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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Sean
What was your first memory mine was when the giants and angels were in the 2002 World series! i was only 7 back then. but i still played baseball since i was 3 or 4. and im still in little league. i finished my baseball season. but i still have a few more games cause im in travel. So whats yours |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Dan Bretta
Probably the little league games that took place in the park across the street from my home. If we're talking professional baseball then it was the 1975 World Series..shortly after that I started buying my first baseball cards. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Leslie Westbrook
I was 5 years old, and my mother signed me up for t-ball. Five minutes after I arrived at the field on my first day of practice (I knew nothing about the game), I was teamed up with another kid to play catch. We put on our brand new, ridiculously stiff, impossible-to-squeeze-shut gloves...stood about 10 feet apart, and he threw the ball to me--I didn't catch it, however. The ball smacked me in the forehead and left a huge knot. That was my first and last day of t-ball. I later joined little league at age 8 and played for years. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: RC
Gosh Dan, even you make me feel a little "old". The Dodgers vs. Orioles in '66 for the World Series is my most vivid memory of professional baseball. Went to my first game the following year at Crosley Field in Cincinnati and watched a rookie named Seaver pitch, and lose, for the Mets. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: peter chao
Sean, |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Bob Pomilla
Earliest memory would be of a game, which I'm almost certain was in '57, in which the Reds beat the Dodgers 3-1, with Gil Hodges supplying the only Dodger run via a solo homer. Also recall the '57 Yankees-Braves series, most vividly, the Nippy Jones "shoe polish" play, a scenario that was repeated in the '69 Series, with Cleon Jones. One other memory of that time was an incident where Cincy pitcher Raul Sanchez, having been just removed from a game, tossed his glove into the stands in frustration. Recall reading in the paper the next day, the trouble security had inducing the fan, who had caught the glove, to give it back. Thanks for provoking some pleasant recollections, Sean! |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Jay
The first game that really stood out for me was Game 7 of the 1960 World Series when the Pirates beat the Yankees on Bill Mazeroski's 9th inning homer off Ralph Terry. I was about 10 at the time and a diehard Yankee fan. I was crushed and actually went out and wandered around the streets for about an hour wondering how such a "tragedy" could have happened. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Joann
Earliest memory of baseball is watching the Tigers on TV and listening to George Kell. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Bob Pomilla
Day world series games, Joann?!? Pshaw! Next you'll be telling us that, once upon a time, during the season, one could see two games in the same day, for the price of one! |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: barrysloate
One early memory I have that has always stayed with me was my dad and I driving around our neighborhood one day, and we pulled over to say hello to one of my family's friends. We opened the car window and she said to us: "did you hear the news, Roger Maris just hit his 61st home run." I can still picture that moment. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Jay
Joann--That's a great story about your glove. I got a very similar glove when I was very young, the only difference being that mine was light brown with dark brown piping.I had one other glove until I was 13 and then I got a Rawlings SM-6 (Stan Musial model with Pro-style H web). I played all through college with that glove, repairing it when the laces broke, and I still have it as my only(but sadly only used for the occasional catch now) glove. Actually, it's kind of funny. As I was writing this post I Googled Stan Musial SM-6 and see that there was this very glove in Hunt's February 2003 auction. Apparently Brooks Robinson used this glove when he played. I never knew this before but I do know that it is a great infield glove. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Glenn
My earliest specific baseball memory is from the 1985 World Series. I was 8 years old at the time. I remember pulling for the Royals because I liked blue more than red and because I thought the name Bret(t) sounded cool. The memory is that Bret Saberhagen's wife had just given birth to a son named Drew, and someone in the crowd at the game hung a sign reading: |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: D.C. Markel
Mine was going to my first game at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh on July 5th, 1967, where the Pirates played the Reds. The Pirates won 6-1 behind the pitching of Tommie Sisk. I was extremely fortunate to see a once-in-a-lifetime play were the Reds had a man on third and the Cincy batter hit a sharp one hop single to rightfielder Roberto Clemente, who rifled the ball to home and THREW THE RUNNER OUT AT THE PLATE COMING FROM 3RD! Again, this wasn't a sac fly, this was a single! The place went nuts and my father told me that I'd probably never see that happen again and so far, he's been right! |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Max Weder
Warning: the following picture has been posted before. Past appearances are no guarantee of future looks. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: John H.
My earliest memory is being very angry at the CBC for pre-empting Horse Opera (always hoping for a Roy Rogers movie) to show a crumby Baseball game on some Saturday afternoons. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: peter chao
Hopefully, you sent away for the Strat-O-Matic baseball games. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Silver King
My earliest "significant" memory was 1976 and I was 10 years old. I went to the Oakland A's game and in the 9th inning Willie McCovey stepped up to the plate and hit a foul ball straight back behind home plate. I was still wearing my glove and reached up and caught the ball on a line drive. The crowd erupted in cheers and I got my first standing ovation. After the game we stood around waiting for autographs and Willie McCovey came out and got in his car. When I asked for his autograph he told me he didn't sign autographs when they lost the game, I told him I caught his foul ball and then he was more than happy to sign it for me. McCovey only played 11 games for the A's and the American league so it's kind of cool that I have an American League ball with his autograph on it. McCovey has since been inducted into the Hall of Fame and I feel that I have a great piece of memorabilia to show for it. I hope you catch a ball yourself some day. I have been to hundreds of games since that day and have yet to catch another ball. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Al C.risafulli
This is very odd. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Joe Drouillard
When I was a kid bedtime was a strict 8:00. But on summer evenings I would sneak out of bed after my younger brothers were asleep. I would creep downstairs and hide in a dark corner of the portico, as my dad listened to Tiger baseball game out on the front porch. He sat there in his undershirt, in the cool dark, sipping a beer and fidling with the antena of his portable radio trying to get a clear reception. From my hiding spot, between the radio's crackling, I could hear Ernie Harwell's comentary. I remember chuckling softly when Ernie would crow, "Strike three... and he just stood there, like a fence on the side of the road." |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: leon
My earliest memories of baseball are eating sunflower seeds in our front yard with the (grown up) next door neighbor listening to the Astros on the radio. It must have been about 1967......those were great days....right after that I started little league and remember learning to catch pop ups. Our coach, on the first day of the season, told us to line up the ball on our forehead when catching it...You know the next thing.....I got hit right on the forehead with the pop up after missing the ball....but in the end it works and that is the way I teach youngsters today... |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Silver King
Are you sure it wasn't 1971? Carlos May hit one in 71. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Glenn
Didn't Honus Wagner do that about 5 times? |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Al C.risafulli
I saw that, May hit one in 1971 with the Chisox. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: DMcD
Another good question, Sean! Watching Willie Mays hit a home run on TV is my very first baseball memory. In the summer of 1955 when I was five I was at my friend's house and his dad was watching a NY Giants game on TV (they only had black-and-white TV then). Mays had just hit a home run. I asked him why he didn't keep running around the bases again so he would get more runs, and he explained that you only get to score once on a home run. I have a million more baseball memories but that is the first. I have been a Giants fan ever since. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Ken McMillan
August 23, 1969 for my 9th birthday seeing Ron Santo and Jim Hickman hitting back to back home runs against the Houston Astros. I have been hooked as a Cub fan ever since that day. Wrigley is an awesome place. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Gilbert Maines
I remember as a yute in NY, everyone made a big deal out of Mays, and it seemed that nobody noticed Dark or Irvin (both of whom I thought were better). Then they traded Dark for that light hitting infielder, Schoendinst. I still don't understand that. But I do understand everyone else thinking that Mays was special...I guess that I am not always right. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: John Kalafarski
My Dad took me to Fenway in either 1950 or '51 (I was born in '45) and took me to the left field corner, lifted me up against the rail; I waved to Ted Williams and he waved back. I remember going to the store (Harry and Rosie's in Providence) to buy '51 Topps. I remember kids had Ruth Goudeys in their stack of pitching cards as we used to call them. I remember going to the movies across the street and Ted would have a small clip talking about the Jimmy Fund. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: William Heitman
This thread is just irresistible. My very earliest memories of baseball are the smell of hot dogs, beer and peanuts as we entered Edmonds Field in Sacramento in the early '50's along with the cracks of the bat amidst all of the chatter that came from the field as we made our way to our box seats on the third base side of home plate. Oh--I remember the players and many of the plays, but no matter how old I get, I will never forget the smells and sounds of the ballpark when I was just a very small boy. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Glyn Parson
Sitting on my parents bedroom floor watching the Pirates comeback form down 3 games -1 to beat the Orioles. Even though this took days it is one lumped together memory for me. This has made me a lifelong Pittsburgh Pirates Fan. My first memory of playing baseball was with my friend, Mike Mitchell, in his sideyard. Great question, Sean. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: peter chao
Well it's a good thing Leon didn't ban you Sean. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: andy becker
this is a great thread sean. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Clint
The first major league game I went to was the Red Sox and Royals in Kansas City. It was either in 1979 or 1980. Yaz got a couple of hits in the game but the highlight was Willie Wilson. Willie was leading off and hits an inside the park homerun for the only score of the game. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Max Weder
Clint |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Clint
Thanks Max! My family would go on fishing trips near Kansas City and my dad and I would go to the baseball card shows in Overland Park, KS. If we were lucky my parents would take us to a Royals game. Those were great times. |
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Earliest Memory Of Baseball
Posted By: Chuck
I remember eating cereal (Post apparently...maybe Rice Krinkles; they were one of my favorites) in 1961 or 1962 when I was three or four that had pictures of baseball players on the back of the box. |
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