THE BEST GAME EVER THAT I ATTENDED

Nifty history lesson, though. I was 1 when this transpired.

Jones did not play in the game – that was the day of the Cerritos air disaster when a small aircraft hit an Aeromexico jet. You could see the smoke form the freeway heading south on the 5 to the game.

last I remember hearing about it ws immediately following the Torii Hunter walk-off grannie from earlier this year.

While fortunate to see the 2008 version, I am jealous in that I was not able to attend this 1986 classic barn-burner. There must have been a contingent of los Tigres fans, what with 1985 being their last taste of glory. Don’t see many of those Tom Selleck-worshipping “D”-hat-wearing folks around here any more.

Goat, you are going to have to google “Magnum PI” to know why I mentioned Tom Selleck, you fetus, you.

was 2002 WS game 2. It was absolutely crazy 12-11 was the final score. Both starters knocked out by like the second inning. Wow.
second greatest game i ever went to was angels-yankees game 3 ALDS. The yankees were leading the angels by about 6 runs or so in the 4th or 5th inning. I go and get an adam kennedy shirt (after i watch him hit a HR on the tv in the team store). I quickly go back, and watch the angels come back and win. It was all the more sweeter because there were 2 yankee fans sitting infront of me (although they werent typical yankee fans, they were actually pretty nice).

during the ‘95 push. little league always got a free game once a year, got to carry my district’s banner out in front of everyone, and got to watch the angels fall behind and get 3 or 4 runs in the 8th to take the lead and was the only time i ever saw percy live and he was absolutely, unmistakably f’in dominant. struck out the side on something like 11 or 12 pitches.

only time i ever got my dad to stay the whole game and not try to beat traffic.

And I was pretty young when i did live there, but the best game I went to was 2002 ALCS Game 5 when Adam Kennedy hit 3 home runs and we clinched a spot in the world series.

But my story has a sad ending. I never ever leave a game early, but on this night I went to game with my college roommate and his parents, who had driven up for the day from Vista in north SD County.

It was such a blowout, my roommate’s parents were tired and hungry and faced a long drive back home, and they wanted to leave. Despite our protests that we wanted to stay, the parents wanted to go and my best buddy, being a good son, reluctantly agreed to leave early. I only agreed to go because my buddy’s parents offered by buy us all dinner on the way home.

As Ducky recalls, it was 12-5 when we left. We had a wonderful meal at a place called Herschel’s in Fullerton (anybody remember that place? Is it still there?) and then if I recall correctly my buddy’s parents drove back to Vista.

But imagine my shock and horror when I turned on the radio and realised I missed the greatest comeback in Angels history.

It still breaks my heart to this day.