...for Japan right now in the 7th against the US team in the WBC.....he pitches too, lol.

lmao! hahahahaha. Actually that was his brother, Masahiro Tanaka, that's why he left teh carpentry business to pursue his lifelong dream of [icthing for the Japanese national team. Unfortunately that left Hiro the task of handling 2 people's worth of work, and has prettty much eliminated any free time for him to build rods.

Too bad the US got spanked. Too many guys being non chelant about it. I can't understand how guys don't think playing on the world stage is less thrilling or less important then playing on your home turff. As a former pitcher I can say I always found it much more exciting to pitch to guys I didn't have hours of tape on.

You watched tape before you went out to pitch? When I was pitching there was no such thing as tape or for that matter computers or Television . Only the radio was all we had. LOL.

lol. Bernie that is funny.

Billy you may have seen that Whitey Lockman of the old N.Y. Giants passed away this week. When I was working out in the Polo Grounds with them they gave me his away uniform to wear while I was working out with them since we were about the same height and build,. I made more enemies for him for not giving autographs when the early birds came to the ball park thinking I was him because of the uniform. That was in the early 40s and you could get a grandstand seat for a big $1.10. What did it cost to get on a party boat in the 40s. Did you ever see pictures of the people fishing on the boats wearing suits and ties and brimed hats. I wonder what people charged for custom rods in the 40s.

Very interesting, Bernie. I like hearing about things like that. Thank you.


Gary

Glad I started this thread..brought out some history. Pro ball players, rock stars, I wonder what other history lurks within the current rodbuilding community.