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Re: 50 Greatest Yankee Moments. June 17, 1978. Guidry strikes out 18.

I drove to Yankee Stadium on June 17, 1978, from Queens. I picked up my friend, I picked up another friend, and then I was instructed to pick up yet another person, a young lady who I did not know.

As a Mets fan, I looked forward to this game, although my heart was not fully into it as I did not have much of a rooting interest for the Yankees. As the game progressed, however, I found myself excited at Ron Guidry's masterful performance. As the game progressed into the later innings the young lady that had joined us noticed the crowd going wild, and eventually figured out that Guidry had something to do with it. And then - after I announced that Guidry had struck out 18 Angels batters, she asked me, "Is that good?"

Less than 2 years later, on May 25, 1980, I married that young lady, and we've been married now for 33 years. Fortunately, she's gained a lot of baseball knowledge since then, and I have to say over all she is nowhere near as clueless about the world as she was abo

— Eric Goldberg, 05/18/2013 at 6:02 PM

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Re: Philadelphia Phillies versus Cincinnati Reds - June 16, 1962 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information

I attended this game with my brother when I was 11 years old. The most memorable part was when home plate umpire, Jocko Conlan, got into an argument with one of the Reds coaches. Conlan was the last umpire in the National League allowed to wear an outside, "balloon-style" chest protector. In the the heat of the argument, Jocko threw aside his chest protector and mask and attacked the coach to engage him in a fist fight. The fans went wild!! Many years later Jocko was the fourth umpire elected to the Hall of Fame.

— Thom Miller, 05/17/2013 at 11:33 PM

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Re: Kansas City Royals versus New York Yankees - October 9, 1977 - Playoffs Lineup and other Game Information

My all time favorite game when Chambliss hit that home run in the bottom of the 9th against KC! Just watching him trying to run the bases was a trip in itself!I was just a kid .But a true NYer and always a diehard Yankee Fan till the day I die! Holy Cow!

— William Cordrey, 05/17/2013 at 7:25 PM

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Re: Brooklyn Dodgers versus Pittsburgh Pirates - September 30, 1956 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information

This was really intresting to me beacuse it helped me with my B.O.E. and it helped me find out when Jackie Robinson had his las game and who it was against, very glad the website was here. It was very helpful to me, Thank You! :)

— Amanda Moss, 05/16/2013 at 12:45 PM

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Re: Houston Astros versus St. Louis Cardinals - August 19, 1967 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information

This was my first Major League Ballgame. My father took me when I was 12 years old. I got to see Roger Maris, Lou Brock, Joe Morgan, Tim McCarver, Rusty Staub, Bob Aspermonte, Curt Flood, Orlando Cepeda, and many more. Astros lost...but Staub hit 2 homeruns. Great Memories.

— Butch Baker, 05/12/2013 at 9:09 AM

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Re: Baltimore Orioles versus Chicago White Sox - July 24, 1966 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information

I am 23, but thanks to my great grand parents-84, and my grand parents 64, I am able to relive games I was never around for! My parents are 44, and they teach me about more recent baseball- 90s through now! But this baseball game from July 24, 1966 is fascinating- that is when baseball was real! Now Arizona Colorado. Tampa Bay. Toronto, REALLY? I would like to thank this site for making this possible for someone lime me , that was not born for 23 July's later! Thank you, sincerely Joey Locognato

— Joey Locognato, 05/11/2013 at 1:06 AM

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Re: New York Yankees versus Milwaukee Brewers - July 15, 1971 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information

Stacy Voss birth announcement shared- Bill Voss right fielders 2nd child!!!!

— KAthy, 05/05/2013 at 6:25 PM

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Re: 50 Greatest Yankee Moments. October 2, 1978. Bucky Dent's home run

great game

— Erik barca, 05/04/2013 at 8:13 PM

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Re: Boston Red Sox versus New York Yankees - October 2, 1978 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information

Heartbreaker for Boston fans.

— Erik, 05/04/2013 at 8:11 PM

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Re: Detroit Tigers versus New York Yankees - July 30, 1968 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information

This was my first major league baseball game. An 11-year-old from Kitchener, Ont. and I remember aging Mickey Mantle not doing much at all against soon-to-be World Series champs. My uncle Gene from Detroit took our family to the game and our seats were down the third baseline at Tiger Stadium. When Expos joined the majors the next spring I became a big baseball fan.

— Kevin Nagel, 04/29/2013 at 4:58 PM

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50 Greatest Yankee Moments. October 2, 1978. Bucky Dent's home run

Kudos, Ken, on a great idea for a website. As a lifelong Boston fan myself, I will hope that a 50 greatest Red Sox moments comes next. In the meantime I'll watch the '78 Playoff game unfold and yell for Torrez to take some warmup pitches after Dent fouls the ball off his foot. With your permission, I'd love to publicize your site on my blog, saulwisnia.blogspot.com. Let me know your thoughts; email me at saulwizz@gmail.com.

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great game

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Detroit Tigers versus Kansas City Royals - July 14, 1972

THE HALLER BROTHERS MAKE HISTORY!

THE ROYALS VS. TIGERS GAME ON 7/14/72 (ROYALS WON, 1-0) WAS THE ONLY GAME IN MLB HISTORY WHERE TWO BROTHERS WERE IN THE GAME, ONE AS AN UMPIRE (BEHIND HOME PLATE) AND THE OTHER AS A PLAYER (CATCHER). BILL HALLER WAS THE UMPIRE AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, TOM HALLER WAS THE CATCHER FOR THE TIGERS.

BOTH WERE BORN IN LOCKPORT, ILLINOIS.

I AM TOM'S BROTHER-IN-LAW (HE AND MY SISTER, JOAN) WERE MARRIED UNTIL TOM'S PASSING IN 2004.

I AM DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIND A PHOTO, AUDIO CLIP, PROGRAM OR SOME OTHER MEMORABILIA TO VERIFY THIS RARE MOMENT IN BASEBALL.

THANK YOU AND KIND REGARDS.

MICHAEL ALEXANDER
MICHAELSFAS@GMAIL.COM

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Hi Brian, Thanks so much for your post or comment. Yes, I would greatly appreciate obtaining a digital (scanned) copy of the photo you mentioned on 4/15/13. How can I reach you? My contact information is listed below.

Kind regards,

Michael Alexander
44746 Garden Court
El Macero, CA 95618
530.848.5811 mobile
michaelsfas@gmail.com

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Cleveland Indians versus Baltimore Orioles - July 2, 1962

I was 12 years old and attended the game with my stepdad sitting in the upperdeck down the 3rd baseline at the old (and nearly empty) Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Dick Donovan pitched a two hit shutout while facing the minimum of 27 batters. Whitey Herzog got two singles being doubled up on one and thrown out attempting to steal on the other. Willie Tasby broke up the scoreless game with a homer over the centerfield fence in the bottom of the 8th. Woody Held singled home an insurance run later in the the same inning. This remains the best pitched game I've ever witnessed personally in my 55+ years of following the Indians. That includes the back to back one hitters I saw Sam McDowell pitch in 1967.

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I was 20 years old at the time and serving in Spain with the U.S. Air Force and a big Indians fan. Thanks for the post.

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Boston Red Sox versus Toronto Blue Jays - June 2, 1989

We saw this game. Crash and Sheila Parr

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During the game when the name Polaroid flashed on the outfield stream, I knew that Clint would be working for them, a Boston based company. The message was like in Field of Dreams which was Go the distance.

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New York Giants versus Brooklyn Dodgers - May 28, 1947

I believe this was the first game i ever saw. i was in the
second grade in school in ny. we were giant fans. i was not
yet seven years old. the game was a total horror show. 14-2 dodgers. five months later my father (who was a Fordham grd & recalled when Fordham was a big football power) took me to the PG to see Fordham play Penn State. (What was he thinking?) Another horror show, worse than the first. Penn State 75 Fordham 0.

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Watching the game today from the vantage of 66 years,
it didn't seem so horrific. It was just one of those games.

But it was my first & I was only six & so to my child's sensibility, it was everything & it was horrible. It was like a really bad fairy tale with a deeply unhappy ending.
A year later, in 1948 came the news that the Giants had fired Mel Ott (who was one of Us & a really good guy) & replaced him with Leo Durocher who was a totally bad guy & on of them. How could they do it? My father & I sat in his 33 Dodge outside our house in Woodside. We really were devastated. It was a very hot day. My father said, "That's it. I'm not going to the Polo Grounds again." And he meant it. I was four years before I could get him to go back. It was a terribleday. Over the next few years, my father took me to games at Yankee Stadium. I never liked the Yankees, always rooted against them. It was like we were dating the wrong woman.

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