Conference 7.286::sports_90

    Geez, had to be that Busch Grand National Driver who flipped his car
    yesterday at Loudon, NH!!!!
    

    
    I saw David beat Goliath.
    
    But he cheated.  He used a zip gun made out of a broken-off chariot
    antenna.
    
       [see 'The Genesis Book of World Records']
    
    Dickster
    

    1981 - Celts vs. Philly Game 5.  Celtics down by 7 with 1:51 to go.  My
    brother and I were damn near depressed at this point in time, but the
    Bird and Tiny wouldn't let it happen.
    
    1990 - Bruins vs. goWhAle Game 5.  Bruins down 5-2 after 2 periods and
    are playing pitifully.  Lemelin gets pulled, the Bruins come out flying
    and score 4 goals in the final period, on enemy ice, to win.
    
    Funniest moment:
    
    1978 - Lowell Auditorium - Golden Gloves championship - two flyweights
    wailing the hell out of each other.  One guy gets dropped and the other
    was in such a frenzy he dove on him and continued throwing the leather.
    Crazy.
    
    					Steve

    Mickey Mantle day, Yankee Stadium, 1968, I believe.  Doubleheader
    vs. Cleveland - honored the Mick at halftime.  A great day.  Got
    the Mick to autograph a baseball for me.  
    
    Game 4, 1976 World Series, Yankee Stadium.  The Reds finish their
    sweep of the yankees.  I was jubilent, since I loathe the yanks.
    Pete Rose totally psyches out Mickey Rivers.
    
    1979 World Cup, Montreal Olympic Stadium.
    
    Edwin Moses destroys a world class field in the 400M hurdles, winning
    by a huge margin.  Most impressive athletic feat I've ever seen.
    
    
    1982, Game 2, First Round NCAA Hockey Champeenship.
    
    Northeastern Huskies beat Bowling Green in OT.  Pandemonium on St.
    Botolph Street.
    
    October 20, 1976.  First Game ever at Giants Stadium in the
    Meadowlands.
    
    Sometime, 1988, THE Duke of Dorchester wins a match at the WWF card
    in Boston Garden.  The greatest upset ever in Sports Entertainment!
    ;-)
    
    Many others....including the 1978 playoff game between the Yanks
    and the Red Sox and the NY Knicks playoff series in 1970 vs the
    Baltimore Bullets, the Giants-Eagles playoff game in 1981...
    
    JD

    1990 - The Red Sox winning the World Series at Fenway!!!!!
    
           ::SPORTS noters are later treated to a note from
             Dinz, 'I was rooting for them all da time....'

    	This is supposed to be real events, not fantasy ones.

    I saw JD wet his pants at Fenway.
    
    Mark.

    Well, ya didn't say that before!!!!!

    Lufay,
    
    You weenie, I did nothing of the sort.  You must have been whonked
    out on those wine coolers you were sipping, or was it some bad pate'...
    
    JD

    11-Jan-1981, NFC Championship Game, Philadelphia Veterans Memorial
    Stadium.  Philadelphia Eagles beat Dallas Cowboys, 20-7, to win NFC and
    move on to Super Bowl XV.  Wilbert Montgomery rushes for 196 yards in
    freezing cold weather.  Eagles defense shuts down Tony Dorsett and
    Danny White.
    
    19-Mar-1980, NIT Championship Game, Madison Square Garden, New York. 
    Virginia Cavaliers win NIT championship, 58-55, over Minnesota Golden
    Gophers.  Ralph Sampson win MVP award.  Final game of Kevin McHale's
    college career.
    
    Bob Hunt

I caught Jesus's no-hitter against the Sumaria Mariners.  

We won, 1-0, when Simon Peter drove Timothy across with a double.

Late in the game Judas bobbled one in Centerfield, but John, our
rightfielder was backing up and caught the ball before it hit the
ground.

Woulda been a perfect game, except the ump call a clear strike three
a ball, and we walked one of them.  

I'll vouch for Dick's story about David too...

'Saw

    I went the night before JD went to the World Series in Yankee Stadium. 
    Game 3, of a 4-game, humbling defeat for the Yankees.  The 1976 Yankees
    were probably my favorite team of all time, as they were the first
    division and pennant winners of my baseball watching lifetime.  Yankees
    lost that game something like 4-1, and their only run was a Jim Mason
    (mediocre only on his very best days) HR into the right field stands
    near the foul pole, not 3 rows from where I sat.
    
    2 different times, I saw my favorite player, switch-hitter Roy White,
    hit HR's in the same game from both sides of the plate.
    
    In about 1972, I saw Wilbur Wood lose both games of a twi-night double
    header (my favorite events), a feat that hadn't been accomplished since
    something like 1912.  Wood got bombed from game one without getting out
    of the first inning, so he came back to start and lose the second in a
    more conventional fashion.
    
    I saw the greatest QB in NFL history, Joe Willie Namath, riddle the
    Baltimore Colts defence in the swirling winds of Shea Stadium on a cold
    November day in the early-70s.
    
    Saw the Red Sox lose game 3 of the 1988 ALCS to the A's.  Sat next to
    the infamous Jeff Needle.
    
    Saw the world famous Central Jersey Group 2 High School Football
    championship game when I was a high school freshman., Red Bank vs.
    Heightstown.  Heightstown was heavily favored, a team with a handful of
    players who went to big colleges and a much bigger school than my Red
    Bank.  They also had the best running back in the state, although his
    name has escaped my mind many years ago.  Red Bank ended up winning
    48-44 in a real heart-stopper.  One of my best friends fumbled away a
    Heightstown on-side kick attempt with 2 minutes to go, but the Bucs
    held on for the victory anyway.  
    
    I have NOT seen /Don naked.  I've heard Lufay has, though.
    
    Dan

    1980 Beanpot Finals, Northeastern 5, Boston College 4 in OT for NU's
    first title after 27 or so years of futility.  The fact that it was
    over Boston College made it so much better.
    
    And I didn't even *GO* to NU.
    
    John

    John Ninja,
    
    How the hell coulda I've forgotten the 1980 beanpot...geez.
    
    JD

    One other one, I've got to mention for Mike Child's sake:
    
    The Fabulous Forum in Inglewood, Calif., late February, 1990.  The
    Lakers beat the visiting '76ers, but in the pre-game ceremonies, Pat
    Riley was awarded the Sport Magazine, Coach of the Decade Award, and
    Magic Johnson was awarded the Player of the Decade award.  Both banners
    were hoisted into the immortal rafters.  Chills ran up and down my
    spine and Magic's ever-so-humble words of thanks nearly brought a tear
    to my eye.
    
    Dan

    
    Not really a sporting event...  and more infamous that famous...
    
    the "Who" concert in Cincinnati... still have the ticket (the
    whole thing... they didn't have time to collect them on the way
    in).

    Well, my moment to witness was not that exciting, but definitely
    history making.  I saw the first (and maybe the last) MLB game called
    by a female ump.
    
    Spring Training, 1988, Kissimmee, Pirates at the Astros.  Pam Prosthema
    was behind the plate.  Knepper was pitching and made a big stink after
    the game saying that a woman's place was not on the diamond.  NOW got
    after him something fierce.
    
    Another famous one was seeing Carlton Fisk's 2,000 hit last season
    at Comiskey.  Great for a catcher.
    
    A not-so-famous moment: Birmingham Barons vs. Charlotte Knights (AA) in
    1988.  Final score 22-2, Birmingham.  The most runs ever scored in
    Southern League Baseball.  Best part was the scoreboard only went to
    19.
    
    	--dan'l

 December 1985, Boston Garden, The Celtics whip the Lakers 110-95. What
 made it so enjoyable was a rather large obnoxious Lakers' fan (woman mind
 you) was ranting and raving throught out the first half Magic this and
 Magic that, go James etc. It was a very close game until an early insertion
 of the "green team" in the second half. Walton dominated and the Celts opened
 up a plus 20 lead tp out the Lakers away. During the run the lady had
 disappeared when she return boy did she catch a mouthful....

 1984 Same place May, Celts beat the Bucks for the Eastern Division title..
 I also seem to recall they kicked the Lakers butts in the finals that 
 year...

 March 29th 1987 same place, DR. J's farewell game in the Boston Garden,
 I still get goose pimples everytime I think about it. Great player too
 bad he was a Sixers... ;^)

 Bob, no thanks for the memory ;^)....A friend of mine and I were running
 a small booking operation back then. Everybody's calling and not believing
 in the Eagles and laying heavily on Dallas. We got about 2K on Dallas and
 a couple of hundred on the Eagles. I look at my buddy and tell him they're
 wrong we ought hold all the action. I didn't necessarily care for the Eagles
 but I figured their defense was good and the cold weather wasn't for Dallas.
 I go out to do an errand and when I come back not only has my buddy layed
 off the 2K he's also put 500 down for us on Dallas. ;^( He did the same
 thing to me about a year later on a monday nite Pats/oilers game, blew
 everything we were up on the weekend by holding on to Houston action and
 betting off the Patsies. It was the end of operation but not our friendship...

 personal favorite of mine pitching a three hit shutout in slow pitch softball
 in a tournment. Last two outs of the game was line drive off my head that
 the shortstop caught in the air and flipped to the leftcenter field who tagged
 second to get the runner who had taken off. Fortunately it hit me in the head
so there was no damage... 

 ;^)

mike

    February 1972 - In the final home hockey game of the year, BC plays 
    defending National Champ (and 1972 National Champ) BU before a 
    sold-out McHugh Forum crowd to win retiring coach John "Snooks" Kelly 
    his 500th career win.
    
    November 1962  (think the year is right) - Green Bay at Philadelphia, 
    Jimmy Taylor ran wild!!

    I witnessed Tom Seaver's 300th victory. It also just happened to be
    Phil Rizzuto day. They brought in a cow for Phil since he's always
    saying "holy cow", and the cow gave Phil a nudge and knocked him over.
    
    
    I witnessed Ron Guidry's 18 strikeout game against the California
    Angels.
    
    Most Memorablabia(tm) event that I went to was the Jets/Miami Monday
    night shootout that the Jets tied with no time left on the clock and
    won in overtime 52-46.
    
    Also attended the Giants/REdskins championship game at the meadowlands
    when the Giants won and went on to crush the Donks in the Bowl.
    
    Most almost event...Doc Medich pitched 8 1/3 innings of no hit ball
    before Fran Healy broke it up with a single up the middle. Yanks won.
    
    JoJ

    Not really famous (outside of Pittsburgh), but...
    
    First World Series game at Three Rivers (Game 3, 1971, Clemente rattles
    Cuellar into throwing error to start rally and Pirates win).
    
    First All Star game at Three Rivers (1974, Bucs' Ken Brett - their only
    representative - is the NL winning pitcher).
    
    Also saw first regular game at Three Rivers.
    
    

    Okay, this is gotta be the best one:
    
    Game 1 of the 1990 Stanley Cup Finals,  2 tix cost me $200, the
    Gahden is hotter than hell, no more beer is being sold, the Bruins
    are down to the spOilers 2-1, at 1:29 Ray "GOD" Bourque scores and the
    place goes freakin' wild...............I thought I was gonna pass
    out I was so overjoyed!  Almost ripped my mother's arm off!  The only
    other game I can think of that would have been awesome to go to was
    Game 2 of the Montr�al-Bruins game when Galley scored in overtime.
    
    And 'Saw,
    
    Seeing Dale 'The Intimidator' Earnhardt yesterday....what a man!!!!
    Thank gawd Geoff 'I make ya wanna puke' Bodine wasn't there.
    
    Jo

First one that comes to mind:


Maple Leaf Gardens the night that Darryl Sittler scored 6 goals and 4 assists.


I reckon it mustabin '76.  I'm getting to be such an old fart that I don't 
even remember who the Leafs were playing...the Flyers???

rick ellis

    I was at Willy Mays night at the Polo Grounds when the San Francisco
    Giants played the New York Mets for the last time at the Polo Grounds. 
    I sat in the left center field bleachers. A long way from home plate

    I rarely go to college football games anymore, but I was in New
    York a few years back and my sister invited me to a game at Columbia.
    (I wouldn't normally have accepted, but she is the manager of the
    team, so I felt a certain obligation!!!)
    
    When I asked how the team was doing, she said that their record
    was not that great but they were fun to watch!!  (I think their
    record was 0-45 stretching back nearly five years, or something
    similar).
    
    Anyway, the game was against Princeton and, to set the stage, I'll
    just mention that the ex-Columbia University coach had been fired
    by Columbia (for calling his players "addicted losers") and had
    transferred his three sons (the QB, the star running back and a
    wide receiver) to Princeton so they could play on his team.
    
    Anyway, I suppose all you Sports Noters and Trivia Hounds know that
    Princeton were beaten and Columbia and their fans celebrated as
    if they had won the friggin' Superbowl - goalposts came down, players
    carried off the field, mayhem in the streets of upper Manhattan
    and of course front page news!!
    
    PJ

    1968 Went to Dartmouth College's last game of the year...
    Beat Brown 48-0... Last Ivy team to finished in the top 20
    final football polls....
    
    1978? Was at the red sox vs Cleveland game.... Cleveland wins in 10
    10-9  Tony C. hit his last homer in that game... a blast over the green
    monster....
    
    REK

    
    I was at the 1971 All star game in Detroit where Reggie Jackson
    hit the light tower on the right centerfield roof.  I think the
    AL won that game 6 - 4.  I still have the program from that game
    with Bowie Kuhn's autograph on it.
    
    /pjb

   <<< Note 294.26 by GOLF::KINGR "Eat healthy, stay fit, die anyway!!!!" >>>


 Geejus REK, you sure have a way of getting under one's skin. I have to\
 go to a funeral today for a real good friend's dad who just passed
 away. Thanks for making my day a bit more miserable....

mike

       1973 Belmont stakes. Secretariat won by 31 lenghths and set a world
    record that still stands.
       1973 Preakness. He won that one too, but the track clock screwed up
    and he got robbed of that record.
       1981 final regualar season game Celtics vs 6ers for the best record
    in the league. C's won, of course.
       Games 5 ('see you Sunday') and 7 vs 6ers the same year.
                                             Denny

    October 1 & 2, 1984: Yaz Weekend at Fenway; I'll never forget the 
                         run around the park high-fiving the fans as they
                         witnessed the end of a Hall-of Fame career
    
    September 1976: Daryll Sittler scores in overtime of Game 3 of the
                    Canada Cup finals to defeat Czechoslovakia at the 
                    Montreal Forum leading Team Canada to their second
                    consecutive championships against the world's best.
                    Easily the best hockey game I've ever seen in person
                    although the 1988 Canada Cup Finals against the
                    Soviets when all three games were decided by 6-5
                    scores was the best hockey ever.
    
    Bart

    re: .25
    
    Jim Garrett is the coach you're thinking of.  Jim had been around the
    NFL for a while and was somehow able to sell Columbia on his ability to
    turn the team around.  Two of his football playing sons had already
    enrolled at Princeton and they transferred to Columbia to play for Jim.
    The youngest son (who was a senior last year and was drafted by the NFL
    in the 1990 draft) entered Columbia as a freshman.  The boys were named
    Jason, John and Judd.  I'm not sure which was which, one was a QB and
    the one who was drafted after last season was a RB.
    
    In Columbia's opening game against Harvard in Garrett's first year as
    head coach, he did accuse his players of playing like drug-addicted
    losers.  He never called them drug-addicted losers.  He directed much
    of his venom at the team's punter, who quit in disgust.  If I have the
    years right, this would have been 1985.  Columbia fired Garrett after
    the season.  The boys all transferred back to Princeton without ever
    playing a down for Dad.
    
    In 1988, Columbia did break its losing streak against Princeton, 16-12.
    The Garrett boys were all playing for Princeton.  After the 1988
    season, the new Columbia coach, Larry McElreavy, was fired over an
    alleged drinking incident.  The youngest Garrett went on to break all
    of Princeton's rushing records.
    
    I may be off by a year or two, but that's the way it went, more or
    less.
    
    John

    Saw Clemente's 3000th and last hit, a double.
    
    Saw the Steelers crush the Oilslicks, 34-5, in the AFC championship
    game in rain, snow and Ice.
    
    JaKe
      

    re.32
    
    Was that the Steelers' game where they held Campbell to negative
    yardage in the first half, and barely anything for the game?  I
    remember seeing that on TV.  I still remember some of the sweet hits in
    that game(Blount just totally hit+ threw Campbell to the ground like a 
    WWF body slam). Great game.
    
    Tom 
                                

Seriously, now, my actual witness to a great moment in sports....

It occured last August. Giants stadium.  It had two parts.

The first part was a half time, in the concourse, near the hotdog
stand.  I saw JD almost follow these two girls into the women's
room trying to pick them up.  It was a team pickup actually, as I
was holding our place in line.   JD and I weren't feeling any pain.

The second part was the infamous IceTea incident.

An bonus was witnessing the most amazing thing I've even seen a grown
man do.  Dan Schneider actually performed the Tea Pot dance (you know,
I'm a little tea pot, short and stout) in front of thousands of 
people in the stands.  An amazing feat....


'Saw

    Too funny, Saw...  I have been lucky over the years...
    
    1) Saw 'Bird steal the ball'....  Actually, I was there, but didn't
    really see it, as I was moanin to the wife that the C's were history...
    Heard the crowd noise, looked up to see DJ lay it in... 'Course I saw
    the steal only 1000 times after that...
    
    2) Tony C's comeback game, opening day, 19??.  Got to the park just as
    Tony C. was coming to the plate - able to scoff a box seat during the
    standing O, wiffout spillin' ma beah, and see him single....
    
    3) Ray Bourque's number changed/Phil Esposito's retired.  Just got
    seats to an average game from my brother-in-law, and Ray surprised
    everybody in the pregame ceremonies by taking off his number 7. for
    Phil!  Brought a tear to many an eye there...
    
    4) Kevin McHale's career high 58 points (6 days before LB's 60).  And I
    really didn't 'see' all of his points, either, as we were in the
    rafters and had to lean way over to see the other end of the court. 
    And we still just saw the release, and then the swish thru the net.
    
    5) The last game the Celtics won!  That record-breaking playoff game
    against the Knicks last year.  And I stayed for every last point!
    
    6) Doug Fluties last game in Shaefer.  Actually, I don't remember ANY
    of this game - quite the BBQ before the game :-)
    
    ML

    1985 - RPI wins NCAA title
    
    1988 - Tom Seaver Day at Shea
    
    1987(?) - Kristen sticks sticker upside down on Needle's back at 
    	    Tigermania I, the start of scary things to come...
    
    1987 - Hab's B's game when Nilan suckerpunched Boutilier and Linseman
           and company went after him on his way out, causing a bench
           clearing brawl...
    
    1989 - not at the game, but 3 blocks away when Toronto clinched the AL
    pennant

   Re:  Teapot dance

   I know the song... one of the all-time greats! 

   BUTT!

   I didn't know there was a dance step along with it. 
   What are the moves?

   Any chance the Slasher got Schneid's performance on video?

   [ July 1969... I was in the South bleachers with a young Sweet Patootie
   drinking Tequila Hookers on the moon when an astronaut stepped up and
   hit `THE LONGEST DRIVE'. Awesometivity, dewd!]

   Mike JN

�   I didn't know there was a dance step along with it. 
�   What are the moves?

Well, Mike, I don't remember all of what Dan did, and clearly, 
I can only relate the clear parts, but one part of the dance
was conducted with his right hand on his hip, and his left hand
up and out (kind like when you "walk like a_egyptian").

A most unusual position for a grown man....

Perhaps /Don can fill us in, or other who were there... 8^)

'Saw

    To the line "Here is my handle", place one's left fist on one's left
    hip.
    
    To the line "Here is my spout", place one's right arm at a 45 degree
    angle straight to the side from the shoulder, with the elbow bent 90 
    degrees and the wrist 45 degrees, resulting in a spout-like
    conformation.
    
    To the line "Tip me over and pour me out", bend at the waist to the
    right, imitating the motion required to get liquid to come out of the
    finger's on one's right hand.
    
    
    Full lyrics for those who missed pre-school or summer camp:
    
    I'm a little teapot, short and stout.
    Here is my handle, here is my spout.
    When I get all steamed up, then I shout
    "Just tip me over and pour me out."
    
    
    Shlep htsi pohe
    
    A&W

    Yup, that's exackaly how Dan did it except that, when he formed the
    spout with his right arm, his hand went limp at the wrist......
    
    HTH.
    
    H�wk

   A&W

   	*I* knew that part. I was wondering what the DANCE might be (as
   in, shuffling the ole feets aroun')

   Also...

   	It's supposed to be:
   Just  T I P me over and pour me out. (very loud on the `tip' part)

   (and the guys do: just tip PSSHHHHHTTTTT! me over and pour me out.)

   Sometime if I get out that way, I'll show everybody how to do an old
   rugby version of `Swing Low Sweet Chariot'. Never fails to bring down
   the house!

   Mike JN

1.) All-Star game July 1970 Riverfront Stadium - Riverfront had just opened up.
    We saw the Rose/Fosse collision (on a Jim Hickman single to center field).
    Also got to boo Richard Nixon (to my dad's (a staunch Rep.) dismay..he 
    threatened to leave me there).

2.) Reds vs. Braves circa 1967 Crosley Field - Hank Aaron's 3000th hit. It was
    a 37 hop nubber to the shortstop. Aaron beat it out.

3.) Browns vs. Bengals mid-80's Riverfront - Thom Darden throws about the most
    vicious forearm to Pat McAnally's face that I've ever seen and just lays
    him out cold. I honestly thought McAnally was dead. All of the Browns fans
    I was with went berserk. Unfortunately (for this Browns fan), he came back 
    to catch the winning TD pass.

4.) Browns/Bengals mid-to-late 80's Riverfront - Steve Cox of the Browns kicks
    a 60 yd. field goal right before half-time to tie the game up. I think it 
    is still the 2nd longest FG in NFL history.

Bruce

Jul-18-190 - Fenway park.  Witnessed the Twins and Sox make history when the
twins got the Red Sox to hit into two tirpple plays in one game.

lucky me
mc

>Jul-18-190 - Fenway park.  Witnessed the Twins and Sox make history when the
>twins got the Red Sox to hit into two tirpple plays in one game.

lucky me
mc

They made history again last night combining for a record 10 double plays
last night and Jim Rice wasn't even in the lineup... ;^)

mike

    1. Saw Hank AAron's 600th homerun.
    2. Saw Jim Rice deck an umpire (during the umpire's strike) and not get 
       thrown out of the game.
    3. 1966 game -Koufax vs. Lemaster in Atlanta. Probably the best game
       ever played in Atlanta Stadium. Alou hits leadoff HR in first,
       Lefebrve answers in fifth(?), Eddie Matthews ends it with solo shot
       in bottom of ninth, 2-1. Koufax had 16 Ks.
    4. Saw Gerald Henderson steal the ball in 84, saw all 84 playoff games 
       including game 7 clincher. Will never forget the mental image of 
       Jabbar slugging every fan in sight as he left the floor. Must've
       thrown 20 punches! What a classy guy!
    5. Braves beat Cincy to clinch 69 Western Div. crown.
    
    Chris 

    I was there when LHS beat Brockton, then the number one team in the
    country.

       Me too Karen. 
                                           Denny

>   Sometime if I get out that way, I'll show everybody how to do an old
>   rugby version of `Swing Low Sweet Chariot'. Never fails to bring down
>   the house!
    
    Ah, so THAT's where those Colby 8 dudes stole it...

    
>   Sometime if I get out that way, I'll show everybody how to do an old
>   rugby version of `Swing Low Sweet Chariot'. Never fails to bring down
>   the house!
    
>>    Ah, so THAT's where those Colby 8 dudes stole it...    <<
    
    Dead right, ML, except the 8's didn't understand the lyrics!!!
    PJ

    May 18th, 1991  - Wembley Stadium, London, England
    
    	Arsenal beat Liverpool 3-2 to win the FA Cup and League Double
    in extra time.  Liverpool are pipped at the post yet again by a
    team possessed.
    
    I'll be there....
    PJ

�              -< 'saw was there too, but won't admit it!!! >-

PJ...

You've almost got it correct....

I was there, Beardsley went down with a knee injury, and they
asked me to fill in for him.  I set up Rush with the winner,
and after the game the Keystone beer people showed up in the 
locker room with Keystone beers and lotsa babes in bikinis.

'Pool wanted to sign me to an extended contract, but I politely
declined....


(Ain't it great what having SPORTShrooms(tm) for breakfast will do
to you?)

It's gonna be a good season, PJ, no doubt about it!

'Saw

    
    Luv that new tee-emm, SPORTShrooms!
    
    Dickster
    

Yeah, Dickster, kind of fits in the realm of Better Living Through
Chemicals, or Improved Imagination Through Natural Foods...

Peace, man.
Groovy.

'Saw

    
    
    	Saw Yaz hit his 3000th, a single against the Bronx Bmobers,
    	but nevertheless, it was number 3K.  The game stopped and
    	reporters, photographers and microphones crowded him near
    	first base.  The place went crazy...  
    
    
    	Gilley

    
    Spring, 1982
    
    Saw Atlanta Braves come from behind to beat Cincinatti in bottom of 9th 
    inning to tie major league record for consecutive wins at start of season
    (13). The noise was deafening.
    
    Summer, 1966
    
    Saw the Beatles live in D.C. Stadium.  The noise was worse.
    
    Steve  
    

    I saw the stretch run duel between Sunday Silence and Easy Goer from a
    box seat about 20 yards before the finish line.  Great race!!!!
    
    PaulaSue

    I saw the world speed record for "set hidden" broken on July 25 1990.
    
    
    JaKe
    

    JaKe,
    
    You made me spit coffee all over the place!!!!!  Great comeback!!!
    
    Potential NOTY, IMHO
    
    
    KoS (Kev on spit)
    

    Hey Jake...CONGRATS! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA(tm)

    	Add my name to the list of attendees to that great ball
    game at Fenway on October 1, 1967.  Clinched at least a tie,
    had to wait for the results of the Angels/Tigers game later
    that Sunday eve. to be sure the SOX had clinched a berth in
    the Series.
    	Then, to make matters even better, my brother was one of
    the lucky ones picked in the ticket lottery, so I went
    with him to WORLD SERIES GAME #1.  Sox lost, but at least
    I've been to a series game!  (Yes, I still have that
    ticket stub!)
    
    Mac

    Witnessed Jesse Hernandez being solely responsible for having another
    notes conference write-locked. 
    
    Mike

    I heard Carl Lewis's first public accusations that FloJo was on the
    juice, and that her husband had the athletes he trained use roids,too.
    It was at a talk he gave at UPenn sometime in early 1989.  He didn't
    want to say anything but repeated ???s finally got him to spit it out
    (that he thought she was on steroids).  Later that week, what he said hit
    the presses. It was on a Sunday morning(and I was seriously hung over).
    
    TomR                                                              

    I was at the Olympics when FloJo was warming up for the 100 m dash,
    and was seated next to the man who upon seeing her leaped from her
    seat, pointed his finger at her, called her name, and when she turned
    to face him yelled, "hey Flo, shave that dagblamed moustache willya!"

    What was he doing in her seat?

    I was at Shea Stadium when Jim Bunning pitched his perfect game against
    the Mets.  Still have the ticket stub.
    
    I saw roger Maris hit his 56 and 57th homeruns during his attack on the
    modern record.
    
    I witnessed Fran Tarkington's first Giants camp at Fairfield U in conn
    when he was the new savior of the Giants, the year after Allie Sherman
    traded away all the defense (Katkavage, Huff, Modewleski, etc)
    tjk
    .  

	I saw Roger Maris hit # 61, October '61.

	Saw The Tie, Harvard 29, Yale 29, November '68.

	My father saw and faithfully kept score for Don Larsen's perfect game, 
	October '56.  He gave me the scorecard, but I lost it.

	--Steve

    I was there .... November 25, 1960 ... Escondido High beat San Diego
    High 19-13 ... beat that Brockton!
    
    -- JB