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Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: 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........
"NYO"
Funny . . . tha ... |
Topic: 161st St., 1964/Along 3rd Avenue/Da Bronx |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: 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
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2026 11:20 am Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) |
W.B.:
Agreed!
"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
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Forum: 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!
&quo ... |
Topic: Another rapid transit "meltdown" (PATH)/(AMTRAK) |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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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Forum: 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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Forum: 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
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2026 11:04 pm Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) |
"GO 'KAN-IKKER-BOKKERS' "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NBA CHAMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND THE FANS ARE GOING ABSOLUTELY WILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"NYO"
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Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: 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!
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
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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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