Best Memories at the park

[Kzoo]

My favorite memory is the 1st game my Dad took me to on Sept. 16th, 1984 when I was 9 years old. It was at Tiger Stadium against the Blue Jays and the Tigers were only about a month away from winning the World Series. We sat in the upper deck on the 3rd base side and I remember being surprised how 'green' the grass was and how 'white' the Tigers uniforms were....the colors were very distinct to me. They won that day and I remember Chet Lemon hitting a home run that rose high in the sky before landing in the left field stands.....and I remember the 'wave' traveling in opposite directions in the upper and lower decks. That was a great time, thanks Dad!!

Matt

[barrysloate]

I told this story a few years back on the memorabilia side, but it's worth telling again.

Around 1965, my friend Steven and I went to Shea Stadium to see a Mets- Colts game, as he was a big Houston fan. Somehow we had seats in the front row behind first base. In those days, Nellie Fox was the first base coach for Houston.

As we bought food during the day Steven was putting his loose change in his top pocket. At one point he leaned forward too far and all the change fell onto the field, rolling in all directions. We both assumed it was lost.

But when the inning ended, Nellie Fox ran over to us, bent down, picked up every last coin a returned the change to my friend. I can still picture that moment when we got to interact with a future Hall of Famer. I don't recall Fox uttering a single word, but I'll always remember his kindness.

Edited to say I think they changed their name to the Astros by 1965.

[HexsHeroes]

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. . . still stands out to me even today. Detroit was playing at home against Baltimore. We were located about 5 rows up in the left field bleachers. Eddie Murray had hit two home runs (one from each side of the plate) for Baltimore. But John Wockenfuss of the Tigers hit one of his infrequent home runs to carry the day for the Tigers. And the fact that his home run landed 12 feet or so from where we were seated only made it that much more dramatic. What a day.

[sycks22]

Being that I grew up in MN I was / still am a huge Twins game. I remember going to game 163 when we played the tigers at home 3 years ago. We were down 4-0 and after coming back and pulling out the victory everyone went nuts and I completely lost my voice and being a PE teacher I couldn't yell at the kiddos the next day. It was amazing.

[SmokyBurgess]

My family was at Atlanta Fulton-County stadium in 1970 to see a doubleheader between the Braves and Padres. Outside the stadium we ran into Chief Noc-A-Homa who signed an autograph for my mom: "Yours in Spirit, Chief Noc-A-Homa". Still my most treasured autograph (Mom now deceased).

Saw homers from Mike Lum (3 in one game) and Hank Aaron. Pretty good memories even all these many years later.

[bunst]

Still very vivid in my mind. The first game I ever went to was in 1973 (I was 9years old) at Fenway Park. I was just amazed when I saw the field so green and perfect; I stood there in disbelief. Then during the game I remember the jeers such as "Yaz, you're a bum". I couldn't understand because he was my hero. I suppose some expected him to hit a homer at every at-bat. And also at that game is when Dwight Evans was beaned in the head. The crowd was dead quiet as he laid there. Wow, what a day to remember.

[John V]

Probably 1963 or 1964, I went with a couple friends to see the Pirates play. I cant tell you what the score was or who they played that day. After the game we waited for our Roberto to come out through the Press Gate. After some time, he came out wearing a suit! We walked with him for a block or two to an Atlantic gas station, where his car was parked. A pea-green Caddy. What a thrill and still a great memory.