Time to renew the Aggie-Longhorn Rivalry? (Well, maybe not)

[Arky]

Speaking of Keith Jackson, our family spent some time in Washington state back in the late '50s/early '60s. There were two minor league baseball teams in the area - the Tacoma Giants (farm team of SF Giants) and the Seattle Raniers. As a youngster, I spent a lot of time watching the Tacoma Giants on TV. Watched a lot of future SF Giant stars come through Tacoma. Occasionally, I would watch the Seattle Raniers and a young Keith Jackson was their announcer. I believe he also did University of Washington football games. He kinda went up the ladder from there and ABC eventually hired him for the (college) Game of the Week on Saturday afternoons. Anyway, guess I'm saying I knew him before he went "national"....

The tech was so primitive in those days. Just to get scores, you had to be tuned in to the College Football Scoreboard program on TV around 6 pm to hear scores around the nation. Sometimes you could pick up scores while listening to a radio game. I can remember being at college and pro football games and during slow periods, the PA announcer might mention the ongoing scores in a handful of games. The score of rival teams getting upset always drew a roar from the crowd...

[HPF Bob]

Yep. The Giants had some great players go through their farm system in the late 50s-early 60s. McCovey, Cepeda, Haller, Davenport, Pagan, the Alou brothers, Marischal, Gaylord Perry, Bolin, Linzy. I have a baseball sim game (Baseball Mogul) and I decided once to start as the 1958 Giants. It was easy to dominate with all those studs coming through the system. In retrospect, it's amazing those Giants never won a World Series with all that talent.

[Arky]

Eheh, I still have an old photo album type booklet of the 1961 Tacoma Giants. Off the top of my head, Manny Mota, Felipe Alou, Gaylord Perry and a guy by the name of Jose Cardenal are in it. Don't know if you remember him? Great hitter. I know there's more I am leaving out....

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Yep. The Giants had some great players go through their farm system in the late 50s-early 60s. McCovey, Cepeda, Haller, Davenport, Pagan, the Alou brothers, Marischal, Gaylord Perry, Bolin, Linzy. I have a baseball sim game (Baseball Mogul) and I decided once to start as the 1958 Giants. It was easy to dominate with all those studs coming through the system. In retrospect, it's amazing those Giants never won a World Series with all that talent.

Goes to show you how loaded the Yankees where during the same time period. But I didn't know the old Giants were that loaded.

I lived in Seattle in the mid 90's, watched Griffey, ARod, Edger Martinez, Jay Bruner, Randy Johnson. IMO they dismantled that team to soon. Tacoma was a Mariners farm club. Nothing Special there at the time.

Fun thing was my territory was the State of Washington, and Oregon. Pacific Coast League cities, and low a ball. Yakima had a Dodger affiliate IIRC. It was funny watching all the small town girls trying to land the correct prospect for that meal ticket to the guaranteed money of the major league.