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173. Growing up Playing Baseball
When Johnny was a kid, all he talked
was becoming a baseball star. Of course he
't alone. Most young boys growing up in the
States want to become a major league baseball
at one time or another. He remembers watching
favorite players on TV when he was young,
how his father would take him to see
Giants play at Candlestick Park.
Johnny recalls the
stadium, and how big it seemed to him
a child. His dad took him onto the
one day when the team was having a
day. Johnny couldn't believe how big the field
. All his favorite Giants were there taking pictures
fans. "Can I take a picture with Willie
' dad," Johnny asked gleefully. "Of course, Johnny. Let's
in line," said his dad. Willie Mays was
of the greatest players to ever play the
, and he loved kids, too. That is why
line to take a picture with him was
long. Johnny didn't mind though. He was in
heaven.
The Giants played their archrival, the Los
Dodgers, that day. There had always been a
of bad blood between the two teams over
years. It started when both teams were based
New York. They were cross-town rivals at that
. After the teams moved to California in the
1950s, the rivalry continued.
The Dodgers were always
of the better teams in the National League,
even though Johnny grew up a Giants fan,
really didn't hate the Dodgers. "I think the
was blown up, to tell the truth," Johnny
years later. Baseball fans are very fickle and
though, and some play the rivalry up as
as they can. No true Dodger, or Giant
would ever admit liking the other team in
, but Johnny suspects there is a mutual respect
each team in both cities.
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