Weekly Posts Combined
Today I got the thinking about how many of today's stars I've actually seen in person. So I tried to remember everyone I could, and this is the list I came up with, pretty much in chronological order:
- Ken Griffey, Jr. - Mariners
- Alex Rodriguez - Mariners and Yankees
- Frank Thomas - White Sox
- Cal Ripken, Jr. - Orioles
- Mike Piazza - Mets
- Scott Rolen - Phillies and Cardinals
- Miguel Tejada - A's
- Barry Bonds - Giants
- Albert Pujols - Cardinals
- Rafael Palmeiro - Orioles
- Sammy Sosa - Cubs
- Craig Biggio - Astros
- Jeff Bagwell - Astros
- Ivan Rodriguez - Tigers (twice)
- Johan Santana - Twins (twice)
- Gary Sheffield - Yankees
- Ichiro - Mariners (Spring Training)
- Alfonso Soriano - Rangers (Spring Training)
- Mark Texieria - Rangers (Spring Training)
Without a doubt, seeing Ken Griffey, Jr. on the Mariners was the greatest thrill of my baseball life. Ken Griffey has been my favorite player since I remember watching baseball. The game I saw him in was August 16, 1997 at Comiskey. It was the first Major League game I ever went to. My parents got me the tickets for my birthday. They gave them to me in a box that had had frozen veggies in it and I remember thinking "What?! They got me vegtables?" and then opening it and being so excited. It was supposed to be a double-header but the second game got rained out. The storm driving home was one of the worst storms I'd ever been in. If you look at the lineups of the game, they were some pretty good teams: Griffey, Rodriguez, Edgar Martinez, Frank Thomas, Ozzie Guillen, Albert Belle, Mike Cameron, Ray Durham. I'll remember that game until the day I die. And somewhere along the line I'll be telling my grandkids all about Ken Griffey, Jr. and how their grandpa got to see him play.
This week's question is:
What major league player or game was your favorite to be at in person, like my Mariners game? It could be because of the player involved was a favorite growing up or there was a historal significance to the game or just the fact it was the first game you ever went to.
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My first game was July 4, 1973 when the Twins played the Kansas City Royals. The Twins' #1 pick from that year, Eddie Bane, made his major league debut on the mound as the starter. There was a record crowd of almost 50,000 people at the game and fireworks afterward. The Twins lost 5-4. I still remember the first major league pitch I ever saw, how white the uniforms were, the roar of the crowd, and how great the field looked.
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