Another film that I will always watch when it's on the tube. All Star cast with Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, George Kennedy, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, et al.
P.S. Went to the Braves game Monday. We won 5-4 with 9th inning dramatics-we trailed 4-2 going into the last inning. A big hit by Freddie Freeman won the game, as we beat "The Beard," San Fran's closer.
I bought a soggy corn dog for $3.00, a lukewarm hot dog for $4.50. And $5.00 for a large soda. I remember in '66 you could buy a dugout seat for $5.00.
The parking was $10.00. But I had a free ticket. So not bad for fun at the old ball park. We were directly behind home plate in the upper level.
The crowd of 24,000 was into the game. And to win in the 9th inning against "The Beard" made for a good night in Hotlanta.
P.S. The Braves won tonite 2-1 in 11 innings. The post season should be a good one!
P.S.S. The following video shows a brawl between the Padres and Braves, 1984. Seems Paschal Perez, a Braves pitcher, instigated the fight. 14 players, coaches, and managers were ejected.
From ESPN.com: 2. Braves vs. Padres (Aug. 12, 1984)( ESPN ranked this brawl # 2 all time in baseball brawl history, John Roseboro and Juan Marichal being number 1 )
This was more like a slugfest and beanball war that was occasionally interrupted by a baseball game. It all started on the first pitch of the game, when Atlanta's Pascual Perez hit Alan Wiggins. Payback came for Perez in the second inning, when Ed Whitson threw behind his head. When Perez waved his bat at Whitson, the benches emptied in for the first brawl of the game. That one would be followed by fights in the fifth, eighth and ninth innings, some started when the Padres continued to throw at Perez every time he came to bat. When the dust had cleared, 14 had been ejected, including Braves manager Joe Torre and Padres manager Dick Williams. Five fans who'd joined in the fun in the late innings were arrested.
Joe Torre had some unkind words after it was all over. "Dick Williams is an idiot," he said. "It was obvious he was the cause of the whole thing. Precipitating a thing like that was inexcusable. It was stupid of them, period, to take four shots at Perez. It was gutless. It stinks. It was Hitler-like action. I think he (Williams) should be suspended for the rest of the year."
Said umpire crew chief John McSherry, "I would think it was one of the stranger days I've ever seen, if not the strangest."
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