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06-20-2019, 05:17 PM
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Sport First Game / 1970 @ Fenway Sox Angels Tony C dropped a bomb
Baseball Hank Aaron/ Roberto Clemente/ Nolan Ryan/Mike Trout/ Griffey Jr. Football Jack Lambert/Joe Greene/ Barry Sanders Basketball Dr J/Larry Bird Bull Fighting Manuel Benitez "El Cordobes"
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1971 Pirates Ticket Quest: 100 of 153 regular season stubs (65%), 14 of 14 1971 ALCS, NLCS , and World Series stubs (100%) If you have any 1971 Pirate regular season game stubs (home or away games) please let me know what have! 1971 Pirates Game used bats Collection 18/18 (100%) Last edited by 71buc; 06-20-2019 at 05:19 PM. Reason: How did I forget Jr? 
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#53
06-20-2019, 05:41 PM
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Sport First Game Any Game
Baseball Mr. October/Ken Griffey Jr Football Big Ben/Big Ben (only have seen one game IP) Basketball Dr. J/Magic Johnson
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Working Sets: Baseball- T206 SLers - Virginia League (-1) 1952 Topps - low numbers (-1) 1953 Topps (-91) 1954 Bowman (-3) 1964 Topps Giants auto'd (-2)
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#54
06-20-2019, 05:44 PM
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Best I have seen
Baseball: my first MLB game was an exhibition game featuring Hank Aaron at the Albuquerque Dukes’ old park: 1976 Reds including Rose, Concepcion, Bench, etc. my grandparents took me to both games, great memories!
Football: Aikman, futbol is Messi, Di Maria, Sánchez, Vidal, Bravo in a Copa America game with my daughter. Basketball: the Admiral played an exhibition game on the UT campus when I was a student. He was walking around campus before the game, he was HUGE.
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#55
06-20-2019, 05:59 PM
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Sport First Game Any Game
Baseball Willie Mays (He was near the ent of his career) Lots of good players on the field that day...Rose, Bench, McCovey Best player I have ever seen is most likely Trout. Football Don't know...probably Bill Bergey Bengals vs. Jets...Namath wasn't playing. Randy Moss
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#56
06-20-2019, 06:26 PM
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Mark Gastineau lighting up the Bills at 'Welcome Home, O.J., Night' in Buffalo in the 80's.
Dominique Wilkins making the Knicks look like they were a grade school church league team. Pierre Turgeon on the ice. Holy crap could that man stick handle.
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Elm's Adventures in Cardboard Land  https://www.youtube.com/@TheJollyElm Looking to trade? Here's my bucket: https://www.flickr.com/photos/152396...57685904801706 “I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.” Casey Stengel Spelling "Yastrzemski" correctly without needing to look it up since the 1980s. Overpaying yesterday is simply underpaying tomorrow. 
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#57
06-20-2019, 06:57 PM
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Sport First Game Any Game
Baseball __Joe DiMaggio____________ __Ted Williams______________ Football _Jim Brown_____________ _Tom Brady_______________ Basketball _Wilt Chamberlain_____________ Larry Bird________________ Hockey ______________ ________________
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#58
06-20-2019, 08:19 PM
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Baseball—Detroit’s Charlie “Paw Paw” Maxwell on a Sunday!
Basketball—Kareem Abdul Jabbar Football—O.J. Simpson playing for USC Hockey—A college game or two - but no memorable names
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#59
06-21-2019, 10:38 AM
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Baseball: Willie Mays, Willie Mays
Football: Fran Tarkenton, Terry Bradshaw Basketball: Walt Frazier, Kareem Abdul Jabbar Hockey: Eddie Giacomin, Wayne Gretzky Boxing: Lennox Lewis, Lennox Lewis (I've only been to one fight, Lewis v. Klitschko)
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#60
06-21-2019, 10:59 AM
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Best I Have Seen
Have only been to MLB pro sports. 1959: Luis Aparicio, Nellie Fox and Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Williw Mays. More recently: Frank Thomas
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#61
06-21-2019, 11:31 AM
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Baseball Mickey Mantle (Bronx), Mickey Mantle (Bronx) Football Scott Dierking (W. Lafayette), Joe Montana (W. Lafayette) Basketball Bob Lanier (MSG), Magic Johnson (W. Lafayette) Hockey Patrick Roy (Denver), Patrick Roy (Denver)
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#62
06-21-2019, 01:47 PM
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Sport First Game Any Game
Baseball -- Roberto Clemente; Willie Mays Football -- Joe Namath; John Riggins Basketball -- Walt Frazier; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Hockey -- Ed Giacomin; Alex Ovechkin
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#63
06-22-2019, 11:05 AM
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Baseball: Duke Snider ( Ebbets Field), Mickey Mantle (old Yankee Stadium)
Football: Frank Gifford (Polo Grounds). Peter Dawkins (West Point) Basketball: Jerry West (Madison Square Garden) , Bod Cousy (Boston Garden) Hockey: For me n/a
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#65
08-17-2019, 02:30 PM
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Sport / First Game / Any Game
Baseball Rod Carew or Reggie Jackson / Rickey Henderson Football Walter Payton / Dan Marino, Drew Brees, or Payton Basketball Pete Maravich / Maravich or Julius Erving Hockey Ron Francis / Mario Lemieux of Dominick Hasek I saw games as a kid that I just don't remember, so I didn't count those. I saw Tony Dorsett at Pittsburgh when he came to play Tulane. I saw a bunch of Saints games from 1969-1973, but I honestly don't remember who we saw and who played. I saw the New Orleans Jazz numerous times. I remember Bob Love was amazing, and I remember being excited to see Dr. J. I don't remember too much of the rest. I've seen hundreds of NHL games, mostly in Carolina. Hard to say the best.
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08-17-2019, 02:49 PM
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Just to mention basketball I think Kareem is still probably the best I've seen but the two that made the biggest impression, because they just seemed to be taking the game to a new level , were Magic as a sophomore in college and David Thompson as a freshman. I saw Johnson on what probably was an off-night but the sight of a 6 foot 9 kid playing point guard as skillfully as he did was a revelation, and Thompson not only was leaping out of the building but hitting jump shots from everywhere.
Seeing Erving live was really something too, his ability to defy gravity and make acrobatic moves had more of an impact in person than on TV.
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08-18-2019, 09:38 AM
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Baseball - Brooks and Frank Robinson
Many others, but had the opportunity to see the O’s a lot when I was younger. Football - Mike “Mad Dog” Curtis, Lawrence Taylor, Alan Page - saw Unitas at the end of career, but he was my dads favorite along with Raymond Berry Basketball- Earl “the Pearl” Monroe, Dr. J - saw some other big names as well like Wilt and Jabbar...there up there as well Hockey - Bobby Orr, Gerry Cheevers Soccer - Pele, Franz Beckenbauer
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#69
08-18-2019, 09:48 AM
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Great Thread!
Baseball- First: George Brett. Best: George Brett/Nolan Ryan/Trout/Bonds/Griffey/Jeter Football- First: Marcus Allen. Best: Joe Montana/Tom Brady/Patrick Mahomes 😀 Basketball (only college): First: Mitch Richmond. Best: Kevin Durant Never been to a hockey game.
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#71
08-18-2019, 03:02 PM
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I was at the 1981 All star game in Cleveland. So that covers a lot. We got there and watched batting practice. Reggie Jackson was shagging balls in the outfield. The Cleveland fans were giving him grief. Then he caught one, and the fans were begging him for the ball. He walks over to the stands and points at a fan, acts like he’s going to give it to him, then shakes his head no and throws it back to the infield with a big smile on his face. Funniest thing I ever saw. Then he really heard it from the fans.
Best player Pujols Best pitcher Greg Maddux
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#72
08-18-2019, 04:07 PM
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Great thread, Frank!!
Sport --- First Game --- Any Game
Baseball : Fred Lynn, Pedro Martinez Football : Steve Largent, Tom Brady Basketball : Larry Bird, Michael Jordan Hockey : Ray Bourque, Wayne Gretzky
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___________________ T206 Master Set:103/524 T206 HOFers: 22/76 T206 SLers: 11/48 T206 Back Run: 28/39 Desiderata You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Strive to be happy.
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#74
08-18-2019, 07:00 PM
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Baseball Cliff Johnson, Dave Kingman
Football Dan Pastorini, Earl Campbell Basketball Moses Malone, James Harden Hockey Gordie Howe, Gordie Howe Soccer Kyle Rote Jr., Brian Ching Boxing Ron "Tequila" Collins Golf Greg Norman, Tiger Woods Auto Racing Niki Lauda, Geoff Brabham I'm sure I think of some more sports, later.
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#75
08-18-2019, 07:09 PM
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Baseball: Bake McBride (he signed my ball before the game and had a couple hits)/Mark Grace (best? maybe not. Favorite)
Football: Walter Payton/Walter Payton Basketball: Lebron James/Lebron James Hockey: Jari Kurri (Kings)/Patrick Kane On second thought, Grace was the best. You couldn't ask for a more perfect baseball player or teammate. Cheers, Geno Last edited by HercDriver; 08-18-2019 at 07:12 PM.
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08-18-2019, 10:33 PM
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First Best
Baseball Ron Santo/Jenkins Greg Maddux, Frank Thomas or Barry Bonds* Football Dick Butkus/Gale Sayers Walter Payton & Joe Montana Basketball: Chamberlain/West Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson or Lebron James Hockey : I don't really remember, once mid-70's Blackhawks: Tony Esposito maybe Stan Mikita was there, against the Canadians maybe Guy Lafluer. ..... Haven't been there much since....no one as good as those guys when I do go -- I missed Mario and Gretzky. Soccer -- the Chicago Sting weren't very good and I don't remember who they played when I went ...It wasn't Cosmos who were loaded with big names. I did see Tennis: McEnroe play Connors and Lendl also Serena and Venus Last edited by Misunderestimated; 08-18-2019 at 10:36 PM.
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#78
08-19-2019, 07:14 AM
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Live
See Above i actually did it right the first time lol
Last edited by glynparson; 08-19-2019 at 07:16 AM.
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08-19-2019, 10:06 AM
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Best Player
Here are mine. The Baseball and Basketball games were the first games I ever went to. I have never been to an NHL game.
Sport First Game Any Game Baseball Jim Bunning - First Game 1962 Football Ken Stabler - Oakland vs Detroit Basketball Bill Russell - First Game vs. Detroit 1967 Hockey Marc St. Louis - Indianapolis Russell was unreal. He only scored 3 points but, had 17 rebounds and 11 assists and at LEAST 10 blocked shots. (They didn't keep that stat) He ate Joe Strawder alive. Bunning gave up 12 hits in 7 2/3 and won 5-2. Stabler torched the Lions.
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#81
08-19-2019, 10:23 AM
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first game any game
Sport First Game / Any Game
Baseball: Roberto Clemente / Willie Mays (Trout?) Football: cannot recall Basketball: Michael Jordan & Larry Bird / I've been to only one pro game Hockey: Stan Mikita / Mario Lemieux
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#82
08-19-2019, 06:01 PM
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Baseball: Willie Mays
Basketball: Marvin Barnes Football: David Means.
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08-19-2019, 10:43 PM
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Baseball, Tony Gwynn, Barry Bonds
Football, Joe Montana, LaDanian Tomlinson Basketball, Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins Hockey, Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux
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08-19-2019, 11:18 PM
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the next Babe Ruth
When I was a kid the first game I ever went to was on Patrol Day at old DC stadium.... Don Lock hit 2 home runs and I went home thinking the guy is the next Babe Ruth!!
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08-20-2019, 06:17 AM
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Baseball Bob Gibson, Bob Gibson
Football Gayle Sayers (In high school), Payton Manning Basketball Paul Silas, Bill Russell Hockey Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky
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08-20-2019, 10:11 AM
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Sport ...... First Game ....... Any Game
Baseball: Cal Ripken Jr, ...... July 1, 1996 with Clemens/Canseco vs Rivera/Boggs/Jeter Football: Floyd Little, ...... Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady Basketball: David Thompson, ...... Michael Jordan Hockey: Lanny McDonald, ...... Jaromir Jagr
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