Makowsky Friends

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Take me out to the Ball Game

posted by Rob @ 8:50 PM  

23 Comments:

  • At 2/15/2006 12:16 AM , Blogger Mitch said...

    What a motley crew !...I'm glad to say as of now, that at least "six" of those campers will be at the reunion. P.S.... The backstop I'm told, still looks the same as it did back in '62.

     

  • At 2/15/2006 9:49 AM , Blogger robin said...

    Wow! That is a great photo. That is how I still picture you guys. Now we need a girls group photo. Anyone?

     

  • At 2/15/2006 3:21 PM , Blogger Mitch said...

    DH

     

  • At 2/15/2006 5:14 PM , Blogger augie said...

    who is this crew in the picture

     

  • At 2/15/2006 5:42 PM , Blogger robin said...

    who is karen and augie? You may have been there after me. I was there till about '62. I think!

     

  • At 2/15/2006 6:42 PM , Blogger robin said...

    bobby, that's so funny. It was the adults that threw the water. Do you have a picture of you as a camper you could email to me?

     

  • At 2/15/2006 7:25 PM , Blogger Mitch said...

    Ok Augie...these are the guys in the "pic"... The two counselors are Bobby Hutt & Mike Hirsch. The back row from left is ?? then Jackie Silverman (black shirt) then Laurie Schleifer, the tall kid we called "Lurch", next to him is Larry Brown, then Barry Goldfarb. Front row from left is David Harris, Michael Geyer, Steve Kiviat, Mitch Kupfer, & ?? If you wait till Steve Kiviat signs on I'm sure he can fill in the 3 anonymous guys.

     

  • At 2/15/2006 9:26 PM , Blogger Rob said...

    Hey Mitch , Augie and all you other lefties : Good thing that field had a short right field , left field was like a valley.

    Does the word 'Clincher' ring a bell ?

     

  • At 2/15/2006 10:38 PM , Blogger Mitch said...

    Rob...There was nothing quite like the sound when you hit a "new clincher" on the screws !

     

  • At 2/15/2006 10:54 PM , Blogger LARRY said...

    what a motley crew we were.
    Jackie, you looked like you were singing for sha na na not hitting hr's. my glove looks like i was having trouble holding it up.Kup alway's had the good swing. notice all the bats are wood.. No metals back then.kiv, nice shirt,the social is on friday night?i think we also played hardball back then. the ball would fly into the woods.bobby hutt where are you.

     

  • At 2/16/2006 4:02 PM , Blogger augie said...

    Do you guys remember when we played Roundout Valley Little league in Hardball against a pitcher who was drafted in the second round. i think Me, Streeter and Schilling were grabbed as extras by this crew of guys and we really got whipped, almost none of us ever played hardball and the guy scared the crap out of me. I fouled one off to leftfield and was a hero!
    PS who taught me to throw the screwball that got me through college leagues?

     

  • At 2/16/2006 8:34 PM , Blogger Rob said...

    Jodi , Don't forget the oxygen and defribullator. I haven't played softball in _____yrs. Maybe we can hit and get some kids to run for us...ha
    Call it 'Makowskys DH'.

    Hey ladies send me your photos to post.

     

  • At 2/16/2006 8:38 PM , Blogger Rob said...

    Augie, I remember that game it was disgraceful...Better to stick with Majestic , Sondak , and the others.

     

  • At 2/16/2006 11:15 PM , Blogger LARRY said...

    MUTT'S NAME WAS MARTY BERKOWITZ NO RELATION TO DAVID BERKOWITZ "SON OF SAM". I THINK I WAS THE OTHER COUNSELLOR AND I REMEMBER THE GAME. HI BOBBY GOOD TO HEAR YOU WILL BE THERE SO WE CAN CATCH UP.

     

  • At 2/17/2006 9:53 PM , Blogger Rob said...

    Bobby so true. We haden't touched a hardball bat all summer and had to face a pitch at 60 mph , half the size of a softball. They wiped the field with us.

     

  • At 2/19/2006 11:08 AM , Blogger Mitch said...

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  • At 2/19/2006 3:35 PM , Blogger steve kiv said...

    Sell ice cream!!!!
    No....EAT ice cream. All I wanted and I still didn't gain any weight. BUT one day I did gain weight and I haven't stopped since.

    Jackie, how are you. I haven't seen you in a while but it seems like only yesterday. I hope I'll see you soon. Regards to you and Ronnie from Judy and I.

     

  • At 2/19/2006 3:46 PM , Blogger Mitch said...

    Hey Jack...glad to see you're back. Once again your memory is amazing. I was always so competitive...Listen Jack, Kiv told me Hutt lives in Jersey...but I can't locate him...anyone help!!
    After seeing that other pic of us and 17 other "senior boys" (Hey Rob it's time to post that one!)Maybe we can find Alan Bell...after all... the reason we were such a large group was Alan needed a job for the summer. Kiv told me that the other day.

     

  • At 2/21/2006 2:20 PM , Blogger Bob Hutt said...

    It is so nice to see that you are all still alive and kicking. I still remember traveling to another bungalow colony to play a softball game. I had a no-hitter going into the last inning when the final out was a routine ground ball to Kenny Fine which he booted. Kenny I've never forgiven you. Only kidding. Great memories.

    Stevie Kiviat had to have invented radar for his glove. That's the only explanation on how he could have caught the ball with his glove continuously held in front of his face. The glove was bigger than Stevie.

     

  • At 2/21/2006 7:32 PM , Blogger LARRY said...

    HUTT, GLAD TO SEE YOU SURFACED, WE WERE LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YOU , BUT NEVER DID WE LOOK IN THE STABLES...HOPE YOU WILL COME TO THE REUNION,YOU ARE A BIG REASON WE HAD THE TIME OF OUR LIVES THOSE GLORY DAYS.YOU HAD THE BEST CHANGE UP IN THE MOUNTAINS,ALL THOSE ROAD TRIPS TO OTHER COLONIES WERE PRICELESS.LISTENING TO ALL THOSE 45' WITH YOU STARTED ON A PATH I STILL FOLLOW, DOO WOP.. YOU AND HERSH WERE OUR FIRST COUNSOLORS BACK THEN, WE HAD MANY LAUGHS AND GREAT STORIES..KEEP THE MEMORIES COMING, SEE YOU IN JULY

     

  • At 2/21/2006 9:43 PM , Blogger Rob said...

    Hey , Steve was that the glove my DAD had before he 'converted' to Tennis? I think that glove had 6 fingers and the widest pocket ever made. You got more use out of it than he did. When Milton built a Tennis court the colony went 'multi-sport'.

    On the weekend there was always a pack of luckys and a zippo on the bench.

     

  • At 2/21/2006 11:04 PM , Blogger steve kiv said...

    Rob,
    Yes it was and yes it still is. I still use the glove, it can't be replaced.

     

  • At 2/22/2006 12:23 AM , Blogger Bob Hutt said...

    Larry, nice to hear from you. Speaking of Mike Hersh, if not for me, most of you would not be alive today?

    Mike thought nothing of pitching a softball to you guys at 100 MPH trying to kill you.

    Well, kill might be too strong a word, but he certainly did try to intimidate all of you. I can't tell you how many times I had to hold him back.

    Allen Bell was much kinder. Through Steve, I have followed some of you through your trials and tribulations. I can't tell you how many times I think back to those wonderful times at Makowsky's.

    As I have been in thoroughbred racing for over a quarter of a century I don't know how many of you will remember the ill fated match race between the Kentucky Derby Winner Foolish Pleasure and the ill fated undefeated filly Ruffian.

    They held a match race at Belmont Park, the last one held in America since that time.

    Ruffian had the lead after a quarter of a mile and broke down and was euthanized.

    To this day, she's the only horse buried at in the infield at Belmont Park at the finish line.

    I watched that match race on TV in Stevie's bungalow. It is one of those events like JFK that we all know where we were when it happened.

    Most of you were probably too young to know the impact of that event. A nation weeped and mourned her loss. There has never been another filly comparable to her. There has never been another summer like the ones we experienced at Makowsky's. We are a special breed who share a common bond. Hope to see you all at the reunion.

     

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