. Throw a quarter in the slots when you get the chance and send me the winnings. Yes, you may keep enough out to pay the postage.

Name: nick pappagiorgio ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 12:09 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: rusty
Class: 1975
City & State: LV, NV
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Message: Thanks Jerry! Beat the Odds was the show I was trying to recall. I don't have pretzels but I could send you some Doritos for that right answer. Just shoot me an address where to send them. (you've got the shipping, right?)

Name: Keith D. Jones ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 11:56 am - HHS Time
Class: 1976
City & State: Kona, HI
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Message: Well John, some us had it others played with cars. Just telling like it is (was). And Willie Mays is not mortal.

Name: Cindy Wernicke ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 11:29 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Maxson
Class: 1963
City & State: Seal Beach, CA
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Message: Baxter, Baxter, Baxter, I for one am loving all the car/baseball talk and I can even appreciate war talk. As far as kicking some butt at HIS, I was one of those girls, I had one girl who picked on me for all of 7th grade and started up again in 8th. I finally had all that I could take and summoned up the guts to kick her ass and make her cry, to that point she had been the meanest girl in school, after that she steered clear of me. That is my one and only fight story and nobody ever saw my bra, not that I needed one back then.

Name: Jim Sloey ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 10:49 am - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Solvang, Ca
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Message: Dean you are right. I was transferring in my mind Moon's left-handed swing to a right-handed swing. It is the back elbow not the front one. Your pretzels are on their way.

Name: Neil Larson ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 10:40 am - HHS Time
Class: 1971
City & State: Crestview, Fl.
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Message: This week in 1966 -The Beach Boys began recording Good Vibrations which cost over $1 million to produce!

Name: Keith D. Jones ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 10:39 am - HHS Time
Class: 1976
City & State: Kona, HI
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Message: Actually Dean I was given the chance a few times to play pro ball and screwed up wach time. That particular time when I when I threw the ball over the center field fence was during a pro tryout that the MLB setup. It had scouts from nearly every team. Over 1200 people showed up. I can't remember the scouts name but he was the one who signed Mike Scott to the Mets, gave me his card but I don't think I heard from him again. I played in a summer league with the Twin's (Bert Blyleven, Gary Ward played)but nothing ever came out of that. I played with the Chet Brewer All Stars (Darryl Strawberry played with us)and we traveled and played every college team there was in So.Cal. I basically was a screw up though. I never for some reason took anything seriously enough. I began weight training allot and got just too big. In 83 I tried out with the A's but was just to big to swing a bat. I went to Harbor College for a year. I hit 4 home runs down in San Diego in a tournament. We were rated the #1 Jr. College team in the country that year. At the middle league field in Holy Glen I hit a home run that ended up in the tot lot near the turtle someone said. I say Tony LaCoco hit one though that hit the handball courts out in center field there. Mark Farnsworth hit a foul ball into the tennis courts in left field. I remember Tom Rueggar hit the railroad tracks in right field at HHS. I hot sevral HR's over the 400' mark. We should ask Coach Minami abou the HR during the Alumni game one year I hit. It ended up past the 1st base in the field out past center field. Yes El Segundo did have the best field. Deadeux Field or UCLA had the parking lot in right and that was always a target. I hit it once.

Name: EL ROJO ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 10:34 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Stillthesame
Class: 1960
City & State: Kuna, ID
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Message: Uh-Huh? 2/19/43!MAY THE COUGAR BE WITH YOU! Jake N Jude.

Name: Dan Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 10:23 am - HHS Time
Class: 1977
City & State: Sherman Oaks
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Message: JB, thanks for THAT visual. When I was 8, my sister was 16 and we had a bunk bed. I had the lower bunk with a makeshift curtain for a little privacy. One day my sister and her friend came in the room and didn't know I was there. They proceeded to change their clothes (they were 16). I saw everything -- bras, panties, etc. At the time, it was difficult to process the information -- it all was so unfamiliar. This is starting to read like Penthouse Forum (not that I know what that reads like). "All the best things in lovin, like your sister and your cousin and it started with a little kiss, like this."

Name: Neil Larson ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 7:59 am - HHS Time
Class: 1971
City & State: Crestview Fl.
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Message: Cougars in TV Land - - - Growing up in an L.A. burb meant the occasional trip up to the studios for many of us. When the relatives would travel in from back East, Mom would give them the Universal Tour! My sister Ingrid (74) got to be on Sheriff John once, and our 7th grade class from Lockhaven took a field trip to see Art Linkletter?s ?House Party?. And I seem to recall my brother Eric (70) & Rich Greedus (69) with their dates actually got on Boss City more than once. Please, who else has Memories of Cougars in TV Land.

Name: Neil ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 7:32 am - HHS Time
Class: 1971
City & State: Crestview FLORIDA
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Message: Nick Pappagorgio 75? PRESS YOUR LUCK The 1983 CBS game show was called Press Your Luck ?The hopefuls would try to guess where & when the lighted screen would stop on the game board made up of 18 TV monitors, by PRESSING a button to stop the movement hence the ?PRESS? in Press Your Luck ? the thing was that the pattern of the ?random? order was not random , one viewer calculated the pattern after watching the show for a long time?( Not like you!!) - The unemployed Ice Cream truck driver from Ohio Mike Larson managed to select the spot of play repeatedly because he knew the sequence and racked in over $110,000.oo. Like other game shows there was a ?default? one square was the WHAMMY! The show surfaced again in 2001 on cable, and was a copy an original 1977 show SECOND CHANCE.

Name: Alan Nelson ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 7:21 am - HHS Time
Class: 1973
City & State: Parker, AZ
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Message: The Whammy game show was "Press Your Luck". There was one guy that had the sequence of the prize board timed, and ended up winning for several weeks and hundreds of thousands of dollars. After that they randomized the board.

Name: Jerry Miles ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 18, 2006, 6:02 am - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Fair Oaks, CA
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Message: Nick, I think I found your game show although I don?t remember it myself. It was on in the early sixties on KTLA and called Beat the Odds. You can read all about it at http://www.mikeburger.com/pilots/beat_the_odds/beat_the_odds.html It even has a picture of Sammy the Wammy.