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Post by kaybli on Jan 3, 2019 3:40:54 GMT -5
Haha, one of those INSOMNIA nights for you inger?
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Post by inger on Jan 3, 2019 3:49:45 GMT -5
Ate a few too many clementines, so I’m depositing them. Now try to get that picture out of your mind and go to sleep.
Actually, I’ve got raj all figured out. Sometimes he’s Andy Kauffman, and other times he’s Tony Clifton.other times, he’s raj!!!
“Ladies and Gentleman, you have just witnessed a happening”!!!
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2019 15:07:18 GMT -5
For the record, the game was completed in a crisp 2:06. Which means it would have ended at 3:11 PM Eastern Time. Plenty of time to get on with other things in your life. Perhaps fittingly enough, Don Larsen is the only surviving participant from that game. The only non-starter to get in the game was Dale Mitchell, who pinch-hit for Maglie in the ninth and was called out on strikes for the final out. It was the last at bat of his very fine career -- he hit .312 and had a .368 OBP. He struck out only 119 times in just under 4,000 career ABs. How do you feel about the rumor that he was called out in what might just as easily been ball four? In fact, some accounts say it was quite an obvious ball four? For the record, I have no opinion. From the few times I’ve seen it, if I were in charge of instant replay, I’d simply say that there was not enough evidence to overturn the call...I’m just glad the call on the field was strike three... Inger, the count on Mitchell was 1-2 when the strike was called. Larsen started with ball one, then two strikes, then a foul, then the called strike three. It is impossible to know how accurate that was from the only angle available. It looked like it might have indeed been high and outside, and Mitchell always insisted it was, but fortunately we will never know. BTW, he became a successful oil executive afterward, and passed away in 1987 at the age of 65. |
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Post by inger on Jan 3, 2019 16:21:23 GMT -5
I guess I only saw the final pitch, and had wrong info about the non-existent 3-2 count. If it wasn’t 3-2, then no controversy...
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Post by greatfatness on Jan 4, 2019 4:59:53 GMT -5
Haven’t been to that many but for me it is
YS2 - more for emotion and nostalgia as it was my first ballpark than anything. In terms of fan experience, it didn’t compare to the current park but as a kid I didn’t care about the things I care about now as a customer. Some of the 1990s playoff and WS games there will be my best sports memories of my life (assuming my kids don’t end up playing competitive sports at a high level).
YS3 - sure it could be a little louder and the moat is annoying (was even the one time I was on the other side of it) but I have had a great experience everything time we have gone.
Fenway - Despite some of the anti-Yankees nonsense and the pink hat fans (and you find the same types of people in the Bronx, sorry to say) I love games at Fenway. The ownership has done a great job improving the park and experience as best they can under the circumstances and if you have seats near the field you get a sense of the game you just cannot get in a park as big as YS.
Target Field - extremely comfortable park to see a game, good seats often available, reasonable prices, great selection of food and walkable from some of the best hotels in town. If you’re in the area and they are playing anyone, walk up and get a ticket. I’ve gotten seats near the front row field level for under $100.
AT&T/PacBell whatever they call it in SF - beautiful spot, in the city, great food and a nice experience. It is not small town like Target Field but also much more chill than YS or Fenway.
Shea - not a nice ballpark but I have good memories of going there during the YS2 renovations.
Candlestick - enjoyed the experience of going just to have done it but holy crap was that cold
Oakland Colliseum - better than expected, which is to say I wasn’t expecting much. Fan energy is surprisingly high but it isn’t a place made for baseball.
Tropicana Field - definitely not a place made for baseball in any way. Redeeming qualities are that you can probably book your whole trip to Tampa for less than great seats at YS, which is how I ended up going to games there.
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