Richard Street:
CLASS OF 1964
Skyline High SchoolClass of 1964
Oakland, CA
Richard's Story
After Skyline, 1964 to 1967, I was in Junior College. First Merritt College, then Laney College. I was accepted to California State College, Hayward, later Cal State University, and the recent past name change,a change I opposed , to(California State University East Bay). 1967 and in 1969 while still attending Cal State(I graduated in 1971.) I got a draft notice from the army but a school and family deferment put military service on the back burner, I latter applied to the United States Coast Guard as I was not unpatriotic and did not want to be a "draft dodger". The Coast Guard found me to old at that point. I also returned to Laney College and tried out for the baseball team after having played a full year there in 1966. There also I was advised that I ...Expand for more
would not (probably) want to be on a team of mostly 18 and 19 year old players, but I made a good impression as a third baseman and redirected myself and finished out my baseball career (semi-pro)playing until 1981. As for the military, I attended Coast Guard meetings off and on aspiring to be an an honorary member in good standing.
I played baseball to 2011, I was in organized softball programs in San Francisco, Alameda, Oakland, Martinez and Pleasant Hill.
I was accepted to the Public Works Department in 1986 and have been employed in that capacity for over 25 years.
I have been collecting baseball cards for many years, read , follow baseball, presently the over 65 league ( Antiques) who play in California and have games at a High School near Modesto.
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