Your favorite Non-Vol/Non-Championship moment

#52
#52
i’ve always been a Phillies fan. during their last championship I was actually working and living in Philadelphia. So to be a part of all that that year was awesome! I could hop on the subway right down from my apartment and be at the sporting complex in 15 minutes. It was really cool !
 
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crusse10 said:
My best friend is from northwest Georgia, but is a Cardinals fan. His dad is from New Jersey and grew up a fan of the Dodgers and, after they left, the Mets. I have been a Mets fan since I was a catcher in grade school and I wanted to be Mike Piazza. We routinely go down to Atlanta to catch Mets-Braves games. My friend, growing up, played baseball. When he played, he had a personal hitting coach whose son broke into the Majors a few years ago, Charlie Culberson.

Last year my friend got married. For his "bachelor weekend" we went to Chattanooga for a night, then Atlanta for the day. The Mets were in town so we all caught a game (best friend, his dad, and the other groomsmen who were available). The Mets were leading late in the game, and Charlie Culberson came up in the bottom of the 9th inning as a pinch hitter.



Charlie Culberson, whose dad taught my best friend how to hit, hits a walk-off home run on the day we are in Atlanta to celebrate that friend's impending nuptials.

Best sports story I'll ever have. First time I've ever been not mad that the Mets lost. (I cursed his name later that day though)
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Very cool story.

You mentioned Piazza, I was at Dodger Stadium in ‘97 when he hit a homer out of the stadium into the parking lot, one of the coolest sports things I’ve seen in person. At that point, it had only ever happened twice before, both by Willie Stargell, oddly enough (McGwire and Stanton have each done it since). But he sure hit the crap outta that ball.
 
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pismonque said:
Very cool story.

You mentioned Piazza, I was at Dodger Stadium in ‘97 when he hit a homer out of the stadium into the parking lot, one of the coolest sports things I’ve seen in person. At that point, it had only ever happened twice before, both by Willie Stargell, oddly enough (McGwire and Stanton have each done it since). But he sure hit the crap outta that ball.
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There's just something so awe-inspiring about watching a ball leave a park. I'm pretty jealous of that one
 
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#60
#60
In 1984, Dickie Thon was hit in the face by a fastball. He suffered an orbital fracture and was out for the remainder of the season. In 1985, he was back for the Astros. I was at the Braves game in which he made his return to Atlanta Fulton County Stadium. Before the game started, he was standing at the top of the visitors dugout steps with a coach. My seat was along the line, just beyond the dugout. I shouted out, "Hey, Dickie Thon! Welcome back to baseball!" He turned and waved. People applauded. Thon always played well at AFCS. Braves fans did not like him. That moment of generosity towards him is a favorite memory.
 
#61
#61
In the Spring of 1981, the Dodgers started Fernando Valenzuela for the first time at Atlanta Funton County Stadium. From the outset the Braves hammered him. In the middle of the third inning, Mr. Dodger Blue, Tommy Lasorda walked out to the mound to take the ball from Valenzuela. Lasorda got a standing boo as he walked out to the mound. Braves fans cheered as Valenzuela surrendered the ball. Then, another standing boo greeted Lasorda as he walked back towards the dugout. Just before he reached the steps, he tipped his cap to the crowd.

I used to love baseball. I'd watch minor league games and go to Atlanta to see MLB. No more. The childishness of the Braves and the Atlanta Fulton County Recreational Authority, their failure to reach agreement, and the Braves move from Turner Field to Cobb County wrung it out of me.

I follow Tennessee baseball, now, but I seldom attend a game in person.
 
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Tin Man said:
You're not old enough to have been a Brooklyn fan. Fawk the L.A. Dodgers.
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You're right, they played 8 seasons in LA before I was even born. But I didn't grow up anywhere near either city so geographical affiliation carried no weight. I was just a little kid who took a shine to those early 70s Dodgers teams in the last years of the Walter Alston era and became a huge fan of those all star 70s infielders, particularly Garvey. Never let up, still watch most of their games and go when I can.
 
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