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actionjackson · 02-10-2017, 05:59 PM

1985. Did a huge dream baseball trip that year: Yankee Stadium, Cleveland Stadium (a bit of a dump [although I must confess our stadia have not been much better in Toronto], but we managed to upgrade our seats to 3rd base line boxseats for no extra charge due to 6,280 people sitting in a cavernous 75,000ish seat stadium), Three Rivers Stadium, Veterans Stadium, Shea Stadium and Fenway Park all in six days. Awesome. Caught a foul ball during batting practice at Fenway and got a Standing O. According to those I was with, I turned beet red. Had a bruise on my palm for a while. An absolute screamer hit by Kirby Puckett I believe.

Then I returned and my team (the Blue Jays) was in a legit pennant race for the first time in their short history. They had flirted with pennant races the previous two years, but fizzled down the stretch. Not this time. I was at the clincher against the Yankees on October 5th, 1985, and the first ever playoff game against the Royals on October 8th, 1985. Sadly things didn't work out that year, but this then sixteen year old was hooked for life. Probably that season (more than any other) is responsible for me being an OOTP player.

02-10-2017, 05:59 PM	#11
actionjackson Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 6,179	1985. Did a huge dream baseball trip that year: Yankee Stadium, Cleveland Stadium (a bit of a dump [although I must confess our stadia have not been much better in Toronto], but we managed to upgrade our seats to 3rd base line boxseats for no extra charge due to 6,280 people sitting in a cavernous 75,000ish seat stadium), Three Rivers Stadium, Veterans Stadium, Shea Stadium and Fenway Park all in six days. Awesome. Caught a foul ball during batting practice at Fenway and got a Standing O. According to those I was with, I turned beet red. Had a bruise on my palm for a while. An absolute screamer hit by Kirby Puckett I believe. Then I returned and my team (the Blue Jays) was in a legit pennant race for the first time in their short history. They had flirted with pennant races the previous two years, but fizzled down the stretch. Not this time. I was at the clincher against the Yankees on October 5th, 1985, and the first ever playoff game against the Royals on October 8th, 1985. Sadly things didn't work out that year, but this then sixteen year old was hooked for life. Probably that season (more than any other) is responsible for me being an OOTP player. Last edited by actionjackson; 02-10-2017 at 07:31 PM.