23 Saturday Jun 2018
Posted in Blog, Jack Kelly, James Corden, Joe Mussa, Paul McCartney, The Late, Late, Show, Tommy Brick
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Hope you had a chance to catch this one.
I was always a big Rolling Stones guy. A few of my boys were diggin’ on Zeppelin. Some liked the Beatles.
Check out James Corden of the Late, Late, Show and Paul McCartney…
Incredible.
Dedicated to Joe Mussa, Tommy Brick, and Jack Kelly.
29 Thursday Oct 2015
Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Cleon Jones, Dave Kingman, George Brett, Gil Hodges, Jack Kelly, Lee Mazzilli, Pete Iulo, Terrace Bagels
Royals 7 Mets 1
Game 2 of the World Series.
Mets head back to New York trailing the series 0-2.
Man-O-Man.
WTF?
Did George Brett, Willie Wilson and Bret Saberhagen walk through those doors?
Fear not though, there’s still time.
Gotta keep the faith.
The 7-Train better be rockin’ Friday night.
I know Jackie Kelly is a bit nervous.
I know Pete Iulo is hanging out on the corner of 16th street and Windsor Place trying to figure out what is happening with the Mets offense?
Lee Mazzilli is hanging out on 86th street taking practice swings with an imaginary bat.
Gil Hodges is sitting on his stoop holding court.
Yogi says he should have started Seaver.
I’m sure all the sports talk radio hosts and their callers/listeners in New York City are freaking out.
“DO THIS, DO THAT…”
Everybody has an answer.
Like I said, have no fear. This morning standing outside Red’s Shoe Store, sipping a cup of coffee from Terrace Bagels, Carmine told me he’s pitching game 3.
“Royals are gonna sweep,” said Michael Mardini, a big Royals fan.
YA GOTTA BELIEVE!
LET’S GO METS…
Say what you want about A-Rod as a player and person but he’s a hell of an analyst for Fox Sports. Guy knows the game.
Cleon Jones texted and said, “If the van is a rockin’, don’t come knockin’.
“Cespedes is no Dave Kingman,” said Frankie C.
Terry Collins crew in Midland, Michigan are doing just fine.
Remember those John Jay baseball teams from back in the day? I used to go up to the diamonds in Prospect Park and watch them. They could score some runs.
7-2, Bonnies, Youth Service, Ty Cobbs…The good old days.
This morning heard over the loudspeaker in Holy Name.
“Extra B.P. this afternoon after school. Meet at the tenth avenue entrance of the park.”
Did I ever tell you about the time ‘Slick’ tried to bend the brim of my Mets cap? Carol Corbett exploded.
“GET AWAY FROM HIM!” She shouted.
Too bad kids don’t play stickball in the girls school yard anymore.
How about whiffle ball on the corner of Fuller Place and Windsor Place?
I’d go for a stickball game on tenth avenue right about now.
The Knicks are 1-0.
Just saying…
-Red
Hoops135@hotmail.com
28 Monday Jul 2014
Posted in Jack Kelly
Wanted to wish one of the good guys from the neighborhood a Happy Birthday!
Hope all is well my friend.
-Red
Hoops135@hotmail.com
26 Wednesday Sep 2012
Posted in Farrell's Football, Jack Kelly
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1982, Championship, Farrell's, Football, Gerard Trapp, Jack Kelly, McBears, Tough
(Part 2 of 4)
This is the second installment on Jack Kelly; his memories of playing football down Farragut Road.
Gerard Trapp, who played QB for Farrell’s had this to say about Jack as a player:
“Jack was an excellent pass rusher. He was smart with a lot of heart. I will always remember Farrell’s vs McBears championship game. Jackie breaks past left side guard makes a tag on me that put me on my butt, head knocked against cement and put me out of game on first series of plays.”
Before Jack switched over to play with his friends at McBears, I asked Jack about that tough decision:
Container Diaries: What made you stay with Farrell’s when your friends from seventh avenue out together a team?
Jack Kelly: In 1979 McBears formed a football team by the 7th avenue guys but I stayed on Farrell’s that year and didn’t join the team until the next year. John Devaney and Mike Marona were great to play for and the guys I played with were the best on the field and off. I didn’t want to leave Farrell’s. I enjoyed playing with those guys they were good friends. They were also good teammates, every one of them. But after the year was done I knew it was my last year on Farrell’s. Heck, how often do get to play with your brother?
I would like to mention that the year I left Farrell’s they won the championship. The guys on Farrell’s playfully reminded me of that every day. They knew I loved being on Farrell’s so they knew it killed me every time they reminded.
Container Diaries: What was it like being a member of McBears, now facing your former team, Farrell’s?
Jack Kelly: As a member of McBears the games against Farrell’s were great to play in and prep for. The neighborhood was buzzing the whole week before the game, it was a rivalry like no other. I remember my first game against Farrell’s which ended 6-6. After Farrell’s scored a touchdown in the first half we scored three safeties in the second to tie the game. That was the closest we came to beating them, that is until the 1982 Championship game when we came out on top 19-7.
Some people on 9th avenue still won’t accept it but I have the Championship Trophy sitting in my house if they would like to see it!
As I get older and there are more years behind me then ahead I find myself more often looking back on those days and I begin to smile thinking of old friends.
-Steve
Hoops135@hotmail.com
