Comments on: Hal McRae http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/ Voice of the Mathematically Eliminated Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: sb1902 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-346 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:59:21 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-346 15.  Loved the paragraph about opening the package of cards. It really threw my mind back. I’d forgotten the joy and anticipation of the actually opening of the pack!

]]> By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-345 Wed, 16 May 2007 17:56:51 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-345 14.  Thanks for the story, Buildabong. The key detail for me was the fact that the T-shirt was an OP.

]]> By: Buildabong http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-344 Fri, 11 May 2007 00:21:06 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-344 13.  ”…leaving a brown marijuana kiss on the fabric.”

Funny story about “the kiss” – I had a friend named John Koch in HS whom had/has 9 brother and sisters. His house was huge – it was so big we could blow bongs in his bedroom (unheard of at the age of 15 !).

At any rate, we pretty much used the same method described above. We would blow smoke into an old baby blue “Ocean Pacific”
T-shirt and there were many brown marijuana kisses on the fabric as we used the same shirt for an entire school year.

When the last day of high school came along everyone tried to out-do each other by wearing the silliest possible clothes for the last day.

John showed up for the last day wearing that old and unwashed OP shirt. The kiss marks were plainly obvious to anyone who had ever smoked pot and blew smoke into fabric. He smelled like a giant ball of resin. We all laughed and laugh and laughed and laughed.

There was one teacher (the art teacher) who knew exactly what was going on. At the end of the day she sought out John and invited him and his over to her place for a session. We all went and had a wonderful time (an art teacher’s house is invariably cool and stimulating) – it was a coming of age for all of us…

Good Times !

]]> By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-343 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:50:23 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-343 12.  11: Viva el Birdos! Yeah, I didn’t realize McRae was the Cards’ hitting coach until I was checking out the VEL site. I imagine he knows about as much about hitting as anyone. One thing I am kind of disappointed about in this ongoing “Happy” saga is that despite focusing at some length on McRae in two different posts I haven’t been able to squeeze into my self-obsessed monologue anything about how great a hitter he was. He could rake! He retired as the best DH ever (since toppled by Edgar Martinez, I guess).

]]> By: Birds on the Bat http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-342 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:10:05 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-342 11.  Great stuff. Happy to find this thanks to a reference from lboros at veb. I also enjoyed your lowlights and miscellany, and have been getting into the archives and touring the toaster.

Reflections upon the days of bongs and bazooka made me happy. I also liked your 4 points (or 3) to happiness. Thanks

]]> By: chiros13 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-341 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:09:38 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-341 10.  I just can’t picture this Happy Hal hurling phones and such across the room.

]]> By: Catfish326 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-340 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:03:57 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-340 9.  Beautiful Josh. To experience, and really live life, it’s those simple things that are most pleasurable . . . you nailed it.

]]> By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-339 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:53:07 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-339 8.  3, 4, 5: Thanks for the praise, guys. It’s really encouraging, and much appreciated.

To further visualize a key detail in the Hal McRae post, please see the below link to an ad for the Mr. T action figure that became part of our drug paraphrenalia (note the timely plagiarism of the “Beat It” guitar riff in the theme music):

http://poetv.com/video.php?vid=10988

]]> By: Ennui Willie Keeler http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-338 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:17:11 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-338 7.  I don’t think so, EE. He might come off his high and find himself on a plane.

I only recalled McRae as a DH, but I checked and he did get some significant OF time until 1977.

]]> By: Eric Enders http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-337 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:01:38 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/04/22/hal-mcrae/#comment-337 6.  2 “Poor Mr. T.”

Don’t you think living his life in the passageway of a bong would be, like, Mr. T’s dream life?

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