Thank you for that! I went back and found the thread for it on here but just needed the date. I really appreciate you tracking that down. Do you know if it was sent to all 12th Man donors or just baseball season ticket holders?
It wasn't sent to all 12th man donors. I am one, and didn't get it. It was only sent to baseball season ticket holders from the prior year, I believe. Maybe some others, but not all TMF donors.DodgerAg32 said:
Thank you for that! I went back and found the thread for it on here but just needed the date. I really appreciate you tracking that down. Do you know if it was sent to all 12th Man donors or just baseball season ticket holders?
That was in fact the opener for Olsen Field.milner79 said:
Not a tradition, per se, but interesting factoid: One of the first games in Olsen - if not the first? - was a exhibition between the Aggies and the Houston Astros, April 1978. Aggies won the contest 1-0.
I still have an autographed baseball from that game, names including Jose Cruz, Enos Cabell, J.R. Richard, Art Howe, Jesus Alou, Tery Puhl, Joe Sambito ...
Obviously, I agree.Roger Metzger said:
"Give em hell, Bill" is one of my favorite lines of all time. To me it says it all about old school Olsen.
I can't remember the name of the sip outfielder who was also a QB for their football team, He had thrown a couple of interceptions against the Ag's in football.BBGigem said:
'89 and '90 and probably afterwards too, the Raggies would find one player on the other team and just torment them. Of course the rest of the team wasn't immune but there seemed to be at least one player receiving the main focus.
Arkansas '89. Bubba Carpenter. Raggies would count his practice swings "One Bubba, two Bubba, etc". That progressed to doing his steps "left, right, left, right". If he was on base and leading off, every time he would step back on the base there was a loud "Safe!". His every move was commented on. Bubba's brother was on the team too. So when he came up, it was "One Bubba's brother, two Bubba's brother". That was a great series. I met Bubba later and he loved the atmosphere and loved his time at Olsen.
Great times.
Rongagin71 said:
First game I went to was in 1969, the grass was green green and still snug up against Kyle Field.
One "tradition" that has changed is that back then they passed around a bucket rather than sell tickets.
Yeah, I saw hat passing earlier at HS games...but A&M was MODERN and used a light plastic bucket,EVA3 said:Rongagin71 said:
First game I went to was in 1969, the grass was green green and still snug up against Kyle Field.
One "tradition" that has changed is that back then they passed around a bucket rather than sell tickets.
My first few years of Aggie baseball were at Old Kyle Field too. I remember them passing a hat. Not sure if it was for admission or to pay the umpires. That used to be a common practice. I do remember Bryan High games at Travis Park where they passed a hat for the umpires.
AgRyan04 said:
Two pages and no mention of E.L.F.s or the Rally Rooster?
Remember the wooden plaque someone made called the "Huck"O"meter"? Every time he would come up to bat, people would rub it for good luck. Good Bull.GiveEmHellBill said:
My oldest memory from Olsen was my fish year in spring of 91. We took the Friday and Saturday games from tu, so on Sunday my dormmates and I took some couches and put them outside the fence by our bullpen. We cooked up some burgers on a grill and chatted with some of the players before the game. A little while later, a couple of players came "jogging" along the track and stopped by us and we slipped them a burger through the chain link fence. We ended up sweeping the sips.
The next year, there was a schedule poster put out capturing the moment a home run was hit in that game. You can see Sittichoke Huckuntod ( I will never forget that name) jogging home from third and in the background you can see our group with brooms attached to the outfield fence.
I might know the guy that made the Huck-O-Meter. It was the second in a series starting in 1990 with the Wood-O-Meter for catcher John Wood. John didnt have the highest batting average on the team but excelled at throwing guys out trying to steal second. His batting average was updated on the board after every at bat. As he came up to bat the entire front row of Raggies was jump up and yell "Woody" as he was introduced by DD. The third year the meter was named after Mike Hickey. Hick-O-Meter. Super nice guy from Hawaii. Mike got hurt and was out for a couple of months but we still brought the meter to every game. The pitching staff that year had a tendency to hit batters so every time a guy got plunked a target sticker went on the board. Curretn Aggie assistant Jason Hutchins was responsible for quite a few of the target stickers.Junction Boy said:Remember the wooden plaque someone made called the "Huck"O"meter"? Every time he would come up to bat, people would rub it for good luck. Good Bull.GiveEmHellBill said:
My oldest memory from Olsen was my fish year in spring of 91. We took the Friday and Saturday games from tu, so on Sunday my dormmates and I took some couches and put them outside the fence by our bullpen. We cooked up some burgers on a grill and chatted with some of the players before the game. A little while later, a couple of players came "jogging" along the track and stopped by us and we slipped them a burger through the chain link fence. We ended up sweeping the sips.
The next year, there was a schedule poster put out capturing the moment a home run was hit in that game. You can see Sittichoke Huckuntod ( I will never forget that name) jogging home from third and in the background you can see our group with brooms attached to the outfield fence.
Yes. I remember that! "Woody!"woodometer said:I might know the guy that made the Huck-O-Meter. It was the second in a series starting in 1990 with the Wood-O-Meter for catcher John Wood. John didnt have the highest batting average on the team but excelled at throwing guys out trying to steal second. His batting average was updated on the board after every at bat. As he came up to bat the entire front row of Raggies was jump up and yell "Woody" as he was introduced by DD. The third year the meter was named after Mike Hickey. Hick-O-Meter. Super nice guy from Hawaii. Mike got hurt and was out for a couple of months but we still brought the meter to every game. The pitching staff that year had a tendency to hit batters so every time a guy got plunked a target sticker went on the board. Curretn Aggie assistant Jason Hutchins was responsible for quite a few of the target stickers.Junction Boy said:Remember the wooden plaque someone made called the "Huck"O"meter"? Every time he would come up to bat, people would rub it for good luck. Good Bull.GiveEmHellBill said:
My oldest memory from Olsen was my fish year in spring of 91. We took the Friday and Saturday games from tu, so on Sunday my dormmates and I took some couches and put them outside the fence by our bullpen. We cooked up some burgers on a grill and chatted with some of the players before the game. A little while later, a couple of players came "jogging" along the track and stopped by us and we slipped them a burger through the chain link fence. We ended up sweeping the sips.
The next year, there was a schedule poster put out capturing the moment a home run was hit in that game. You can see Sittichoke Huckuntod ( I will never forget that name) jogging home from third and in the background you can see our group with brooms attached to the outfield fence.
Somebody should really write a book.