Thanks Al, for your Blog, your attitude, and your pointing me to Retrosheet. I distinctly remembered some details of the first baseball game I ever attended in person, but I didn't remember the date. I found it at Retrosheet. 6/4/71 at Dodger stadium. Claude Osteen Vs. Tom Seaver.
First Cub Game,at Wrigley, lots at Dodger Stadium, was Mets Vs. Cubs on 9/23/90. I think it was Fan Appreciation day. Sat in the first row by the Cubs bullpen. Gary Scott was honored that day for being minor league player of the year! Hector Villanueva tossed a foul ball he caught,while protecting the bullpen pitchers, to my friend on the left of me and a foul ball off, I believe, Howard Johnsons bat, hit the TV the guy to my right was holding. He was watching the Bears game on the TV! Me? I just got to enjoy the game, even though we lost. What a great game Baseball is. I now live in Ohio, married a girl from Wheaton, Il and my best friend from High School, in California, is a native of Illinois. Guess I was just destined to be a Cub fan even if I grew up watching the Dodgers.