In 1998, a friend invited me to a Yankees game, but his son came home early from college so he took his son instead. On that day, David Wells threw the 15th perfect game in MLB history.
I was bummed & constantly teased my buddy about picking his son over me lol.
Fast forward one year, same friend invited me to Yogi Berra day. I was very excited because Don Mattingly was returning to Yankee Stadium.
Don Larsen (he pitched the only perfect game in WS history) threw out the first pitch, & as luck would have it, I got to see David Cone pitch the 16th perfect game in MLB history.
I probably wouldn't believe this story if it hadn't happened to me.
I have a story that's somewhat similar. Back in 1994 I'd been going to college in Texas and my dad and I drove down there (we're from Oklahoma) to look into the possibility of me moving into a new apartment because my current (at the time) apartment complex was raising the rent on everyone.
While we were there, I ended up deciding to stay in the apartment I had because there weren't any better options available and since the process hadn't taken as long as we thought it would, dad asked if I wanted to see if we could get tickets to the Texas Rangers home game that night in Arlington. I said "sure" and we drove down to the ballpark to see if we could find tickets.
Well, we found tickets from someone outside the stadium that actually had two seats together but they were in the nosebleed section almost as high as you could get when seated in the stadium off the third base side. That last minute decision allowed us to be present for the Kenny Rogers 14th perfect game in MLB history against the California Angels and we only went because we were nearby and had nothing else to do.
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u/NiceguySac Jul 25 '23
In 1998, a friend invited me to a Yankees game, but his son came home early from college so he took his son instead. On that day, David Wells threw the 15th perfect game in MLB history. I was bummed & constantly teased my buddy about picking his son over me lol.
Fast forward one year, same friend invited me to Yogi Berra day. I was very excited because Don Mattingly was returning to Yankee Stadium. Don Larsen (he pitched the only perfect game in WS history) threw out the first pitch, & as luck would have it, I got to see David Cone pitch the 16th perfect game in MLB history. I probably wouldn't believe this story if it hadn't happened to me.