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Doc_Technical

(3,526 posts)
Tue Aug 18, 2020, 05:41 PM Aug 2020

Cardboard fans.

Dodger Stadium, behind home plate, first row,
the blond with the sunglasses in her hair:
is that DeDe Lind?

How about a cutout of Bob Uecker in the far corner of the
third deck like in the Miller Lite Beer commercial.

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Cardboard fans. (Original Post) Doc_Technical Aug 2020 OP
That commercial is a classic! Ohiogal Aug 2020 #1
Does Miami have a cardboard Steve Bartman? CaptYossarian Aug 2020 #2
SF Giants announcers, Krukow and Kuiper were laughing and suggesting exactly that Brother Buzz Aug 2020 #3
So "Kruk and Kuip" already thought of it: Doc_Technical Aug 2020 #4
Believe it or not, they are celebrating their thirtieth anniversary as a team this year! Brother Buzz Aug 2020 #5
Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons Doc_Technical Aug 2020 #6
Then there's KNBR radio announcer Jon Miller Brother Buzz Aug 2020 #7

Ohiogal

(32,012 posts)
1. That commercial is a classic!
Tue Aug 18, 2020, 05:45 PM
Aug 2020

Mr. O and I still say “He missed the tag!” when we watch a game.

A cutout of Bob way up in the nosebleed seats would be perfect.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
2. Does Miami have a cardboard Steve Bartman?
Tue Aug 18, 2020, 07:09 PM
Aug 2020

I'm not picking on the poor guy. It just seems right that the Marlins would celebrate his presence, even though the Cubs didn't help themselves the rest of that inning.

Maybe the Cubs can bring him back the way the Red Sox brought Bill Buckner back.

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)
3. SF Giants announcers, Krukow and Kuiper were laughing and suggesting exactly that
Wed Aug 19, 2020, 09:30 PM
Aug 2020

when the first cutouts first started appearing.

I totally forgot about the commercial, but I laughed because, well, it's Bob Uecker....

Doc_Technical

(3,526 posts)
4. So "Kruk and Kuip" already thought of it:
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 03:56 PM
Aug 2020

warped minds think alike.

Alas, I moved from NorCal 18 months ago to SE Arizona so I
can no longer listen to the guys do Giants games.

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)
5. Believe it or not, they are celebrating their thirtieth anniversary as a team this year!
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 04:22 PM
Aug 2020

That fact, alone, makes this old fart feel really, really old because it seems like just yesterday I was listening to Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons.

My brush with greatness: I delivered Russ Hodges afternoon newspaper in Mill Valley back in the sixties

Doc_Technical

(3,526 posts)
6. Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 04:43 PM
Aug 2020

they had another guy on their crew named Bill Thompson
on radio station KSFO.
You aren't the only old fart on this site.

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)
7. Then there's KNBR radio announcer Jon Miller
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 04:55 PM
Aug 2020

I thought he was becoming an old fart and I looked him up. I was gobsmacked to discover we are the same age!

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