It's nice to get nostalgic about Hawthorne. I went to many of those double headers. Even ended up in the parking lot with a wild horse I was trying to train. But those days are gone. It is now in a gang infested area. Every time I have gone there in the last 5 years panhandlers are on you like flies on sh*t. Espanol is the language of choice. In 2-5 years there will be no Hawthorne. It will go under the wrecking ball just like Sportsmens. I'll try to remember the glory days and not what it has become. Heck, I remember when I would go to Maywood with the windows on my car rolled down! That was a long time ago. (No Gary, you didn't have to crank the car to start it!)
