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Mar 13, 2008 Feb 12, 2012 34 7143
In my family's home in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area in the middle '70s, on a radio just like this one, I tuned around the AM dial and also to Armed Forces Radio on shortwave to listen to broadcasts of baseball games. In addition to the New York stations, at night I could pick up the Red Sox from Hartford on WTIC, the Orioles from Baltimore on WBAL, the Indians on WWWE, and — but only occasionally because WABC's signal was so strong and conditions normally didn't allow it — the Tigers from Detroit on WJR. Those signals, fading in and fading out, allowed me to follow my favorite team, the Kansas City Royals, through most of their Eastern swings.
I settled in Northern California in the late '80s, and although I still follow the Royals I became a Giants fan as well.
The origin of my SB Nation user name is a line of dialogue from The Mercury Theatre radio production of War Of The Worlds.
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Commented Absolutely. on Lawsuit: George Brett made false claims in ads for jewelry on Royals Review - 02/08/12 12:15 PM EST
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Commented I thought they looked similar on Dayton Moore's Double-Life Exposed: How Will the Royals and UVA Respond? on Royals Review - 02/06/12 1:02 AM EST
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Commented I played in the 1970's on OT: Bragging on my husband and his love of Strat-O-Matic on Royals Review - 02/05/12 4:53 PM EST
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