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Ubiquitous
05-26-2006, 11:14 AM
Which player in his rookie year won the teams MVP and as a prize won a Aqua-Car? A car that could be driven on land or in water.
KingSwisher
05-27-2006, 01:57 PM
Which player in his rookie year won the teams MVP and as a prize won a Aqua-Car? A car that could be driven on land or in water.
Steve Trout?
No wait...Dizzy Trout.
Gee Walker
05-27-2006, 02:08 PM
I think they made Aqua-cars in the 60's - they even had fins like the cars did then, but in this case they may have actually served a purpose.
They were horrible cars and horrible boats, too.
KingSwisher
05-27-2006, 03:03 PM
No wait... Catfish Hunter.
Yeah, Catfish Hunter.
Gee Walker
05-27-2006, 04:01 PM
The all-seafood team:
Steve Trout
Dizzy Trout
Catfish Hunter
Lip Pike
Chico Salmon
Randy Bass
Jesse "the Crab" Burkett
Oyster Burns
Bill Herring
Johnny Ray
flash143817
05-27-2006, 04:24 PM
You can add Kevin Bass and Tim Salmon to the All-Seafood team.
Aa3rt
05-27-2006, 04:34 PM
I think they made Aqua-cars in the 60's - they even had fins like the cars did then, but in this case they may have actually served a purpose.
They were horrible cars and horrible boats, too.
Actually, the name was "Amphicar". They were made in West Germany, and as you have already mentioned, they were marketed in the 1960's.
You can read more about them here:
http://www.amphicar.com
http://www.amphicar.com/images/Worlds%20Wosrt%20Cars.jpg
As an eleven year old, I remember seeing them at the 1964 New York World's Fair. For the then princely sum of $ 5.00 you could ride one from the fair grounds, down a ramp and into the waters of Long Island Sound (or was it Jamaica Bay?).
A more worthwhile investment was nearby. Just across from the fairgrounds was the then new Shea Stadium. While we were there, the New York Mets were playing the Houston Colt 45's. A battle of the expansion inept! ;)
KingSwisher
05-27-2006, 05:43 PM
You can add Kevin Bass and Tim Salmon to the All-Seafood team.
We need a manager.
Maybe a Fisher?
Utter Chaos
05-27-2006, 11:07 PM
We need a manager.
Maybe a Fisher?Fred Lake is the best I've got.
Aa3rt
06-01-2006, 10:40 AM
Ubiquitous-PLEASE don't leave us hanging! I, for one, am impatiently waiting to find out who rated his team's ROY honors and was the "lucky" winner of an Amphicar!
Ubiquitous
06-01-2006, 11:29 AM
Ron Hunt of the Mets.
Aa3rt
06-01-2006, 01:27 PM
Thank You!!!
Gee Walker
06-01-2006, 01:52 PM
So the 1964 World's Fair promo was just about right on! Hunt would have been their rookie of the year in 1963...
125osprey
06-01-2006, 06:51 PM
Let's not forget Cub backup infielder Bobby Sturgeon.
A pitcher named Roy Crabb who played in 1912 for the Athletics and the White Sox might make the team in a mop-up role.