03-21-2022, 10:14 PM
(03-21-2022, 10:04 PM)grampahol Wrote: I go back beyond diaper days (1960s) with the Reds being my own grandfather was picked by the Reds to play for them, but he was underage at the time and his parents wouldn't allow it instead made him work in their store.. Anyway, as far back as I can remember my grandpa would sit me and my brother down in the living room and talk baseball endlessly then start showing us all the scars on his legs..He was a catcher before any real shin guards and spiking players was perfectly legal.. He played and coached in amateur ball in Dayton for years.. Much later in life an old woman who knew my grandparents lived across the street from me and told the story of my grandfather losing one of his nuts when it got spiked or hit with a baseball..not sure about the exact sequence, but she claimed he lost it playing ball in Dayton..
Great story. Except not sure if I was your grandpa I would want to be famous to the women in the area for losing a nut.
