1. A batter hit for the cycle
2. The return of a former Sox favorite
3. A ring ceremony
4. A well-known person throw out the first pitch
5. A Major League record set
6. A future Hall-of-Famer
7. Throwback uniforms
8. A walk-off win
9. A playoff game
10. A flyover
11. A major league debut
12. An inside-the-park homerun
13. A famous person in the stands
14. A bench-clearing brawl
15. A 100 mph pitch
16. A number retirement ceremony
17. A pitchers duel
18. A statistical career milestone
19. A ball off the Pesky pole
20. A Yankees loss
21. A no-hitter
22. A home opener
23. A position player pitch
24. An out at the plate
25. A three-homerun game
26. A pitcher strike out 15 batters
27. A grand slam
28. A well-known singer sing the National Anthem
29. A triple play
30. A pitcher throw a perfect game
31. A pick-off
32. An All-Star player
33. A steal of home
34. A World Series game
35. A player’s last game
36. A clinching victory
Oh, and for the record…I’ve seen 29 of these. How about you?
30 total:
ReplyDelete2. lots
3. both that happened in my lifetime
4. lots
5. yes
6. yes
8. lots
9. a few
10. a few
11. lots
13. yes
14. yes
15. yes
16. two
17. yes
18. yes
19. yes
20. YES
21. yes (D Lowe)
22. yes
23. yes (McCarty '04)
24. yes
25. hmmmm...
26. yes (Pedro in loss vs. TB 5/6/2000)
27. yes
28. yes
31. yes
32. yes
33. yes, Jacoby
35. yes
36. yes, AL East and ALCS, 2007 (and saw Yanks clinch AL East in '05 and Angles clinch ALDS in '10--neither were nice to see)
1, 7, 12, 29, 30, 34: no.
i meant '09, not '10, in that last one.
ReplyDeleteActually, I forgot that I saw the Yanks clinch twice. (1999 ALCS and 2005? division) So, that puts me at 30 as well.
ReplyDelete1. No
ReplyDelete2. several
3. '08 (saw the '05 game but since I was in the day-of-game line I wasn't inside yet for the ceremony)
4. lots
5. several (12 runs before the 1st out of an inning & 12 assists by an outfielder in a 9-inn. game last year to name two)
6. Rice, Henderson, & others
7. 8/30/97 vs. Braves
8. Several (Thanks Papi)
9. Several (Thanks, 10th Man Plan)
10. several
11. Several, most recently Felix Doubront
12. Pokey, Millar, Youk, David Newhan of BAL, & Junior Spivey of AZ in '02
13. ? Walked past Selig at the Ted Williams memorial, if that counts
14. Several
15. Most recently by Bard
16. Yes, #27
17. Several
18. Several, most recently Wake's 2000th K
19. Not sure off the top of my head
20. Several, but not as many as I'd like
21. Yes, D-Lowe's
22. Every one from '01-'10
23. McCarty in '04 and Dusty Brown in '09
24. Yes
25. Adam Lind in '09
26. Yes (Thanks, Pedro)
27. Several
28. Several
29. No
30. No
31. Several
32. Several
33. Yes, Ellsbury
34. Not yet
35. Burks in '04, plenty of others I'm sure
36. WC in '03, ALDS in '08
Oh, and add yankees in '05 and Angels in '09 my last one... but I'm still trying to forget those.
ReplyDeleteSo now I'm going through old scorecards to see if I have any notes on a HR hitting Pesky's Pole. I believe I have seen one, but can't think of a specific.
ReplyDeleteHaven't found any yet, but the '04 scorecard book did turn up these gems:
- "Base on balls" chant for Bellhorn
- All Star ballot: they announced Ortiz should be written in
- Peanut vendor in Sec 43 tossing them to SRO on RF roof
- 83 [game-time temp] got applause
- Malaska re-inflated confiscated beach ball & threw it back out
- PP = pigeon poop [meaning I got hit by some]
- Timlin spraying sec. 40 w/ hose
OK, found a homer off Pesky's Pole - Adam Lind 9/29/09. I noted it as "Lind's HR off the Bellhorn Pole".
ReplyDeleteAlso:
Troy O'Leary 9/22/01
B.J. Upton 9/12/07
I love that you keep notes like that on your scorecard. I'll have to start doing that.
ReplyDeleteI was at game 1 of the '04 WS. Bellhorn off Pesky's Ploe is pretty well remembered.