I went on a mission trip (Presbyterian) yesterday, Sat., March 21, and two individuals who had attended Crawford High School back in its former heyday talked about the Colt baseball program producing four major league catchers.
This has been recounted elsewhere, but for me to hear from the horses' mouth (pun intended) makes it stick in the mind. It's pretty impressive.
The Crawford graduates are Glenn Carson, who went on to be an elementary school teacher in San Diego and who is now retired, and Doug Flick. Carson was in the Class of 1966, and Flick was five years behind him. They both still live locally.
Dave Duncan, who went on to play for the Oakland A's and serve as Tony La Russa's long-time pitching coach for the A's and Cardinals, was one of the big leaguers.
Another was Bob Boone. Boone was a catcher who was excellent defensively, not as great offensively, who played a distinguished career for the Cardinals and Phillies. What's more, he is part of a storied San Diego baseball family that includes his sons and father. One of his sons, Aaron Boone, is an adept analyst on baseball radio broadcasts.
The third name is Ed Herrmann, who I am not as familiar with. I believe Hermann caught for the White Sox.
The fourth name is Tim Blackwell. I will have to search for more information on him.
Gloria Medina, another participant on the (hot) trip to Mexicali, grew up attending area schools and remembered attending high school football games at San Diego High, even though she wasn't a Caver. "It was the only high school with lights" for night games, she remembered.
All in all, it was enjoyable to hear of these folks again. I am not a native San Diegan. But some of my readers, like the McColl family at La Jolla High, would be more familiar with some of these names from San Diego's storied sports history.
Copyright 2015 Ed Piper
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