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Is being an Usher for Met's spring training games. Nice little article in the New York Post.

http://nypost.com/2017/03/19/why-is-this...ets-games/

Good for him. Enjoy!

(03-21-2017 06:41 PM)SylvaniaRocket Wrote: [ -> ]Good for him. Enjoy!

somethings never change, what a gentlemen!

(03-22-2017 09:20 PM)Springboromark Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-21-2017 06:41 PM)SylvaniaRocket Wrote: [ -> ]Good for him. Enjoy!

somethings never change, what a gentlemen!

could block a lot of views when seating people. may be he should get the PA job where he's not blocking views. Just kidding, used to see him running at Swan Creek back in the 80's, cool guy to talk to.

Yes he is, forgot to mentioned back when I was a teenager, my sister introduce Mix to me at a wedding reception. He knew the guy who marry my cousin.

I played basketball at the downtown YMCA with his older brother Tom. Steve came down and played one time when he was still with the 76'ers. He just stayed outside and shot. It was obvious he was not about to risk a twisted, sprained, or broken ankle playing against some yahoo that wanted to block his shot or out-rebound him just one time. Both of those guys were funny as hell. Tom always had a smile on his face and always looked like he had just punked someone.

Lenny Baccus used to play down there along with Truman Claytor, Marcus Newbern, Ben Williams, Eddie Jaynes, Bill Brown, Burt Spice, etc. etc. I think Spice was legally insane - or should have been declared insane - when he played down there. He was constantly talking to himself. State championship in '66 probably did that to him... There were a number of other all-city and all-state players that showed up down there from time to time. Marvin Crenshaw (a Nebraska Cornhusker All American in football) split my head open when he came down with a rebound and hit me on top of the head with his elbow. Another NFL linebacker played down there as well - first name was Jerry and forgot his last name. Karl Pankratz also played down there all the time - then at Riverside, then at SW YMCA.

You have to be old enough to know who all those guys were.

Never met the man. Don't think I've even seen him in a hallway.

I took a picture of Chuck Ealey, Bob Nichols, & Steve Mix sitting together on top row of the student section one night at, I believe, a Women's basketball game.

FMRocket was sitting with me when I took it......

(03-24-2017 05:25 PM)Terry Wrote: [ -> ]I took a picture of Chuck Ealey, Bob Nichols, & Steve Mix sitting together on top row of the student section one night at, I believe, a Women's basketball game.

FMRocket was sitting with me when I took it......

That pic would've been suitable for framing...
The best thing is, they didn't flip Terry off...

(03-24-2017 03:54 PM)MotoRocket Wrote: [ -> ]I played basketball at the downtown YMCA with his older brother Tom. Steve came down and played one time when he was still with the 76'ers. He just stayed outside and shot. It was obvious he was not about to risk a twisted, sprained, or broken ankle playing against some yahoo that wanted to block his shot or out-rebound him just one time. Both of those guys were funny as hell. Tom always had a smile on his face and always looked like he had just punked someone.

Lenny Baccus used to play down there along with Truman Claytor, Marcus Newbern, Ben Williams, Eddie Jaynes, Bill Brown, Burt Spice, etc. etc. I think Spice was legally insane - or should have been declared insane - when he played down there. He was constantly talking to himself. State championship in '66 probably did that to him... There were a number of other all-city and all-state players that showed up down there from time to time. Marvin Crenshaw (a Nebraska Cornhusker All American in football) split my head open when he came down with a rebound and hit me on top of the head with his elbow. Another NFL linebacker played down there as well - first name was Jerry and forgot his last name. Karl Pankratz also played down there all the time - then at Riverside, then at SW YMCA.

You have to be old enough to know who all those guys were.

I worked with Baccus and we had a gym at work. Guy was pretty much an average player among our staff. Then someone told me he played for the Piston practice squad-still can't believe that. A lot of good college players and football players came through there. Played against Mix at the Field House in some pickup games. He made no effort to dominate but he was at a different level than even the Rocket guys who used to play.

(03-24-2017 03:54 PM)MotoRocket Wrote: [ -> ]I played basketball at the downtown YMCA with his older brother Tom. Steve came down and played one time when he was still with the 76'ers. He just stayed outside and shot. It was obvious he was not about to risk a twisted, sprained, or broken ankle playing against some yahoo that wanted to block his shot or out-rebound him just one time. Both of those guys were funny as hell. Tom always had a smile on his face and always looked like he had just punked someone.

Lenny Baccus used to play down there along with Truman Claytor, Marcus Newbern, Ben Williams, Eddie Jaynes, Bill Brown, Burt Spice, etc. etc. I think Spice was legally insane - or should have been declared insane - when he played down there. He was constantly talking to himself. State championship in '66 probably did that to him... There were a number of other all-city and all-state players that showed up down there from time to time. Marvin Crenshaw (a Nebraska Cornhusker All American in football) split my head open when he came down with a rebound and hit me on top of the head with his elbow. Another NFL linebacker played down there as well - first name was Jerry and forgot his last name. Karl Pankratz also played down there all the time - then at Riverside, then at SW YMCA.

You have to be old enough to know who all those guys were.

I was little back then but I remember those guys. Once they took the basketball courts out of Ottawa Park, I noticed most of the backboards started to disappear around the city. Every school yard and park had a basketball court back then, but not any more. I think that's why the city isn't producing the players it used to. I wish they'd quit trying to keep the pools open and start hanging the rims back up. Much cheaper and can by used almost all year.