Comparison:Best Baseball experience-Fan Vs. Player/Coach..

[Williamsburg2599]

A) As a fan of baseball, what were the 3 best moments of your baseball life?

B)As a player/coach/manager/parent-coach/Dad/Mom/Relitive,What were the 3 best moments of your baseball life?

C)Which were better?


1)1.Redsoxs WS-2004
2)First trip to Fenway-2004
3)ALCS-2004

1)I had been working on my drag bunt for a few months, going to the cages at least once a week. Then I layed a perfect drag bunt down the 3rd base line, stole 2nd, and then scored the game winning run in a Babe Ruth district quarter-final game on a hit to the outfield. The proudest moment of my life.:)
2)Making the District Babe Ruth team
3)Getting a hit in my last LL at-bat.

The best? Probabily #1 from the player list,followed closely by the WS and ALCS in 04.

What were yours?

[Sultan_1895-1948]

hmmm....

Player -

1. Throwing no-hitter as sophmore on Varsity.

2. State tourney double header - 7-for-7, 1 homer, 3 doubles, 3 walks, 4 SB.

3. Down by 3, game winning grand-slam as freshman on JV black.

Fan -

1. Going to the 1992 All-Star game in SD.

2. Seein' the A's vs. Mariners back in the bash bros. days.

3. Future trip the the east coast - Baltimore, NY (Cooperstown, Hawthorne, YS), Boston...needless to say will be #1.

[Erik Bedard]

Player:

1) Hitting a 400-foot home run at the age of twelve (seriously!)

2) Turning a triple play

3) Faked a bunt, then slapped a single by the third baseman to win the game for my school.

Fan:

1) Sox winning the WS!

2) First game I ever saw (Fenway, in '98, Sox beat the Mariners 12 to 4)

3) Going to both games of a double-header.

[Williamsburg2599]

Player:

1) Hitting a 400-foot home run at the age of twelve (seriously!)



JEEZ, MSM! I don't think I've ever hit a golf ball that far,let alone a baseball.:laugh

[Erik Bedard]

JEEZ, MSM! I don't think I've ever hit a golf ball that far,let alone a baseball.:laugh

The 400 was IN THE AIR! If rolling counted, it was well over 450.

When the pitch is right down the middle, a little up, good things can happen. Especially when the pitcher throws around 65.

Now, the REALLY weird thing about it is that I was sick at the time with the flu. It was mild earlier that day, and I went to school, and then a couple innings before I went up, I went to the bathroom and threw up. Then, when I went up, I took the first pitch for a called strike, then took a ball, then swung and missed, then a pitch came that I thought hit me, so I argued with the ump, and he gave me a warning, and then the next pitch was a fastball, but not with the guy's usual velocity, and I absolutely CRUSHED it. The first base coach was laughing when he told me to go to second. (Our fences are 375 in left center and right center, and I was the first person to hit one out anywhere but straight down the line). I walked around the bases, dizzy the whole way, then got back to the dugout and lay down. I missed the next three days of school.

You play golf? :eek:

[Williamsburg2599]

The 400 was IN THE AIR! If rolling counted, it was well over 450.

When the pitch is right down the middle, a little up, good things can happen. Especially when the pitcher throws around 65.

Now, the REALLY weird thing about it is that I was sick at the time with the flu. It was mild earlier that day, and I went to school, and then a couple innings before I went up, I went to the bathroom and threw up. Then, when I went up, I took the first pitch for a called strike, then took a ball, then swung and missed, then a pitch came that I thought hit me, so I argued with the ump, and he gave me a warning, and then the next pitch was a fastball, but not with the guy's usual velocity, and I absolutely CRUSHED it. The first base coach was laughing when he told me to go to second. (Our fences are 375 in left center and right center, and I was the first person to hit one out anywhere but straight down the line). I walked around the bases, dizzy the whole way, then got back to the dugout and lay down. I missed the next three days of school.

You play golf? :eek:
Thats the defintion of the phrase "expect the unexpected":laugh.

And yes I do play golf, here and there, not as much as baseball, of course:). Usually a few charity tournments here and there. Why so surprised?

[RuthMayBond]

3. Future trip the the east coast - Baltimore, NY (Cooperstown, Hawthorne, YS), Boston...needless to say will be #1.Careful, ya might go when I do :laugh Just finished my California trip

[RuthMayBond]

Player:

1) Hitting a 400-foot home run at the age of twelve (seriously!)12 year olds got steroids? ;)

[Sultan_1895-1948]

Careful, ya might go when I do :laugh Just finished my California trip

Might run into you at the Babe Ruth Museum? Cool, I'll buy ya a beer :D

See any games out in Cali?

[TheJourneyman]

Fan
1. 1991 WS - even though my Braves lost it was unreal
2. 1995 WS - finally getting over the hump
3. Any of the times I saw Nolan Ryan pitch

Player/Coach
1. Coaching a LL team to their first victory
2. Making it deep in playoffs in HS - our school was all about football
3. Winning a title managing an adult team

[Erik Bedard]

12 year olds got steroids? ;)

Not me. I'm scared to death of needles. Well, I won't become a drug addict! Or a 'roid user! It's a good thing I'm not diabetic, though. Just eat right, and you can do it too!

[RuthMayBond]

See any games out in Cali?
Just five.
In five days.
In five different parks.
Over 1600 miles driving.
Up thirty-seven straight hours at one point
:coffee :cool: :eek: :crazy :hp

[jays632]

Fan
1) Jays winning series in 92/93 when I was but a wee child, but instantly got hooked on baseball.
2) Meeting Juan Guzman and Candy Maldonatto in 94 at a charity golf tournament when my mom and I went to pick my dad up. Guzman let me try one of his rings on and acted mad at me for wearing an Alomar jersey.
3) Opening Night of this year. 50,000 people at the game (most I've seen in person at a Jays game). Halladay getting the win, Ryan his first save for the Jays, and Bengie Molina hitting a monster shot off the facing of the 5th deck.

Player/Other
1) Homer Simpson style walk-off in the championship house league game when I was 12. Hit in the head with the bases loaded.
2) Going to my 6 year old cousin's first t-ball game and seeing him be ridiculously awesome. He's like a little brother to me so it was cool.
3) Fouling a ball through the windshield of a car in the parking lot of a little league park when I was 10. The umpire's car.

[Williamsburg2599]

3) Fouling a ball through the windshield of a car in the parking lot of a little league park when I was 10. The umpire's car.
:D :clapping I love how all the players cheer when a car gets hit at LL and BR games.:crazy