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Post by efg72 on Aug 21, 2022 21:25:39 GMT -5
Coach_Smith61 ( coach Chris Smith) Tweeted: A little fellowship with the boys tonight. |
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Post by princetoncrusader on Aug 22, 2022 11:41:21 GMT -5
What fine central Mass. dining establishment is that?
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 22, 2022 11:47:01 GMT -5
Can you imagine what that group could eat—two entrees apiece, please
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Post by hc6774 on Aug 22, 2022 13:04:27 GMT -5
Can you imagine what that group could eat—two entrees apiece, please an in-season training table? |
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 22, 2022 13:07:13 GMT -5
What fine central Mass. dining establishment is that? Doesn't look like a busy one with plenty of open tables.... |
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Post by Crucis#1 on Aug 22, 2022 13:32:56 GMT -5
Then there was all you can eat Chicken Night at the HoJo’s at College Square. Anyone remember the football team marching on to that fine dining establishment one evening?
The results were not pretty. Soon after the promotion was discontinued at the HoJo’s.
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 22, 2022 14:19:15 GMT -5
A lot of posters here probably weren't alive when HoJo's was operating and fewer still remember when there was no HoJo's at the bottom of the hill (originally, not now, of course!)
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Aug 22, 2022 14:36:09 GMT -5
What fine central Mass. dining establishment is that? Doesn't look like a busy one with plenty of open tables.... Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded. |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 22, 2022 15:23:47 GMT -5
HoJo’s was a great source of ice for the cooler before going across the street for a baseball game
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Post by Crucis#1 on Aug 22, 2022 15:55:19 GMT -5
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Post by HC92 on Aug 22, 2022 17:14:56 GMT -5
Wasn’t there a Burger King there in the restaurant space for a while?
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Post by hc87 on Aug 22, 2022 17:15:13 GMT -5
Met Mark "The Bird" Fidrych at the HoJo's Rum Keg Pub one night in '86 or'87...absolutely true story.
One of my brothers lived there for a semester.
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Post by HC92 on Aug 22, 2022 17:35:34 GMT -5
Met Mark "The Bird" Fidrych at the HoJo's Rum Keg Pub one night in '86 or'87...absolutely true story. One of my brothers lived there for a semester. I believe one of our illustrious posters coached The Bird in his youth. |
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Post by football44 on Aug 22, 2022 17:37:13 GMT -5
Dangerous place my senior year.😉
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Post by cmo on Aug 22, 2022 17:41:45 GMT -5
What fine central Mass. dining establishment is that? Only place that could feed that group is a Chinese food buffet. Not sure which one it is though. |
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Post by HCFC45 on Aug 22, 2022 17:50:42 GMT -5
Met Mark "The Bird" Fidrych at the HoJo's Rum Keg Pub one night in '86 or'87...absolutely true story. One of my brothers lived there for a semester. I believe one of our illustrious posters coached The Bird in his youth. Coached (basketball) and taught him (Geometry)... loved that guy!!! A truly genuine person (left us too soon) who would give you the shirt off his back!!! Have so many memorable stories about Fid... |
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Post by hc87 on Aug 24, 2022 15:11:38 GMT -5
I believe one of our illustrious posters coached The Bird in his youth. Coached (basketball) and taught him (Geometry)... loved that guy!!! A truly genuine person (left us too soon) who would give you the shirt off his back!!! Have so many memorable stories about Fid... Friend of the family's coached the Bird in the Tigers minor-league system, Skip Lewis (Durfee HS baseball coach), his wife was a high school friend of my Mom's. That's how I got Fidrych's attention that night....Mark wasn't a huge fan of Lewis' lol. Yeah, sadly, we'll probably never see quite the character Fidrych was in the MLB today and moving forward. |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 24, 2022 15:57:33 GMT -5
I remember sitting in the bleachers at Fenway when the Tigers came to town his rookie season. A bunch of his high school/townie buddies was sitting nearby and yelling for "Mahkie". Little did I know that he would go on to have one of the greatest ever seasons for a rookie pitcher
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Post by HCFC45 on Aug 24, 2022 16:26:31 GMT -5
I remember sitting in the bleachers at Fenway when the Tigers came to town his rookie season. A bunch of his high school/townie buddies was sitting nearby and yelling for "Mahkie". Little did I know that he would go on to have one of the greatest ever seasons for a rookie pitcher Ky... pretty sure I know the game you are referring to... IIRC, in addition to some of his classmates and townies, a group of teachers also attended. While warming up in the bullpen, Fid stopped throwing and started signing autographs for them. Well, that didn't sit well with the manager Ralph Houk who sent someone out to the pen to tell Fid to knock it off and concentrate on warming up! Well, Fid wasn't happy and sent word back to Houk that "these are my friends!!! Fid also commented that "this was the first time that he signed something for a teacher that had nothing to do with school"!!! I'll never forget Fid talking to the ball and going down on his hands and knees smoothing out the dirt on the mound during games and was so proud to see him pitch in the All Star game!!! |
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Aug 24, 2022 17:36:10 GMT -5
Met Mark "The Bird" Fidrych at the HoJo's Rum Keg Pub one night in '86 or'87...absolutely true story. One of my brothers lived there for a semester. Does anyone have pics of the old HoJo? I'd love to see them. |
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 24, 2022 17:44:20 GMT -5
I'm guessing there would be some in some of the old Purple Patchers.
Crucis posted a very nice one 11 posts up.
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