Posted March 23Mar 23 Moderator Sad Farwell after 75 summers! Sunday Morning Sidewalk: Fading Lights OREGON.RIVALS.COM Today on the Sidewalk: A farewell to the Eugene Emeralds—75 summers of magic, memories, and the soul of lost love.
March 23Mar 23 Moderator Lots of memories watching the triple A affiliate, of the Philadelphia Phillies, the Eugene Emeralds. My favorite player played second base, Denny Doyle, at SS, was Larry Bowa, Over the seasons, a lot of great players wee Emeralds, including hall of fame 3rd baseman, Mike Schmidt. How about Greg Luzinski, Oscar Gamble, Joe Liss. The Em's first manager I was aware of was Reuben Amaro. A bunch of players from other teams went on to be stars, Spokane, than Albuquerque, was the farm team for the Dodgers. Ron Cey, Davey Lobes, Steve Garvey. Jim Ray Hart played the Giants' farm team and once hit a foul ball so high, it might still be up there. Of course, the treat about the Ems was that on road games, play by play announcer Hal Wehmeier, didn't go on the road, he recreated the games in a studio.
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