Srgt. Hulka

My first major league game was a Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers at the old Arlington Stadium back about 89-90. I don’t even remember who won the game. Obviosly it wasn't a real impressive game. However, my second major league game was Cubs game up in Chicago. I think they were playing San Diego, but I’m not sure. It was the year that Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa were having the homerun race. A couple of co-workers and I were in Chicago for some classes for my job, and some of the reps took us to the game. It was the first and only time I’ve been to Wrigley Field. I was enjoying the game, kinda soaking in the day and the atmosphere at the ballpark. The park was full. I spent about half the time walking around watching the game from different parts of the park. Sammy Sosa had struck out his first two times at bat. At the seventh inning stretch everybody I was with decided to ”beat the crowd” and head over to a bar across the street from the ballpark. I didn’t want to go, I wanted to stay and watch the game. But since they had the car, I gave in and left with the rest of them. And I can remember the sound to this day, we had just walked through the gates out of the ballpark and we could hear the announcer call Sammy Sosa at bat. I think he took one pitch and let it fly out of the park…and I missed it. The crowd was going crazy. I was pissed. I got to see a rerun of it on the TV in the bar. As Archie Bunker used to say: “Woop-te-doo”. The biggest sporting news in the country at the time, and I had an opportunity to witness a small part of it, and I missed it to go to a bar. Yep, I was pissed. Have not had an opportunity to go to a major league game since. I do look forward to going to another game though. I want to take my daughter to one. She will really enjoy it.

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SAINT_MICHAEL

Another great (but painful) story. I remember the year of that chase well. I've never made it to Wrigly, but it is high on my list. One of my "bucket list" things (still way too young, I hope, to worry about it now) is to see a game at all the major league parks. I was about half way there until a few teams built new stadiums! Now I'm only at about 12. My daughter made it to her first at 17 months when we went to see the Nationals in Washington.