If you could go back in time to visit one game...
 

If you could go back in time to visit one game that you weren't able to attend or watch one player play that you never got to see, what and/or who would it be?

As a Dodgers fan, for me, it would be to attend the first game that Jackie Robinson played in for the Dodgers at Ebbett's Field on April 15, 1947.

I would like to have seen Ty Cobb at his peak.Running the bases with reckless abandonment.

I'd love to have seen a game Jimmy Claxton pitched in, but not the game when he integrated the PCL (1916). Instead I'd go with Claxton in his prime. His only recorded no-hitter (June 22, 1924) in the Tacoma Industrial League. The first two men got on due to errors and Claxton finished the rest in order (4-1 victory). Claxton also led the league in stolen bases that season, beating out a young centerfielder for the Tacoma Avenuers named Roy Johnson.

Fielder Jones was the president of the T.I.L.. When Babe Ruth came to town on a barnstorming tour in October 1924, the only pitcher to throw a no-hitter that season (Claxton) was left off the TIL All-Star roster. Would ask Fielder WTF?

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Babe, center, middle row

Tough call, I would have liked to see Cobb play, and would love to have been at Larsen's world series perfect game, and Mazerowski's 1960 homer against the Yanks, I did see and remember the noise at the game over the TV.
But watching the Babe play ball everyday with a youthful joy would have to be on top of my wish list. He just had fun.

billyb

The first game at Hoboken field.

(I could easily create a 'top 10' list for this topic :))

Called Shot
Or
Shot Heard Round the World

100% called shot , not only to see babe but to see if he called it

The game where Ty Cobb and Kid Elberfeld went at it in the parking lot after the game.....I bet that was a doozy!

I would love to see Walter Johnson at the height of his powers. Maybe a game in 1913 when he set the A.L. scoreless innings record.

Yankee Stadium Game 7 of the World Series Oct.4 1955

Any game prior to the All-Star break in 1976 pitched by Randy Jones of the San Diego Padres. He's always been my favorite player and pitcher.

The one game I`d love to go back in time was of course my very 1`st Boston Red Sox game that my father took my brother and I to in 1968. We sat about 8 rows back behind the visitors (Indians) dugout on the 3`rd base side. I remember being absolutely amazed at the size and surroundings of Ole Fenway. The crowd, actually seeing the players close up, and the whole 1`st game experience was of course a once in a lifetime day. Pretty sure the Sox won 8-3 with Hawk Harreleson, George Scott and maybe Mike Andrews going deep. Hard to believe that was 45 years ago, Thank you Dad as you can see it was a day I`d never forget !

My first game was also 1968 - Dad took us to it as well. Your description of your own experience really brings back memories. Other than the sheer hugeness of the inside of the Astrodome, I remember watching McCovey and Mays standing around talking to each other during batting practice and Juan Marichal pitched the entire 11-inning game. Won't see that happen again.

Koufax, couple others
 

3 games in my mind:

A Sandy Koufax perfect game
(enough said)

A Nolan Ryan No-Hitter
(I did see the CalTech Radar game in Guiness Book Records)

A 1916 Duel between pitchers Walter Johnson and Babe Ruth
(August 15, 1916 Ruth defeated Walter Johnson 1-0 in 13 innings)

Gonna have to go with Cobb on this one. What a spectacle it would have been to see him run the bases.

Oh, forgot Harvey Hadix's almost perfect game.

Maz's World Series HR, there was a lot of drama in that game in addition to his HR, plus would get to see Clemente play.

I would go back to a world series game where Babe Ruth hit 3 home runs in the game.

Or, the first game in Yankee Stadium when The Babe hit the first home run there.

I'm torn between either The Merkle Game, or the replay of that game at the end of the season.

This game may not be my favorite, but I sure wish I was there, 25 April 1976, Dodger Stadium, Rick Monday saved flag from two arsonists.
His next at bat, he got standing ovation, it must have been quiet a feeling.

billyb

I watched that on tv, it was one of the greatest things i have ever seen on a baseball field. Hurray for Rick Monday.

I would go back to attend the playoff of the "Merkel Boner" game, the last game of the 1908 season Giants v Cubs game.

:cool:

For me, it would either be watching Bob Hendley of the Cubs throw a one hitter, but losing the game on an unearned run in 1965.

Or, the Marichal v Spahn 16 inning duel in 1963.

Although the Haddix game is up there on my list.

Doug

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nolan ryan beating up robin ventura or marichal throwing his bat
 

nolan ryan beating up robin ventura or marichal throwing his bat

Game 3 of the 1909 World Series ... Wagner with 3 hits, 3 RBIs and 3 stolen bases.

I had the good fortune to work for the Cubs for seven years in the 80's and was able to talk to several of the "old timers" who hang around the ball park about the Ruth called shot. A few of these people I talked to were former players who were not on the field that day but in the stands and another was the electrician who worked at Wrigley back then. Each person, to a man states that Ruth didnt call his shot but was pointing to the Cubs dugout after the first pitch and said "thats one!". The second pitch came and he yelled to the Cubs dugoot, "Thats two!". On the last pitch he parked it over the temporary bleachers and laughed his ass off all the way around the bases.

The film that emerged a few years ago seem to back this story up and yes, this is the one game I wish I could go back and see. Listening to the old men who were actually there was as close as I am ever going to get.

The second all-star game at the polo grounds July 10th 1934.
If I can only go back to see one game this would be a great one that would allow me to see the Polo grounds and see more players play. In 33 I would have gotten to see Ruth hit a homer, but less players played. Plus adding Hubbell's 5 consecutive strike outs of Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin would be a feat that would be interesting to see.:eek:

The game when "the light shined down on the stadium as the night edged into Baltimore on Sept. 6, 1995", Cal's 2,131st consecutive game. I was in the 7th grade I believe.

October 7, 1984
Padres - Cubs NLCS Game 5

October 6, 1984
Padres - Cubs NLCS Game 4

August 1, 1972
Padres - Braves
(Nate Colbert hits 5 HRs in a DH)

July 1, 1891
Giants -Grooms
(Amos Rusie no hits Brooklyn)