It seems like every sports radio talk show this past week has had callers call in to talk about their memories of Yankees Stadium. So I thought I’d join the funeral and share my thoughts. There are so many memories that I have of games at Yankees Stadium, but for this blog, I’ll only share my top 5 moments when I was actually in attendance at the game.
#5: Watching Joba Chamberlain’s 2nd major league start against the Royals – In the grand scheme of things it was an insignificant game during the season, but I’ll never forget this game because it was Joba’s 2nd major league start and I think he’s the true No. 1 starter for the future Yankees.
#4 - Don Mattingly’s 200th career homerun. Believe it or not, I was at the Stadium for Don Mattingly’s 200th career homerun. Mattingly hit a blast to right center and when it was posted on the screen, the Yankees rose to their feet. In the next instance Danny Tartabull hit a homerun and the Stadium’s noise level ramped up to another level.
#3 1996 Opening Day – There’s an entire, long story that goes behind this game to how I surprised my dad with opening day tickets to how it snowed – yes snowed in April – for the entire game. It was effectively the start of the Yankees’ latest dynasty and a game I’ll never forget because it was one of the many I spent with my dad.
#2 – My first game at Yankees stadium in 1987 against the Minnesota Twins – As so many early childhood memories are, this one is hazy, but I do remember walking out and seeing the Yankees Stadium field for the first time. It was something magical. And I’ve gotten the same exact feeling every time since.
#1: I was at Yankees Stadium in the left field bleachers for Aaron Boone’s 11th inning solo homerun off Tim Wakefield in Game 7 of the 2003 American League Championship Series. I’ve blogged about this moment countless times before so I won’t bore you. I’ll just say again it was the loudest and brightest I’ve ever seen Yankees Stadium. It was also probably the loudest and brightest experience of my life.
I look forward to making new memories at the new Yankee Stadium – if I can afford a ticket – but I’ll never forget these memories.
2 comments:
I think your wedding counts as the 'brightest' experience of your life. Kevin Boss is a buster...the Giants are going to get exposed badly very soon. How about not making the playoffs on the last year that the stadium is active....lol. Yankees suck. On a sad note, I am very sad that you didn't start Ronnie Brown. Fantasy was horrible this week but somehow I am still up.
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I was a part of one of them!
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