Talk:Philadelphia Athletics

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Hello! I am Lou Brissie's daughter, Jennifer- I have a *SERIOUS* MATTER THAT i MUST GET RESOLVED BEFORE MY FATHER PASSES FROM HEART FAILURE(HE'S 82). HIS 1949 ALL-STAR GAME WATCH WAS STOLEN....*SUPPOSEDLY FROM HIS OLDEST SON'S HOUSE.....BUT THERE TOO MANY DESCREPENCES FOR THAT TO HAVE HAPPENED.

IF YOU'RE A DEALER WITH MY FATHER'S WATCH (HIS NAME IS ENGRAVED IN THE BACK, AS WELL AS '1949 ALL-STAR GAME'. THERE WILL BE *NO* QUESTIONS ASKED. I JUST WANT TO GET MY DAD'S WATCH BACK TO HIM. WE HAVE PROOF (OFFICIALLY SIGNED PAPERS - AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LINE-UP FOR THE '49 ALL-STAR GAME YOU WILL SEE THAT MY FATHER WAS THE SOUTHPAW PITCHER FROM S.C. ORIGINALLY - WHO WAS THEN PLAYING FOR THE ATHLETICS.

IF YOU KNOW WHERE THIS WATCH IS, OR IF YOU HAVE IT, WE WOULD LIKE IT BACK. IF I MUST PAY TO GET IT BACK, I WILL, RELUCTANTLY.....

PLEASE HELP ME GRANT MY FATHER HIS DYING WISH. PLEASE. IT WOULD MEAN THE WORLD *AND* MORE TO HIM.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, AND I REALLY HOPE TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU SOON.

MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS JENAMBIENT@AOL.COM .

THANK YOU, AND BLESS YOU - I PRAY THAT YOU HAVE THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT AND WILL GIVE MY FATHER'S WATCH BACK TO HIM.

Good luck and best wishes. I hope you get the watch back...--Shawn 21:55, 12 December 2006 (EST)

The 1891 Athletics page mentions Athletic Park, not Forepaugh Park. Which is right? - --Mischa 16:13, 1 September 2011 (EDT)

According to Richard Westcott's "Philadelphia's Old Ballparks" (Temple University Press, (C) 1996) Forepaugh Park was named after Adam Forepaugh who was the owner of the Forepaugh Circus. (pg. 6)- Yuriy 43

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