Treasure The Memory

[Steve D]

For me, it would be my ticket to Nolan Ryan's seventh no-hitter on May 1st 1991.

Unfortunately, my original post I typed got killed by a sytem glitch, and I can't retype it. When I clicked on Submit Reply, I got a message that I couldn't post a reply since I wasn't logged in, which was BS, as I was logged in. When I tried to go back to what I had typed, the system had deleted it.

All I can say is that if you type a long post (one you don't want to have to retype), you should probably highlight and copy it before hitting reply. That way if the system goes wonky on you, all you have to do is go back to the reply screen and paste it back in.

Steve

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by Steve D

For me, it would be my ticket to Nolan Ryan's seventh no-hitter on May 1st 1991.

Unfortunately, my original post I typed got killed by a sytem glitch, and I can't retype it. When I clicked on Submit Reply, I got a message that I couldn't post a reply since I wasn't logged in, which was BS, as I was logged in. When I tried to go back to what I had typed, the system had deleted it.

All I can say is that if you type a long post (one you don't want to have to retype), you should probably highlight and copy it before hitting reply. That way if the system goes wonky on you, all you have to do is go back to the reply screen and paste it back in.

Steve

I've gotten into the habit of typing longer posts on notepad, then copying and pasting. I've experienced what you describe too many times, Steve.

[BBSD]

Tearing up a piece of red grass from the 49er emblem at Candlestick Park after the epic 1981 NFC Championship against Dallas. A true piece of NFL history. Priceless!

[joeadcock]

Going to Miami Baseball Stadium in the late 1970's and seeing the Pitt Pirates play the Baltimore Orioles, spring training.
No major league team in Florida at that time, and no money to go anywhere else.
Went with my late Grandfather Florentino and my father and brother.
I treasure this because it was with those I can never forget.

Frank

[John V]

Visiting Forbes Field late one night during demolition and removing several bricks from the left field wall.

[David W]

In the 1972-73 NCAA basketball season, my neighbor gave my father and I his Bradley basketball season tickets, and we went to the game.

I remember the old Robertson Memorial Fieldhouse, and the opponent was Memphis State, who of course would go on to lose to UCLA in the championship game that year.

I kept the ticket stub and a program for years but they are now lost. I remember being in awe of how tall Larry Kenon was, and then following his NBA career with the Spurs as I could pick up late at night an AM station out of Texas that carried Spurs games.

I was probably the only Spurs fan in Central Illinois.

[Luke]

When I was 14 or so, my friend's dad took us down to Spring Training in Arizona. One night, in the 5th inning of a Giants game in Scottsdale, we saw a group of people crowding around someone. We went in for a closer look, and it was Willie Mays! He was signing baseballs and scraps of paper, but only for the really little kids. I guess we were too old. So, he gets in the back seat of a Lincoln Town Car and the driver pulls away. We were disappointed he didn't sign our baseballs, but we both just kind of looked at each other and took off running. The streets were deserted, but the lights took forever. We caught up to his car at the first light and then again at the next light. At the third light, he rolls down his window and says, "Alright, get over here." When he was signing my ball, he grumbled that I was blocking the streetlight and he couldn't see the ball. When I looked at it, I saw that he had started again after saying that he couldn't see the ball. I may have the only Willie Willie Mays autographed ball in existence. Definitely my favorite memory from collecting autographs. It still makes me smile that here he was, being really nice and having his driver stop even when the light turned red, but he was still his curmudgeonly self.