OT: The one player you regret not seeing play IP

[Steve D]

Probably Roger Clemens and Greg Maddux.

I also wish I remembered seeing Roberto Clemente play. I went to a game in San Diego in 1971 where the Padres played the Pirates. I just don't remember if Clemente played in the game. All I remember is that it was Bat Day, where something like the first 10,000 kids through the gates got a full-sized wooden baseball bat. I was eight years old at the time.

Steve

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Originally Posted by Steve D

Probably Roger Clemens and Greg Maddux.

I also wish I remembered seeing Roberto Clemente play. I went to a game in San Diego in 1971 where the Padres played the Pirates. I just don't remember if Clemente played in the game. All I remember is that it was Bat Day, where something like the first 10,000 kids through the gates got a full-sized wooden baseball bat. I was eight years old at the time.

Steve

If you look at the box scores for the '71 Pirates, they only played in SD on two different away stands. I'm guessing your game was on a weekend if it was bat day. See this link:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/te...e-scores.shtml

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by WhenItWasAHobby

If you look at the box scores for the '71 Pirates, they only played in SD on two different away stands. I'm guessing your game was on a weekend if it was bat day. See this link:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/te...e-scores.shtml

Thank you Dan! I have looked and looked for something like that, but could never find it. I even contacted the Padres, and they said they didn't have any records for when Bat Day/Night was in 1971.

It was probably the Friday, Jul 23rd game. It wouldn't have been the first series in May, as that was mid-week during the school year. It also wouldn't have been the Saturday game on Jul 24th, as the attendance was only 3,114. I also don't remember it being a doubleheader, so that rules out Sunday Jul 25th. Also, the games Saturday and Sunday were both day games, and I do remember the game being at night.

Unfortunately that leaves only Friday, Jul 23, 1971, and Clemente did not play in the game But hey, Pops hit his 32nd home run of the season in the game

Steve

[pclpads]

Jackie. And, I count my self fortunate that I got to see my bb idol Teddy in a spring '58 exhibition game at Westgate Park in SD.

[mattsey9]

My sports watching lifetime:

Baseball: Nolan Ryan

Football: Barry Sanders

Basketball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Hockey: Wayne Gretzky

My all-time list:

Baseball: Mordecai Brown vs. Christy Mathewson

Football: Jim Brown

Basketball: Kareem

Hockey: Gretzky

I would have loved to be in attendance for a title fight featuring Ali in his prime. Not so much because I'm a boxing fan but because of the electricity in the crowd that goes along with a heavyweight title bout.

[Eric72]

My dad and I had season tickets (Sunday Plan, 13 games per year) at Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia from 1980-1986. This was before Interleague play, so the AL players who were at the top of their game at that point in time was not on my radar...until the '83 World Series.

The Phillies drew first blood; however, lost in five games.

I wish that my focus expanded to the "other league" and I inspired my dad to take a road trip to Baltimore and watched Cal Ripken, Jr. when I was younger. I love the game now and wish that hometown loyalties did not stunt my growth so much.

[Econteachert205]

Rube Waddell.... Oh you mean during my lifetime... Eh, I'm good.

[bnorth]

I have been lucky and have seen all the baseball players I have ever wanted to see over the last 30 years.

The only person I would have loved to see live in person that I did not is Alonzo Mourning, he is my all time favorite basketball player. Weirdly he is the only big star from that era I did not see live.

[Wayne]

Nolan Ryan. I was in high school when he retired and my dad was in the military preparing for my sisters wedding, raising 3 more kids at home and Dallas 6 hours away (during that time speed limit was 55).
Now I am able to take my kids to a game once a year and it is still 6 hours away at 75 mph. My kids have seen Pujols, Trout, Hamilton, Cruz, Jeter ect. At least they will be able to say I watched my favorites play. Something I can give my kids that my parents could not afford too when I was growing up.

[basesareempty]

I was able to see Brooks Robinson play in 1976. Got to see Johnny Unitas and the other former Colts run One last Play at Memorial Stadium after the Ravens played their final game before moving to their new stadium. Would have loved seeing Unitas in his prime. But above all else I would have loved to have been in the stands the day Babe Ruth called his shot in the World Series.