tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436846479279507747.post8204972915024024155..comments2024-03-28T19:50:52.148-04:00Comments on Hell's Acres: SHITTING to All Fields, Part 10Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436846479279507747.post-16376842698378712952014-11-09T20:59:26.850-05:002014-11-09T20:59:26.850-05:00OK, since we're naming names, the three names ...OK, since we're naming names, the three names that surface in the comments were Birdie Connery, Al Markman, and Michael Smist. All three were controversial and wore those glasses.Hell's Acresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436846479279507747.post-9318001691449945452014-11-09T14:56:20.203-05:002014-11-09T14:56:20.203-05:00Even after thirty years, I would feel the need to ...Even after thirty years, I would feel the need to sneak in. Not easy to get the wife and son to climb over by the RR trestle, but the tradition lives! Did anyone suggest "Birdie" Connery as the umpire? He was omnipresent in the 1970s Littke League. He was hpthe son of Hawk Connery.<br />Kel Mchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07893439072803606162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436846479279507747.post-54443400151652742322014-11-06T17:18:59.398-05:002014-11-06T17:18:59.398-05:00I do remember the pitch and putt on Boston Road, b...I do remember the pitch and putt on Boston Road, but I don't think I ever played it. The only P&P course I remember playing was the Fenway in East Longmeadow. <br /><br />I have yet to return to the Big E after my last real visit in 1982. And from what I read about it these days, I'm hardly compelled to make a return anytime soon.Randylouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395085556145687438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436846479279507747.post-64691834509286857612014-11-05T15:58:21.203-05:002014-11-05T15:58:21.203-05:00I also went to the Big E this year for the first t...I also went to the Big E this year for the first time in 25 years. The wait to get in was horrendous and it is expensive, but the kids loved it. It was much as I remembered it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com