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[QUOTE="Orangeyes, post: 285716, member: 34"]
My wife, who was my girlfriend at the time, went to all the games back then. As I remember it we had to put on a late season run to make the playoffs. We did and I vowed to go to every game. Do you remember Frank Baker's home run over the double tiered scoreboard in right center field. It was very dramatic. We sat just above the box seats between the dugout and backstop on the third base side.
 
We called him home run Baker after that which was funny because he wasn't a noted power hitter. Tepedino was around 17 when he signed with the Yankees. Verdi was a great manager. Hal Reniff, believe it or not was on my committee to get a domed stadium that year. I have a picture of him and I that was taken for a story September 25, 1969. Matt Galante was about 5'5" but not a very friendly guy. Rob Gardner's fastball couldn't break a pane of glass but he had great stuff. He was from Binghamton NY. We beat Columbus four games to one. We then played in the triple A World Series defeating Indianapolis on the road. We went to Hancock to greet the team. Rob Gardner was waiting for his wife to pick him up and we got a chance to know him.
 
[IMG]http://www.triple-abaseball.com/images/govcup.jpg[/IMG]
 
For the record Syracuse won the cup in 35, 42, 43, 47 & 54 so it had been a 15 year drought. We had lost in the finals in 46, 48, 51 and 64.
 
After 1969 we won it again in 1970 & 1976 losing in the finals in 74, 75, 79, 89 and 94.
 
Only Rochester (10) and Columbus (9) have won it more than the 8 times Syracuse has.
 
The trophy, which is made of mostly of solid silver and is now housed in the Hall of Fame, is worth is over $3000.
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