what was your first game?

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for crazy games, i was supposed to be at this one (check the twins fielding for the craziness) but my buddy chuck bailed on me and our friend jon to be with his girlfriend. we went the next night and if memory serves me correctly it was jeff reardon's 300th save. i also saw some guy get pummelled by the fenway gestapo for smoking weed in the concourse behind first base.

otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 13:27 (nineteen years ago) link

Otto went to every game ever!

David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 10 June 2004 01:59 (nineteen years ago) link

no dave, check the first sentence. i clearly missed one game one time.

otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 10 June 2004 02:08 (nineteen years ago) link

i just have problems with links, apparently.

otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 10 June 2004 02:30 (nineteen years ago) link

let's see if this works. if not you'll remain in suspense for a whie as i'll be out of town for the next week or so.

otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 10 June 2004 02:33 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't know how you guys get on with your fancy one word linking but this game: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B04120NYA1983.htm
might've been my first game, but it could have been the 85 home opener too. I remember it was a day game and I know it was just me and my grandfather, but I don't remember Guidry getting pounded, but I was only 8 and I've done alot of drugs since then so it's a tough call. I remember they gave out these "Billy's Back" t shirts, it has a graphic of Martin sticking his thumb out and pointing over his back.
My grandfater made me a scrapbook for the entire season with tons of newspaper clippings, box scores, league leaders... pretty cool stuff and I could defintetly pin down the date but the scrapbook's at my grandmother's house.

Shaun (shaun), Thursday, 10 June 2004 23:20 (nineteen years ago) link

fourteen years pass...

nice interview w/ Retrosheet founder Dave Smith; reminiscences of research by snail mail and floppy disk

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/effectively-wild-episode-1318-the-keeper-of-the-game/

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 January 2019 16:34 (five years ago) link


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