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  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2026 2:28 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B.:

Thankfully, the Mets DID win last night, thus robbing the "AYF" brigade of further rabid "how-big-we-are" arrogance........ Wink

"NYO"


Funny . . . tha ...
  Topic: 161st St., 1964/Along 3rd Avenue/Da Bronx
W.B. Fishbowl

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2026 11:22 am   Subject: 161st St., 1964/Along 3rd Avenue/Da Bronx
Quick question........

Though I know that, as a general rule, "Slinkies" are utilized on the heaviest routes.

How are these slithering "BINOs' distributed among the depots in the ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 3224
Views: 1660733

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2026 11:20 am   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B.:

Agreed! Wink

"NYO"


Which reminds me: The "Boulevardiers" won again last night. Only the Mets' win earlier kept the head-in-the-clouds "AYF's" at bay ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 3224
Views: 1660733

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2026 5:05 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
Mets "nooze "for Wednesday..........

Calli it a fluke, but the Mets just CRUSHED the "Redz".......TOTAL turn-around from yesterday.......revenge is indeed sweet! Wink

&quo ...
  Topic: Another rapid transit "meltdown" (PATH)/(AMTRAK)
W.B. Fishbowl

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Views: 244007

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2026 6:12 pm   Subject: Another rapid transit "meltdown" (PATH)/(AMTRAK)
(SEE PREVIOUS POST)

"K" cars, post-1967..............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?71110

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?40077

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2175 ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 3224
Views: 1660733

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2026 6:04 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
"Noo Yawk" baseball "nooze" for Sunday............

Well, the overly swell-headed "Boulevardiers"(again) won, but at least the Mets ALSO won, and a nice lottle win for ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 3224
Views: 1660733

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2026 6:03 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
Imagine had the Knicks LOST...........

The Knicks WON last night, and are NBA champs for the first time since 1973.........and yet.....unrestrained violence erupted.....TOTAL chaos.

Several scho ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 3224
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2026 10:22 am   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B:

See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden

From when the new "Garden" opened ypin the later 60s, recall that, when the Knicks and "Rayn-Jer" fans were c ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2026 6:44 am   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
"Isle of Staten", 1973..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?45577

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?115333

(coirtesy:nycsubway.org)


They still had most if not all of ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2026 11:47 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
Also something else to think about . . .

The 53-year gap between NBA championship titles for the "Ka-nicker-bockers" was second only to the 54-year gap between Stanley Cup championships ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 3224
Views: 1660733

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2026 11:04 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
"GO 'KAN-IKKER-BOKKERS' "!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

NBA CHAMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

AND THE FANS ARE GOING ABSOLUTELY WILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

"NYO"
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  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 3224
Views: 1660733

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2026 9:18 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B.:

You could be right! Wink

Recall 1970s-era Eyewitness News reporter Joel Siegel? (always reminded me of the late Gene Shalit0

With an intro by Roger Grimsby, he did a report on the MT ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 3224
Views: 1660733

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2026 8:22 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
w.B.:

Recall retired Eyewitness News sportscaster Scott Clark?

Every Friday, at the end of his reports, he'd air a series of sports bloopers and outtakes, intoning:

"OUT OF THIS Woooooor ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 3224
Views: 1660733

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2026 5:37 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
Final update . . .

The Mets lost to the Braves by the very same score (3-1) that the arrogant, obnoxious "Boulevardiers" won by up north of the border today. As a Temptations' B side on ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 3224
Views: 1660733

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2026 5:35 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
Also:

Just learned that Bill "passed the torch" to anchorman Mike Marza, who joined the Eyewitness News team in 2019...........

"'NYO"


A final transition. Mr. Ritter ha ...
 
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