Pittsburghs Greatest

I'm hangin' in T. Nursing my ailing mother a bit today, but I'll be in and out on this. I do have some stories I guess, that I haven't aired here yet. Just need something to jar my memory.

 

Hope everythings as good as can be there with your family Chinx.

Who's everyone in the pic you posted on page 1??

 

Thanks T, I'm as fond of you as one can be in CyberSpace. Mom's the worst patient in the history of patients, but it's time I've stopped askin'. So that's what I'm doin'.

Standing, from left to right that's the old man: CHARLEY ZIVIC AFFIF about age 52 or so, next to him is Andy Kid DePaul, pretty good cutie middleweight who my dad fought and decisioned; "I pitched a no-hitter that night," was the way he put it. But Andy was/is a class act, current boxing commissioner for the State of Pennsylvania, and a guy who actually saved my grandfather's life one day, right around the time that photo was taken, when he found my mother's father, (also a diabetic), lying face down in the street. Thanks Andy.

To Andy's left is Bob Baker, a Lightheavy champ, and next to Bob is Joe LaQuatra, a good local boxer in the '50's. Seated are Billy Conn and Joe Louis, the guy at the right is a mystery even to me, but somebody might recognize him, all together for an affair in Pittsburgh, could have been a Dapper Dan dinner in the late seventies.

 

Thanks for that ChinxKid, and some great little stories there aswell. Must have been some occasion that, on the photo.

You know i dont know much about Baseball, so i dont really understand the 'pitching a no-hitter' line your old-man made, if u could explain it for me i'd appreciate it. Hope you do a better job of it than what i've done explaining our football/soccer to you!! (if it's a pain in the ass though dont worry about it!!)

 

Not at all T. The only pain in my ass right now is my mother trying to escape out the back door! Trying to save her from herself, it's that dire. Anyway, a no hitter in baseball is exactly what it sounds like. A pitcher doesn't give up a hit, means nobody gets on base and into scoring postion through legitamate means; only if there is a walk, four bad pitches or an error, (somebody drops a ball), and that's why they get on base.

 

Thanks Chinx, i think i get it!! Remember when i was explaining my sport to you, i thought it was the easiest thing ever to understand, and you come back at me with 'i just dont understand Soccer!', (something along those lines), well now i know how you felt! MAN!!!

It's gettin late over here and i'm up early so i'm gunna have to get a few hours sleep in. Until next time, speak soon Chinx!

 

Sorry T. I'll be able to do better under different circumstances some day.

 

No need to apologise Chinx! It's just a matter of not growing up around the sport and really not knowing anything about it, that's all, same as Soccer for you maybe?

 

Definitely, and I'll go one further. I don't think you can really understand a sport until you've played it. I've tried to explain American football to women from time to time, and only had success with one; my wife, which was a stroke of luck, makes Sunday afternoons a bit more peaceful around here. Probably why my knowledge of boxing is admittedly limited, though I did compete a bit in kickboxing which is at least similar. And truth is the boxers I did know were anything but boxing experts as far as from a fan's point of view. They could tell you how to do it, but don't ask most of 'em who fought who on such and such date for example.