Comments on: Parker’s First Trip to Fenway

By: Happy 30th Birthday Josh!

Happy 30th Birthday Josh! — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:15:50 +0000

[...] during the first half of the 2008 season. He was there when Jon Lester threw his no-hitter. On Volunteer Appreciation Day Josh got us a chance to take Parker up on the Green Monster during hi…. Later, Josh and my other bro Jordan got to go down on the field. Me, Parker, Jordan, and [...]

By: Parker Goes to Fenway « The Allains

Parker Goes to Fenway « The Allains — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:37:09 +0000

[...] Bryan blogged about the night (with a few more pictures) over at Prayers For Blowouts. You can click here to read about it. [...]

By: Geof

Geof — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:25:59 +0000

My first Reds game was a year to the day after Tom Browning’s perfect game—and again, we were playing the Dodgers. The day before, Rob Dibble and Norm Charlton had been in Dayton at a baseball card show, and because we were going the next day, I wanted to go. Dad took me, and when I got to 2/3 of the Nasty Boys, I piped up to Charlton, “Looking forward to seeing you start tomorrow, Mr. Charlton.”

Norm looked at Dibs in disbelief. “Is this kid right?”

“It’s been on the clubhouse wall for days, Norm.”

“Uhhh, kid … I may not be so good.”

He wasn’t. They got shelled, but the Reds rallied and won.

Never said that Charlton was a MENSA candidate.

By: Nate Blevins

Nate Blevins — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:45:30 +0000

Sadly, my pop really was never in to sports. He’s a car kind of dad, and loves muscle cars, hot rods, and funny cars. But I do look forward to the day when I can take my future son, or daughter, to Heinz Field on a cold night game to watch the Steelers crush the Browns.

By: John

John — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:02:21 +0000

My Dad and I never did those things, but I am hoping to take him to a game at Safeco soon (he’s 71). I took my son, Andrew to his first game in 2005 (he was 8). As luck would have it, it was Little League Day at the Safe. We were allowed to walk the warning track after BP. I think I was more excited about the experience than he was. We took some really cool pictures. My favorite was one that him leaping up the outfield wall to deny some Yankee of a homer.

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m233/blazerjt/scan0015.jpg

By: Ron Davis

Ron Davis — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:51:03 +0000

I remember a few “first” visits…

1. 1988 – My first MLB game. Fulton County Stadium. Braves won in 10.
2. 1995 – My first (only) trip to Fenway. Even the Yankee fan in me can appreciate a stadium like that.
3. 1995 – My first (only) trip to Toronto. That stadium was really nice, too. And Derek Jeter signed autographs for like 30-40 minutes.
4. 2002 – My daughter’s first MLB game at Turner Field. There’s a picture from the night on my desk.
5. 2006 – My son’s first MLB game. He observed “the man fell down” when Andruw Jones made a “superman” dive to catch a ball in CF.

And then there are all of the spring training games. Bryan, you should go down to FL one year for that. It’ll get expensive if you follow the Sox around (their tickets are hard to get), but I’m sure a “real” fan like yourself would appreciate the small feel of spring training baseball games, no matter who’s playing.