OT: What is the best baseball game you ever attended?

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Posted By: Rob Ray

...Such a simple question,but the possibilities for those who have attended many games (I'm 50 and have been attending all manner of games for 45 years)...are endless!

Most memorable game that meant nothing in the standings:

Yankee Stadium sometime in mid-80s:
Twins were beating the tar out of the Yankees,8-0. Slowly,the Yanks came back and eventually beat the Twins on a walkoff Mattingly HR in the bottom of the 9th,9-8! A bunch of us were sitting in the RF blue seats and the ball flew about 5 feet over my head! Amazing comeback.

Wonderful,but somewhat fuzzy memories:

Went with my 4-year old brother (I was 6) and my dad by car to my first MJL game:
1964 Yankees at the Stadium against,I think,the KC A's.
I remember my dad repeatedly extolling the virtues of "the Mick." I had no idea who Mickey Mantle was (his name sounded like a cartoon character's to me),but I remember distinctly Mantle slamming a homerun, and my dad then throwing his own hat in the air. Even though I eventually became a Mets fan, you can bet I followed Mick's exploits after that game.
I really don't remember anything else about the game other than the fact that it must have been right around July 4th because we went on a trip down south that year,as we did most years when I was very young.
Anyway, I do remember the game went past 9 innings and the Yankees may have even lost. My dad was pretty quiet on the ride home,and my brother got sick from 2 hot dogs. Geez,what memories.

Important and memorable games:

Todd Pratt hitting a game-winning homer for the Mets at Shea in '99 (?). Think it was a divisional series game.
Seaver's 300th win (for the Chisox) at the Stadium,on Phil Rizzuto day, and seeing Rizzuto being felled by a cow on the field!
Doc Gooden,rookie year,at Shea vs Cubs: I was sitting right behind homeplate. He blanked the Cubs 10-0 and set a rookie strikeout record.

Too many others to mention,and now my lunch break is over!
Rob