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Article: Watt Powell memories

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April 16, 1999
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WHEN I think of historic Watt Powell Park and its 50th anniversary this season, I remember

- My favorite press box in all the world, sitting ever so high behind home plate. God bless the Alley Cats for moving us back upstairs.

- The late Shorty Hardman, former Gazette sports editor, who always slammed the door to the press box on his way to the restroom. - The night the lights went out on John Dickensheets. It was the worst of all minor league scenarios - 10-cent beer night and a bad call by an umpire costing the home team a win. That combination led to 150 or so irate fans congregating outside the umpires' dressing room. Since Dickensheets was the assistant general manager he was sent to ...

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