http://www.dembrooklynbums.com/2008/08/19/erskine-has-no-regrets/ Cyclones Coverage with a twist from Beat Reporter Patrick Hickey Jr. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:02:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.dembrooklynbums.com/2008/08/19/erskine-has-no-regrets/comment-page-1/#comment-615 John E. Kraft Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:29:24 +0000 http://www.dembrooklynbums.com/?p=334#comment-615 I know exactly how "Oisk" feels. I too returned to the borough after 44 years of absence to attend the debut home opener of the Cyclones on June 25, 2001. I was there at Ebbets Field, as an 8-year old kid, when Jackie Robinson took up his position at first base to break the color barrier on April 15, 1947. I was in the Polo Grounds on that sad day in 1951 when the Giants broke our hearts by winning the pennant. I was there when the Dodgers won their first World Series in 1955. And I left the borough about six months ahead of the Dodgers. But, upon my brief return in 2001, I was amazed at how well maintained Bay Ridge still was and how well they did on renovating those tenements I once lived in when the neighborhood was still called South Brooklyn and not Cobble Hill. My only hope is to see Brooklyn move up in classification to Double A or Triple A. A position which will match the largest minor league market in the country. I know exactly how “Oisk” feels. I too returned to the borough after 44 years of absence to attend the debut home opener of the Cyclones on June 25, 2001. I was there at Ebbets Field, as an 8-year old kid, when Jackie Robinson took up his position at first base to break the color barrier on April 15, 1947. I was in the Polo Grounds on that sad day in 1951 when the Giants broke our hearts by winning the pennant. I was there when the Dodgers won their first World Series in 1955. And I left the borough about six months ahead of the Dodgers.
But, upon my brief return in 2001, I was amazed at how well maintained Bay Ridge still was and how well they did on renovating those tenements I once lived in when the neighborhood was still called South Brooklyn and not Cobble Hill.
My only hope is to see Brooklyn move up in classification to Double A or Triple A. A position which will match the largest minor league market in the country.

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