My friends and I had tickets to a nondescript late season Astros and Giants game on September 11, 2001. Game gets pushed back to October with Barry Bonds coming to town sitting on 69 home runs. We are sitting in right-center behind the bullpen at Enron Field.
First time he comes up to bat, 500 cram into our section to have a shot at #70 if it happens. Intentional walk. They bring in about 20 ushers to check tickets in our section for the rest of the game. One more intentional walk, hit by pitch, single and pop up.
Two days later he hits #70 and finishes with three more at home. That ticket stub is surreal to look at with all of the negative history tied to it: Sept. 11, Enron and Bonds.
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Collecting Pre-War Sports Art (Football Preferred)
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