From: nss3@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Noel Steere)
Subject: Re: Memories of baseball
Reply-To: nss3@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 20:33:34 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.143320.29074@cs.brown.edu> caw@cs.brown.edu (Christopher A. Wood) writes:
>...And these are my best Yankees memories...

>3.  I think it was 1983, when the Yankees were battling the Orioles into 
>September for the top spot in the division.  Baltimore came to NY for a four
>game series, leading the division by 2 games.  The first night was a double
>header, and I was lucky enough to have bought tickets a couple of months in
>advance (I go to about one game per year, so I try to pick the good ones). 
>It was probably 85 degrees that night, and our seats were in the upper deck,
>so it seemed much hotter than that.  The Stadium was sold out and it was
>the largest regular season crowd to date.  The Yankees were winning the first
>game 4-3 going into the 9th inning.  Details are kind of fuzzy at this point,
>but the O's loaded the bases and at some point Gossage came in to try to nail
>down the victory.  Unfortunately, he gave up a grand slam which cost the
>Yankees the game, and they never recovered, losing the nightcap and never
>getting close to the O's in the standings again.

Ouch!  I was there too.  It was John Lowenstien that Gossage gave up
the Granny to.

Another memory from that game: Some people were burning Orioles
banners near the end of the doubleheader. *Sigh*

>4.  In 1985, the Yankees were now battling the Blue Jays for the division lead.
>They were again behind by something like 2 or 3 games going into a four game
>series against Toronto in NY.  Again, the Stadium was sold out for the first
>game, on a Thursday night, and this was my game to attend that year.  During
>the Canadian National Anthem, all you could hear were boos echoing throughout
>the Stadium (ah, New York fans, gotta love 'em!).  The Yankees were behind 4-3
>going into the bottom of the seventh when they got two men on base and Ron 
>Hassey hit a home run into the upper deck in right field.  I have never felt
>so much excitement at a baseball game as when the ball landed in the seats.
>The Yankees went on to win 7-5 I think.  Unfortunately, I remember watching
>the next three games of the series on TV, and the Yankees lost them all.
>Damn Jays.

Actually, I can add one to this.  I remember the first game in Toronto
at the end of the season when the Yankees needed to sweep the Jays and
Butch Wynegar hit a homer off of Tom Henke to win it.  I watched the
whole game scrambled because it was being broadcast on SportsChannel!

>Sadly, we really haven't had such excitement in recent years, but I think
>(and hope) we're almost there again... And whenever it happens, Yankee fans
>are going to explode.
>
>-- Chris

As I've said before, hopefully both teams will get back to 1985 form,
giving NY something to really remember.

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