Baseball Memories
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I’m no order some fun moments for me:
- being at last game in Kingdome. I enjoyed that building (95 comes alive)
- being at first game and series at Safeco, now TMobile.
- being at 2001 All Star game and watching Cal’s HR come at me. It landed short of stands but almost, almost. And of course Ichiro.
- being at a game and being able to chant “A-Fraud!”
- Being at a Dodgers home game when they lose
- At MLB weekend in Vegas ages ago I was on first base side field level and when I went to take a pic of The Kid he saw me and flipped his glove.
- All other games I was at, both AAA and MLB. Just loving being at the park. Miss it.
I’m still upset that I didn’t go to the 19 AS game in CLE since I was living in CBUS at the time. Those Clippers games where great though.
Anyone else want to visit all the parks?
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@savefarris_psn said in Baseball Memories:
- Attending a game at Marlins Park in 2015 completing the 30 for 30 attendance of all active parks (Have since visited Truist and Globe Life 2.0 to keep the streak updated.)
Wow!!! That’s awesome.
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BONUS #2: Had to go back to baseball-reference.com to confirm the details, but was at the game where Juan Gonzalez hit the first HR of his career. (couldn't remember if it was him or Sosa.)
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX198909180.shtml
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@savefarris_psn said in Baseball Memories:
All in-person in-stadium (w/ the exception of #1)
- Watching Nolan Ryan strike out Rickey Henderson for 5,000 ... while at the top of a Wet 'n Wild slide across the highway.
- Watching Vlad hit for the cycle
- Staying for the whole 18 innings of BOS@TEX in 2001.
- Game #1 of the 2001 WS
- 3rd row behind home plate for a 2012 ARI@LAD game
- My Dusty Baker/Adam Dunn story from the other day.
- Attending a 2002 game at the Metrodome w/ my sister and literally getting the 6th from last Doug Mientkiewicz bobblehead of the day.
- Attending a game at Marlins Park in 2015 completing the 30 for 30 attendance of all active parks (Have since visited Truist and Globe Life 2.0 to keep the streak updated.)
BONUS: 2013 NCAA Super Regional LSU/Oklahoma Game 1 featuring Aaron Nola vs. Jon Gray
Rock on man those are all awesome. Since you've been to all the active parks which would you say is your favorite and a must see?
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Though I was very young and the memory was fuzzy, being in the ballpark the day Lou Brock set the single season stolen base record.
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My all time favorite time at a ballpark was at an expos game in 83 with my dad. The Expos used to do the outfield throws right field and left field and the center fielder would catch with the bull pen catcher. I dont have a clue why it happened, im sure my father had something to do with it but I got to play catch with Tim Raines during the 7th inning stretch. That made me a full blown Expos fan and a huge fan of Raines. I still have the powder blue jersey he gave me during that game.
I remember being in absolute awe of watching Raines and Dawson firing the ball back and forth from their positions. Such great arms though Raines was quite a bit less than Dawson. Not sure why but Cromartie was in center that day. Back then, Dawson was a fantastic center fielder.
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I was at the Kingdome for ‘The Double’. I was 9 years old! Also my 12 year old little league team won the state championship so we were rewarded by being announced at a Mariners game. Orioles were the visiting team. A wild ball rolled to my feet, I look up and Cal Ripken Jr. has his glove up waiting for me to throw it to him. So we played catch for a few minutes. Pretty cool.
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@kovz88_psn said in Baseball Memories:
Rock on man those are all awesome. Since you've been to all the active parks which would you say is your favorite and a must see?
#1 is PNC and it's not close. (I'm more of a city guy which is why PNC > Oracle/PacBell). The way the ballpark fits in with the skyline, the bridge, and the river creates a backdrop that is nothing short of magical. Throw in above average in-game entertainment, a decent selection of grub and a concourse that's usually not crowded (
) and it's just about perfect.Other superlatives:
Citizens Bank: The other Pennsylvania park isn't too shabby either.
Minute Maid: Best PA Announcer in the majors.
Coors: HUGE, but fun
T-Mobile: Underrated, especially if you sit on the 1B side.
Fenway/Wrigley/Dodger: mandatory for the historical value
Trop: not the best by any means but they try REALLY REALLY hard and that counts for a lot.Also, if you're a park connoisseur, be sure to find a way to go to at least one day/night doubleheader at nearby parks. It's totally worth it if you can swing it:
City/Yankee
Wrigley/New Comiskey
Dodger/Angel
Oakland/Oracle
Camden/Nationals
Trop/loanDepot -
I had tickets to go see Expos vs Braves on August 19th... 1994.
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@yankblan_psn said in Baseball Memories:
I had tickets to go see Expos vs Braves on August 19th... 1994.
Ouch
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A few for me are:
- Being at exhibition stadium in Toronto in 1982 for Jim Clancy 's near perfect game against Minnesota.
- At the skydome in Toronto for Doug Linton's debut 2 hitter against Baltimore (was supposed to be Dave Stieb's start but he was injured).
And a funny one:
I was sitting behind the yankee bullpen in Toronto watching Jeff Nelson flick sunflower seeds into right field and almost hitting Paul O'Neil in the head. I called to Nelson and pointed it out to him, he replied "oh [censored], thanks" and started flicking them towards center field...Tom Gordon was next to him and started laughing.
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A few from Baltimore:
- The game when the Orioles clinched the AL East title in 2014. They celebrated on the field for a solid half hour afterwards, spraying fans with beer, doing laps around the park, relishing it.
- When David Ortiz got angry at the ump and smashed the dugout phone with a bat
- Seeing Earl Weaver have one of his extended screaming tirades and getting ejected
- The game in 1980 when John Lowenstein tried to steal second and the catcher’s throw drilled him in side of his head. He was flat on his back, and they had to bring out a stretcher to carry him off the field. It was somber. He lay motionless until the stretcher just about reached the Orioles dugout, then he sat bolt upright and shot both fists into the air above his head, and the crowd just erupted.
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Adrian Beltres 3,000 hit, chased it the entire weekend and being at the world series game in atl when pete rose was let back on a diamond
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I have a few good memories from going to O’s games.
- I got to see Cal Ripken hit a grand slam
- Adam Jones hitting an inside the park home run at Nationals Park (odd side story, we were on the first base side and saw a woman get it with three foul balls)
- When I was a kid, probably around 8 or 9, my uncle had season tickets. At one of the games, I was taking pictures with a disposable camera. The Oriole Bird came over, took the camera and took pictures of all the players in the dugout for me.
- I was at an O’s/A’s game where Jeffrey Hammonds it a walk off home run to win the game 1-0.
- I can’t remember what game it was, my father was walking to the concession stand and walked into Frank Robinson on his way back and got to talk with him for a bit. That was one of my father’s best memories of going to a game.
- At an O’s / Mariners game, I got to see Mussina go up against Randy Johnson.
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@savefarris_psn said in Baseball Memories:
@yankblan_psn said in Baseball Memories:
I had tickets to go see Expos vs Braves on August 19th... 1994.
Ouch
Yep that one hurt the last 27 years!!
But! I did make a trip solo for a 3 games set in Pittsburgh and saw Alvarez put it in the water. Amazing ballpark and people. During a rain delay (my seats were lower level behind the plate that game, under the concourse) watched the Stanley Cup final on a guy’s phone. Great time.
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