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Oh yeah Clemens 300th win was also his 4000th strikeout game, and I once saw a double complete game where Halladay shut out the Yanks to beat Randy Johnson. Hinske 2-run HR only scoring, and the game was over in about 2 hours.Also saw the hr Derby and All Star Game in the Bronx in 08Cool thread.
I had a shot to go to this game and sit in the bleachers for free. I had a softball game that morning and would have missed the first few innings so I didn't go. We lost like 19-6.
I always wanted to goto a doubleheader (two games for the price of one) so I convinced my father & brothers to go to a dh vs det. The first game went 17 innings lol
I remember John Cangelosi. He was about five feet tall, weighed a buck forty. That takes guts to charge the mound against someone like Smoltz.
Have watched him pitch twice for my Pirates this year. I hope there isn't a third time.
When I saw him pitch for Baltimore, it was one of his first Major League games. It may have even been his first start. I'd have to look it up. He looked okay that day but never really panned out.
I was there too. Great game.I have been to a lot of baseball games since I was a kid so I have been lucky enough to see almost all of the things on that list. Good times.
i am 47, have been going to games since i was 5 or 6, maybe younger, and i have never gotten a foul or home run. i guess i have a chance at a HR at my next game - May 17 Pirates at Phillies in the RF lower level. maybe Garrett Jones will get a hold of one.
I gloved a Dale Murphy 2-hopper down the LF line during BP at a Mets game when I was about 12 and he was with the Phils. Got him to autograph it too, which was cool.Better story: I was at a Yanks/Jays game at the Stadium back in late 1992. We bought tickets off a scalper outside, it was the last home game of the year I believe. When we get to our seats, we're in field level on the 3B side (although more behind the plate). Some guy shows up and says we're in his seats (we were) but he said it was no big deal and he'd sit somewhere else. During the game, my brother wants a sandwich so my dad goes into his duffel bag to get one for him. Robbie Alomar hits a screaming liner back right at us. My little brother was ducking down to get the sandwich he dropped, otherwise he might be my late little brother. The ball bounces off the seat behind him, back forward off the railing in front of us, and into my dad's bag. He reaches in and fishes out this foul ball, my brother had no idea what was going on, and I'm going nuts. My father offers it to the guy whose seats we were in as I PLEAD with him not to, and the guy of course declines.
BP balls don't count. That's just common sense.
SICK LIFE!
I have been at 2 great comeback games by the Yankees too. One was against the Brewers in the early 90's when Milwaukee was in the AL. I think the Yanks were down by 8 in the 6th inning. The other was in 2006 against Texas, probably the wildest game I have ever been at live, in any sport, in my life. Box Score
yeah, that Texas game is the one I was talking about! And you felt in the park that they had a shot because ranger pitching was so brutal
I have and when I was young, it seemed like every game had the obligatory drunk rushing the field and tiring out the fat security guards running around the outfield, to monster cheers. I also saw Morganna do her thing.What I would love to be part of and I don't know when this last happened is a field rushing deal after a big win, like the Chris Chambliss homer or one of the Mets playoff wins in 86. Looked awesome, but its a collective choice and people just lack the certain something to do that anymore!
For some reason, the name Rod Booker is ringing a bell with regard to that game. Didn't he do something there or is it another game?
I looked it up. He pinch hit in the 9th and got a walk, a hit, and scored two runs. Von Hayes robbed Jose Gonzalez of a home run earlier in the game (I remember thinking, "At least it doesn't matter since the Dodgers are up 10") and Fernando Valenzuela pinch hit in the bottom of the 8th. That guy, aside from being a great pitcher, was a good hitter too.
I have seen 6 of the things listed (I go to way too many Reds games). I've seen 2 brawls that I can remember off the top of my head. Last year, was in the house for the Reds/Cards brawl. It looked like a rugby scrum at the end with the entire pile getting pushed back into the net. The oddest part about that brawl was the managers. There were a bunch of players trying to break things up or at least contain the fight and the 2 managers were provoking everyone and kept everything going.
