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Posted on 11/9/22 at 12:31 pm to The Cool No 9
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I saw pictures of the Shreveport captains stadium it’s all abandoned and overgrown with vines. Damn crime that is how did that happen? Couldn’t the city maintain it and let little league or bossier community college use it? I guess that’s my nomination the Shreveport captains
Right before they shut down they had renovated it and put in bar type seating down close to the field. Tickets were super cheap or somebody always had free tickets. One day was $2 beer and hot dog night. We used to go quite a bit, it was always a good time. Next thing you know they were gone and now the field is trash.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 12:35 pm to iwyLSUiwy
Captains used to be the best dollar value entertainment in town, it’s a shame they let minor league ball escape Shreveport
Posted on 11/9/22 at 12:53 pm to 777Tiger
Quarter beer night back in the 80s!
Posted on 11/9/22 at 1:18 pm to roobedoo
not long after the Caps left town I got a group of investors together to try and get another minor league team to Shreveport, the local insider clique that controlled the rights to the minor league franchise wouldn’t budge, it was obvious toward the end of the Captain’s time in Shreveport that someone was driving them out, field went to shite, as did concessions, and they used to be great, and the Caps had recently won three championships in a row and attendance was great, it was a shame
Posted on 11/9/22 at 1:21 pm to 777Tiger
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it was obvious toward the end of the Captain’s time in Shreveport that someone was driving them out
Not so much on Shreveport's end, but the new ownership group once Taylor Moore sold the team had a deal in place for a new stadium in Frisco, they just needed a reason to leave. Step 1: Change the name to something everyone hates. Step 2: Take away the traditional baseball atmosphere by adding dancers on the dugouts. Step 3: Watch attendance decline sharply, then tell Shreveport that they no longer support minor league baseball, so their only option is to move to Frisco.
This post was edited on 11/9/22 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 11/9/22 at 1:25 pm to LSUGUMBO
True, but there were other options than the Giants
Posted on 11/9/22 at 4:32 pm to Slippy
Senior parties at the Municipal Auditorium
Getting on TV going to watch Mid-South Wrestling film
Sneaking in Sportspage to see Exit play
Catfish Cabin at Hearne and Hollywood
The original Southern Maid donuts
Shooting pool and drinking at The Cove
Playing the Tuesday night scramble at Par3
Cruising Kmart on Mansfield
Getting on TV going to watch Mid-South Wrestling film
Sneaking in Sportspage to see Exit play
Catfish Cabin at Hearne and Hollywood
The original Southern Maid donuts
Shooting pool and drinking at The Cove
Playing the Tuesday night scramble at Par3
Cruising Kmart on Mansfield
Posted on 11/9/22 at 4:36 pm to 75503Tiger
Vanilla Ice doing a show at the Burlington Coat Factory on Shreveport Barksdale Hwy.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 4:53 pm to Slippy
KWKH
"Shotgun" Ken Shepard - Kenny Wayne's dad
Rally in the Ally - Pep Rally for Northwestern/LaTech game
Duck hunting on Wallace Lake
The Cotton Boll
"Shotgun" Ken Shepard - Kenny Wayne's dad
Rally in the Ally - Pep Rally for Northwestern/LaTech game
Duck hunting on Wallace Lake
The Cotton Boll
Posted on 11/9/22 at 5:09 pm to tiger2180
I think it was Cool Point on Caddo Lake.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 5:29 pm to Slippy
Low crime rate
Griffs
Pete Harris Cafe
Smitty’s Pizza (it’s still here just not the same)
South Park Mall
Hamel’s Park
Captains Stadium
Griffs
Pete Harris Cafe
Smitty’s Pizza (it’s still here just not the same)
South Park Mall
Hamel’s Park
Captains Stadium
Posted on 11/9/22 at 5:47 pm to Slippy
Posted on 11/9/22 at 6:06 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Holiday In Dixie (treasure hunt)
Shreve City
The Cub (my father went there in 60s and me in the 70s)
Querbes tennis and golf
Woolworths (diner best chicken fried steak)
La Hayride
Mires Lake (after football games)
Shreve City
The Cub (my father went there in 60s and me in the 70s)
Querbes tennis and golf
Woolworths (diner best chicken fried steak)
La Hayride
Mires Lake (after football games)
Posted on 11/9/22 at 6:30 pm to LCBayou
My dad plays golf at Querbes 3x a week. And he still eats at the Cub.
I remember shopping with my mom at Penney’s in Shreve City. They had that twin cinema where I saw Empire Strikes Back, and there was another one down the street - Quail Creek.
I remember shopping with my mom at Penney’s in Shreve City. They had that twin cinema where I saw Empire Strikes Back, and there was another one down the street - Quail Creek.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 6:33 pm to Slippy
Another pleasant little memory (albeit a bit generic) was the common sight of the neighborhood milkman, going from house to house with his little wire crate of goods. Foremost brand, I believe. Shreveport still had that milkman service quite late in the game, when I believe most other localities had ended the tradition. After I moved away, I'd mention to other friends about the neighborhood milkman making his rounds, and none of them had that kind of shared memory. For many years it seemed downright 'strange' to me, to encounter people buying milk at grocery stores.
Shreveport had a lot of little lingering remnants like that. The trolley system was another.
I remember when Eastgate Shopping Center was built. I was sort of sad to see the cotton field go, but it was nice to have a new cinema. I think the first movie screened there was "Rooster Cogburn" (1975) with John Wayne. But I could be wrong. It was at least 'one' of the first.
Shreveport had a lot of little lingering remnants like that. The trolley system was another.
I remember when Eastgate Shopping Center was built. I was sort of sad to see the cotton field go, but it was nice to have a new cinema. I think the first movie screened there was "Rooster Cogburn" (1975) with John Wayne. But I could be wrong. It was at least 'one' of the first.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 6:37 pm to CSATiger
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Leon;s BBQ, still the best sauce ever
Sliced beef po-boy was my go-to.
The owner John Montelepre later opened Two Johns in Bossier and makes bank. He is there every night walking table to table.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 7:00 pm to Slippy
quote:nice place.
The owner John Montelepre later opened Two Johns in Bossier and makes bank. He is there every night walking table to table.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 7:49 pm to Aeolian Vocalion
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Weird War Tales," "Kid Colt Outlaw," "Turok, Son of Stone," and even some "Sad Sack"
"Weird War Tales" and "Sad Sack" brings back some memories
Posted on 11/9/22 at 7:53 pm to klrstix
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Captain Shreve
another Shreve guy here..
My people!
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