Happy 50th Anniversary to ...

[old_tony]

My parents.

Now that it's past midnight (by about two hours, but I was at a wedding tonight so I wasn't here to commemorate the time right at midnight) it is my parents' 50th wedding anniversary.

No, none of you (well, one or two of you have met them) know them, but they are the two best people in the world to me.

On June 7, 1958, they married. I love them with all my heart, and if you'll all indulge me, I'd just like to put out a wish to them here. So here it goes:

Jim and Anne, you're the best ever. I love you.




Thanks for your indulgence.

 

[dooley_womack1]

That's cool, OT. I had thought the thread was going to commemorate how much time SC has been logged on.

 

[deskslave]

Says the guy who at the moment has the last post in four of the top five threads on the Anything Goes board.

 

[Moderator1]

That's great. Congrats.
We just hit 30. I doubt I'll live to see 20 more and I doubt she'll put up with me that much longer anyway.

Good on your parents.

 

[Rosie]

That's wonderful, OT.

Happy anniversary to your parents. I hope they have a wonderful day.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

I was almost certain this thread was created to celebrate the birth of the term 'global warming.'

 

[JakeandElwood]

Congrats to them. My grandparents made 50 and a few more before my grandmother passed away. It's a great milestone, and it must be amazing to find someone to share your life with for that long.

 

[D-Backs Hack]

All the best to the older tonys on their most special day.

As a small present, here's a recap of what happened in baseball as they took the plunge:

EVENTS OF SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1958

KC A 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 9 0
BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 5 0

WP: Dickson (4-1)
LP: Harshman (5-5)
HR: Power (4), Harshman (1)


CHI A 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 - 6 9 0
BOS A 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 x - 7 14 2

WP: Delock (3-0)
LP: Fischer (2-2)
SV: Kiely (6)
HR: Smith (4)


CLE A 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 10 1
NY A 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 x - 6 8 0

WP: Ford (7-2)
LP: Mossi (4-5)
HR: Maris, Berra


DET A 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 12 1
WAS A 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 7 0

WP: Clevenger (4-3)
LP: Moford (0-1)
HR: Boone (6), Sievers (10)


PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 - 8 11 1
CHI N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 - 6 10 0

WP: Face (1-2)
LP: Nichols (0-4)
SV: B. Smith (1)
HR: Virdon (2), Thomas 2 (16), Freese (1), Thomson (4), Long (5)


MIL N 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2 6 2
LA N 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 x - 5 13 2

WP: Koufax (3-2)
LP: Burdette (4-4)
SV: Roebuck (4)
HR: Mantilla (3), Reese 2 (4)

CIN N 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 3
SF N 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 x - 7 10 0

WP: Worthington (4-2)
LP: Nuxhall (3-3)


PHI N 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 5 2 - 15 17 0
STL N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 6 10 3

WP: Simmons (5-6)
LP: L. McDaniel (3-5)
HR: Repulski, Post (1), Musial (11)

Standings At Close of Play of June 7, 1958

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
San Francisco Giants 50 30 20 0 .600 - 289 230
Milwaukee Braves 46 27 19 0 .587 1.0 217 182
St. Louis Cardinals 46 23 23 0 .500 5.0 205 225
Cincinnati Reds 44 22 22 0 .500 5.0 205 188
Pittsburgh Pirates 49 24 25 0 .490 5.5 218 233
Chicago Cubs 52 25 27 0 .481 6.0 256 234
Philadelphia Phillies 47 20 27 0 .426 8.5 197 239
Los Angeles Dodgers 48 20 28 0 .417 9.0 209 265

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
New York Yankees 44 32 12 0 .727 - 216 133
Kansas City Athletics 46 24 21 1 .533 8.5 202 201
Boston Red Sox 48 24 24 0 .500 10.0 215 202
Washington Senators 49 22 26 1 .458 12.0 189 230
Chicago White Sox 46 21 25 0 .457 12.0 174 194
Cleveland Indians 49 22 27 0 .449 12.5 203 229
Detroit Tigers 47 21 26 0 .447 12.5 201 192
Baltimore Orioles 45 20 25 0 .444 12.5 133 152

Births on This Date

Tim Laudner

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age)
CHI N Hersh Freeman (29)
CHI N Paul Smith (27)

Transactions

Cleveland Indians claimed Jim Constable from San Francisco Giants on waivers.

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

Tell your parents congrats, old_tony!

That's GREAT!

 

[dooley_womack1]

That's the car spnited got for his 21st birthday.

 

[old_tony]

Tell your parents congrats, old_tony!

That's GREAT!

Thanks. Dad would love that picture. He met mom when he pulled up at her house in his new 57 Chevy convertible. He was actually looking for her sister, but mom was sitting on the front porch. The rest, as they say, is history.

On a side note, my dad went to a NASCAR race with me and my brother last summer. When we picked him up at their condo, mom and dad wished each other a happy 50th anniversary and kissed goodbye as we left. Turns out it was 50 years that they had met that day and they still celebrate it themselves. I thought that was really cool.

 

[JR]

Heh, OT, congrats to your parents.

That's absolutely wonderful.

I hope you and your siblings (assuming you have some) threw a great party.

Enjoy.

My dad died 26 years ago and I still think of him every day.

 

[shockey]

mazel tov to the parents of ot!

great to hear someone speak of their parents as well as you do. i feel the same about mine. threw them a 50th anniversary bash four years ago, with relatives coming from coast-to-coast. it was tremendous.

wonderful when folks are together so long and beloved by so many, ain't it? mrs. shockey and i celebrate no. 20 on july 23rd. more amazing: she seemingly still loves me, despite everything. 8) 8) 8)

 

[old_tony]

Heh, OT, congrats to your parents.

That's absolutely wonderful.

I hope you and your siblings (assuming you have some) threw a great party.

Enjoy.

My dad died 26 years ago and I still think of him every day.

Thanks, JR, the party is next Saturday (a surprise -- shhhhh) because they're currently on a bus tour vacation and get home tomorrow. Their friends on the tour threw them a mock wedding ceremony. I can't wait to see pictures of that.