Pick 1 game in history to attend live

[erik316wttn]

Ok, so you come across a magic baseball genie who can grant you the wish of sending you back in time to attend any one game ever played in the history of professional baseball. Which game do you choose?

 

There are some really tough choices, but if I had to narrow it down to one, I'd say October 3, 1951: Bobby Thompson's famed "Shot Heard 'Round the World" against the Dodgers. It was a hell of a game, and probably the most famous single event in the history of American professional sports.

[imb]

game 6 2003 nlcs and i'd spill a drink on steve bartman or run out on the field before the implosion or something

[17 Seconds]

any glendon rusch start

[imb]

SHawn Estes shutout in 2003

[treebird]

i would go to any game the cubs were trailing in at any point this season so i could scream GAME OVER at the players and everyone would know i was right

[imb]

when dave dravecky's arm broke off and hit some old lady in the stands (i may be misremembering)

[J.R.]

SHawn Estes shutout in 2003

 

I was there!

[erik316wttn]

i would go to any game the cubs were trailing in at any point this season so i could scream GAME OVER at the players and everyone would know i was right

 

You probably would have been, too.

[USSoccer]

I'd go to Game 7 2003 NLCS and hand everyone envelopes outlining everything that would happen so I'd look like a witch.

 

I would label the envelope "This is what will happen".

[Sammy Sofa]

Tuffy Rhodes. THE GREATEST GAME IN CUBS HISTORY.

[OleMissCub]

I'd go see a game between the Athletics and Yankees in 1928. 17 Hall of Famers present, some of whom like Cobb and Collins were well past their prime, but just to see these guys play would be awesome.

 

A's:

Connie Mack

Jimmie Foxx

Eddie Collins

Ty Cobb

Al Simmons

Zach Wheat

Mickey Cochrane

Lefty Grove

Rube Walberg

 

Yanks's:

Miller Huggins

Babe Ruth

Lou Gehrig

Tony Lazzeri

Earl Combes

Wait Hoyte

Herb Pennock

Leo Durocher (rookie)

[sneakypower]

that one where the uppity fan got stabbed

[erik316wttn]

I'd go see a game between the Athletics and Yankees in 1928. 17 Hall of Famers present, some of whom like Cobb and Collins were well past their prime, but just to see these guys play would be awesome.

 

A's:

Connie Mack

Jimmie Foxx

Eddie Collins

Ty Cobb

Al Simmons

Zach Wheat

Mickey Cochrane

Lefty Grove

Rube Walberg

 

Yanks's:

Miller Huggins

Babe Ruth

Lou Gehrig

Tony Lazzeri

Earl Combes

Wait Hoyte

Herb Pennock

Leo Durocher (rookie)

 

Someone who didn't answer like a complete douche.

 

Thank you, OMC.

 

And Cobb even "past his prime" was still pretty damn good.

 

This is something I'm far too lazy to look up, but I wonder about the game in MLB history with the most future HOF'ers in it. I wonder if one of those A's-Yankees games in the late 20's would have been it.

[UMFan83]

Homer in the Gloamin

[imb]

not a game, per se, but i would have liked to have witnessed deucebaseman's slide trials to see how accurate they were

[Butterscup1679666578]

any game last year so i could properly yell racial slurs at milton bradley

[Sammy Sofa]

not a game, per se, but i would have liked to have witnessed deucebaseman's slide trials to see how accurate they were

 

HISTORY IN THE MAKING.

[Magnetic Curses]

shane victorino getting a beer shower

[minnesotacubsfan]

Fan Appreciation Day when Sosa walks out

 

faaaaaaaaaantastic

[OleMissCub]

that one where the uppity fan got stabbed

 

that was in a hotel, but if you're referring to the incident where he beat the handicapped guy up in the stands, that would be pretty interesting to see because it was the baseball version of the Malice at the Palace since you had about a half dozen Tigers players charge into the stands with bats.

 

That incident also led to the very first players strike in the MLB since the Tigers refused to play until Cobb and some of the others had their suspensions lifted because they felt the actions of their teammates were justified. The American League didn't budge for their next game in Philly and so the Tigers ownership went out and found a bunch of sandlot players near the park and had them play the Athletics. The poor pitcher, some 20 year old off the streets who didn't even make his high school team and had never pitched before, still has the record for most hits given up in a game by a single pitcher (26). His final line was 8 innings, 26 hits, 24 runs, 7 walks, and one K (I guess the A's let the bat boy take an AB).

 

this is kinda funny. from his wiki page:

 

For years, Travers was reluctant to speak about his day as a major league ball player. But many years later, he told his story in an interview with sportswriter Red Smith. He recalled being asked to round up "as many fellows as I could find" to play for the Tigers. Travers claims to have gone to the corner of 23rd and Columbia in Philadelphia where "a bunch of fellows were standing around the corner." [1] That "bunch of fellows" became the Detroit Tigers for a day.

 

When asked about his performance on the mound, Travers told Red Smith that he threw "slow curves" that day, because the A's were not used to them, and because "Hughie Jennings told me not to throw fastballs as he was afraid I might get killed." [2]

[NCCubFan]

Probably the 1951 playoff, followed by the Sandberg game in 1984.

[Bote McBoteface]

Probably game 7 of the NLCS in 03. Despite us losing and me still being incredibly bitter about it, it really was a terrific game and a great ending to one of the best playoff series I've ever seen.

 

Oh and I would have killed Baker before the game, as anybody other than him would have taken Wood out when we had the lead.

[illiniguy]

SHawn Estes shutout in 2003

 

I was there!

Me too, Hee Seop Choi day against Glendon Rusch. Dusty gave Choi the day off even though his parents had travelled to see him.

[Derwood]

I'd flip the time machine switch and go into the future to be at the clinching game for the Cubs next World Series title

[chopsx9]

The Sandberg Game hands down, followed by Wood's game. I guess they are fairly obvious choices but...

 

Nothing beats Costas' calling of the end of Sandbergs game though - repeatedly trying to wrap up the broadcast, naming Mcgee MVP and doing end of game shout outs only to be stopped in his tracks each time.