Sun Jun 16, 2013 1:47 am
57 1/2. First played the strat board game when I was 16. Grew up in Houston, TX. (Have lived in NH since 1978). My dad would bring a radio in to my room at nights sometimes, and we would listen to Colt 45's games (before they became the Astros). He'd sit on my bed, and explain the game to me. I would soak up my dad's knowledge, and passion for baseball. I can remember trying to understand things like what a force play, and a double play was, and my dad would get my toy army men out and set them up on the bed, and use them to illustrate how the plays would work. Some of my favorite memories from my childhood. He's been gone almost 23 years now. He was a WW2 vet, who served in the Army at Guadalcanal & Bougainville. I have played the on-line game here since 2002, but I rarely come to the MB nowadays.