Can't remember the year, but it was a year or two after PacBell Park opened in SF. I'm an A's fan but I did go to a few Giants games each year.
Had a chance to see Greg Maddux pitch so I went. He was facing Livan Hernandez. Braves scored first and Maddux and Hernandez went pitch for pitch for eight innings both throwing strikes and wasting no time between pitches. Maddux made one bad pitch, Rich Aurelia nailed it for a two run homer in the 7th and the Giants won 2-1 with Robb Nen pitching a 1-2-3 ninth.
Time of the game 1 hour 46 minutes. I on the train and got home before 10:30 that night. Usually I'm lucky to make it back from a Giants game by midnight.
Having been a pitcher in my high school days this was very cool to see rather than the 14-12 four hour slugfests that were going on at the time.
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