Re(1): Question of the Week #301 - Remember
your first jai-alai game?
Posted on June 8, 2009 at 04:42:55
PM by castleb7
Who could possibly FORGET their first game? Ours was in BRIDGEPORT
on a Saturday night in July in 1976. It was all a mystery and
took us about two games to figure out the scoring system. We sat
in the balcony and promised that the next time we'd sit at the
little white tables downstairs in front of the court. Sometimes
after a matinee, we'd drive up the Connecticut Turnpike while
they were building Milford and check on their progress. I remember
winning our first trifecta on a ticket that was punched wrong!
We wanted a 6-2-5 and the guy punched out an 8-2-5. I remember
that the team was Castro and Calzacorta and it paid $686.00 on
a $3 ticket. Some things you never forget!!