MY 1ST SIP OF BEER (REVISITED)
February 10, 2009
THIS IS A BLOG I POSTED WAY BACK THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE AGAIN! IT WAS TRULY A MEMORABLE MOMENT IN MY SOX FANHOOD! AND THO MOM DOESNT LIKE THIS STORY CUZ IM NINE AND DRINKIN BEER....HAHAHAHAHA......ITS STILL A GREAT MEMORY I HAVE WITH MY DAD WHO IS SICK RIGHT NOW AND FIGHTING A HARD BATTLE WITH CANCER! SO......ENJOY.....MUCH AS I DID THEN!
IT WAS SEPTEMBER 12TH 1979...FENWAY PARK...CLASSIC RED SOX VS. SKANKEES RIVALRY. WE WERE 80-61.... 12 1/2 GAMES BACK IN THE STANDINGS...SKANKS WERE 15 1/2 BACK...MY FATHER AND I WERE THE ONLY ONES HOME. NO REMOTE CONTROL BACK THEN. GOT THE RABBIT EAR ANTENNA ON TOP OF THE TV. WSBK TV 38 UHF!
MY DAD WAS POINTING OUT YAZ EVERY TIME HE GOT UP, BECAUSE AT 9 YEARS OLD, HE WAS MY FAVORITE PLAYER! HIS FIRST AT BAT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 1ST HE WALKS. THEN UP COMES JIM RICE AT THE CLEAN-UP SPOT AND HITS A HOMER BRINGING YAZ IN.....2-0 RED SOX!
HIS SECOND AT BAT WAS AS LEAD OFF IN THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD....HE HIT A DEEP ONE THAT WAS CAUGHT IN RIGHT!
HIS THIRD AT BAT WAS IN THE 4TH....HE GROUNDED OUT TO FIRST ENDING THE INNING......THE SCORE WAS 5-1 SOX THO!
HIS FOURTH AT BAT CAME IN THE 6TH TO A NEW PITCHER THAT CAME IN IN THE 5TH REPLACING CATFISH HUNTER (JIM BEATTIE).....HE GROUNDED TO SECOND AND WAS THROWN OUT AT FIRST. (SCORE AT THAT TIME WAS 8-1)
HIS FIFTH AT BAT CAME IN THE 8TH INNING....THE SCORE BEING 8-2 AT THAT POINT.....HE SWINGS......HE HITS THE BALL PAST THE INFIELD AND INTO RIGHT FIELD FOR A BASEHIT.......THE STANDS ERUPT AS DO BOTH ME AND MY FATHER! HE TAKES HIS MILLER BEER AND TELLS ME TO GET MY CUP......I DO....HE POURS SOME BEER IN IT (JUST A SMALL TASTE, DON'T GET CRAZY NOW....LOL) AND WE TOAST CARL YASTRZEMSKI HITTING HIS 3000TH HIT! JIM DWYER COMES IN TO PINCH RUN FOR THE YAZ AS THE STANDS (AND ME AND MY DAD) ALL SALUTE THE LEGEND FOR REACHING SUCH A HUGE LANDMARK.
I MAY HAVE HAD TO GOOGLE SOME FACTS TO TELL THIS STORY.....BUT I REMEMBER THAT DAY LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. IT WAS AN AWESOME MEMORY I HAD WITH MY FATHER. THE FEELING OF BEING A PART OF SOMETHING SO BIG. I FELT LIKE AN EQUAL WITH MY FATHER AND EVERY FAN IN THOSE STANDS THAT DAY. I WASNT JUST SOME LITTLE KID THAT DAY. ME AND MY DAD WERE BUDDIES CELEBRATING SOMETHING SO AWESOME. I REALLY CREDIT THAT DAY WITH BEING MY OFFICIAL ENTRY INTO RED SOX NATION. I HAD BEEN A FAN BEFORE THAT, MAINLY BECAUSE MY DAD AND EVERYONE ELSE WERE TOO. BUT I BECAME A FAN THAT DAY BECAUSE OF THE RED SOX, BECAUSE OF YAZ, AND BECAUSE IT GAVE ME ONE OF THE BEST MEMORIES I HAVE OF ME AND MY DAD! THE NAME "RED SOX NATION" MAY NOT HAVE BEEN COINED BACK THEN, BUT IT DOESNT MEAN IT DIDNT EXIST! RED SOX NATION HAS BEEN ALIVE SINCE THE ORGANIZATION BEGAN. AND I'VE HAD MANY MEMORIES SINCE THEN THAT I CHERISH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE TO COME!
-IRISH WHITEY~RSM~™
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