whats your favorite baseball memory as a child??

Answer 1

I've been to many baseball game's, but my favorite memory would probably be when I saw Manny Ramirez Hit a ball that would have gone over the green monster if it didn't hit the Coke bottles on top of it.

Answer 2

Great question,this one is really easy for me.

I'm in 6th grade and its 1978 and a Yankees fan living in New Jersey.....my teacher a Red Sox fan brings in a TV so we can watch the beginning of the playoff game between the Sox and the Yanks(it started at 1:05 on the old Ch 11 WPIX,Bill White,Frank Messer and Phil Rizuto)
School ends at 3:05 and i run a few blocks home to catch the end.
I still remember what i was thinking when Bucky Dent hit the ball over the monster. I remember thinking ok thats a double and an RBI were only down 2-1. But as everyone knows it clears the wall and the rest is history.
Still see Reggies bomb to center later on and finally the Goose getting Yaz to pop up and the ball settling into Nettles glove to end the game...

Answer 3

to see the last game of the season against Boston. It was the only time my Dad ever saw a game in the Forum. He has allways been a Habs fan. The goalies were Andy Moog and Patrick Roy and they dueled to a 2-2 final. At the opening faceoff Someone leveled Guy Carbonneau with a devastating hit and Mike Macphee steped in right away and took care of the opponent. The crowd was so loud we could not talk to each other. It was deafening. Similar to being at a rock concert. We've seen Montreal play at Maple Leaf Gardens a few times but nothing compares to seeing the Habs at the the old Montreal Forum. I'm so glad we had the opportunity before they moved to the Bell Centre. We've seen them play Hartford at the Bell (Molson Centre at the Time) Centre but nothing beats the Forum. I'm sorry if our special memory doesn't involve you in the blue and white but that doesn't mean we haven't seen you do you your stuff. First and foremost we are hockey fans and we thank you for your dedication to the sport and are ecpecially grateful for the opportunity to let you know we appreciate that. You were definitely worth watching throughout your carreer and don't let anyone tell you different.

Answer 4

I live in the middle of Canada: the closest place to see ball is Minnesota. I grew up in a very baseball-oriented house. I played from 3-18 (softball). We went to Dodger stadium when I was three, but I don't remember it. My first real major league memory was when we went to Minnesota: it is important to me now because it was our last trip as a whole family (my parents split up soon after). I remember walking into the stadium and my brother and i both gasped. It was all real: the players warming up on the field, the huge stadium full of Twins fans. It was unreal! The next day, Kirby Puckett announced his retirement while we were two blocks away in our hotel room. We saw six games while we were there, and I don't remember who won or what the weather was like (not like it'd matter in a stadium, lol), but that trip will never fade from my memory.

Answer 5

Well, it could have been watching on TV when Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's career home run record, but I missed it because I had to poop. (I was 7)

So next best would be when I was 17 (does that still count?) going to Wrigley Field with my friends and sitting in the bleachers on Aug 1, 1984. The Cubs scored in the bottom of the 9th to beat the Phillies 5-4. They rearranged the NL East (there was no Central division back then) flags after the game, moving the Cubs flag up into 1st place where they stayed for the rest of the season.
...And then they choked in their first post-season appearance in 39 years.

Answer 6

Although I saw my uncle Joe play against the Detroit Tigers 3 or 4 times as an Angel...family aside...my most memorable game had to be toward the end of the 1968 season after Detroit had clinched the pennant the New York Yankees came into Briggs Stadium ( Navin Field,then Briggs stadium then Tiger stadium ...now torn down ).It was the final year for Mickey Mantle...at his last at bat in Detroit for good Mantle was facing Detroit pitcher Denny Mcclain who looked at Mantle and extended his arm out palm down indicating he was going to groove the pitches so Mantle could hit one out...Mantle fouled one off and Bill Freehan the Tigers catcher come running out to see if Mcclain was nuts and to yell at him for doing this...well Mantle fouled off another ..not sure that Denny Mcclain was on the level...but sure enough Mick the stick hit one into the right field upper deck....Mantle received a standing ovation and 97 % of the people in the stands probably did'nt know what was going on...My brother picked up on it right away ..I remember asking how he knew...he noticed the first and all the subsequent "groove " signals....the sport sections of both The Detroit News and Detroit Freepress was up in arms over the event...wanted practically an act of congress to claim NO HOMER...The Tigers were ahead and did win the game....It was an unusual event that I don't know if it has been repeated since..

Answer 7

Going to Fenway for the first time with my Dad, Mom and 4 brothers. That was a big expense for them even at that time. I remember walking up to Fenway and it was right there in the middle of the streets, I was amazed. Walking in and absorbing the sights and smells ot the ball field. Seeing YAZ and Evans, and all the others of that time. They were my heroes back then, and still are but I've added a few more to the list. One is my Dad who has since passed away and never did get to see his beloved Red Sox get that World Series Pennant.
It is hard for a baseball fan to pick one memory but thanks for stirring mine up.

Answer 8

Going to the baseball field every day during the summer with my brothers and friends for 3 on 3 games of (modified) baseball. Good times, good times...

Answer 9

I went to the 5th game of the 1971 World Series with my father. Nelson Briles of the Pirates pitched a two-hit complete game shutout against Dave McNally and the Orioles.

It was a day game; the game the day before was the first night game in the history of the World Series.

The Orioles swept the first two in Baltimore, the Pirates swept the next three in Pittsburgh, and they split games six and seven in Baltimore.

That series was my hero's, Roberto Clemente, shining moment. I was thirteen and thrilled to be there. I still have the ticket stubs......$8.00 a piece face value!

Answer 10

As a Red Sox fan all my childhood baseball memories were bad ones....:)

I did get to catch a Nashua Pirates game with Barry Bonds, and Bobby Bonilla playing in the minors. I got Bonds to autograph my hat. I later moved to Pittsburgh when they were both playing there and was convinced they were following me.