NFT: Best Yankee games you attended

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perfect game.

Epic comeback place was absolutely rocking.

In comment 14935857 Giantsfan79 said:

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perfect game.

I went to the the next Yankee home game after that one. Luck of the draw.

In comment 14935861 terz22 said:

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Epic comeback place was absolutely rocking.

I went to the Mets Yankee game where Judge destroyed the ball to left field that summer at Citi Field. What a fun, wild night.

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In comment 14935861 terz22 said: Quote: Epic comeback place was absolutely rocking. I went to the Mets Yankee game where Judge destroyed the ball to left field that summer at Citi Field. What a fun, wild night.

O shit I went to that as well! That ball was crushed. Then had idiot met fans in the parking lot saying Jugde is overrated. Idiots.

Martinez 17 k game. 1000% not trolling. I've been to hundreds of baseball games and I've seen some incredible things but on that night Pedro Martinez didn't seem of this planet (yes, who's your daddy?) and all of that stuff. But that was incredible.

The "Jeter into the stands" game. I was sitting 2 rows behind the Red Sox bullpen for that game. Brad Halsey went toe to toe with Pedro until they lifted him in the 5th or 6th inning. Amazing game.

Runner up would be Mariano Rivera day, not because it was an amazing game, but because it was Rivera day and Metallica (favorite band) played before the game.

and we had one game picked out right at the end of the summer. It was too close to the start of the school season because she is a teacher so we didn't go because she had a meeting the next day.

That game I missed on wound up being the 26-0 (or whatever) game vs the Cleveland Spiders.

Pagliarulo walkoff grand salami VS Twins (87 or 88?)
Jim Abbott no hitter '93

Sierra/Mattingly b2b "hold on to the roof!"' 95

Gooden no hitter '96

Bernie walkoff 99 alcs

Boone game 03 alcs

In comment 14935876 Diversify yo bonds said:

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Pagliarulo walkoff grand salami VS Twins (87 or 88?) Jim Abbott no hitter '93 Sierra/Mattingly b2b "hold on to the roof!"' 95 Gooden no hitter '96 Bernie walkoff 99 alcs Boone game 03 alcs

Now this is a collection. This will be a hard one to top.

The mezzanine was vibrating 3 inches from the noise and dancing afterwards

15th inning walkoff homer. Got back home 5 in the morning. And game 6 of the 2000 ALCS. David Justice 3 run shot. We were in the section right below where he hit it. Ah, sweet memories.

In comment 14935877 Route 9 said:

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In comment 14935876 Diversify yo bonds said: Quote: Pagliarulo walkoff grand salami VS Twins (87 or 88?) Jim Abbott no hitter '93 Sierra/Mattingly b2b "hold on to the roof!"' 95 Gooden no hitter '96 Bernie walkoff 99 alcs Boone game 03 alcs Now this is a collection. This will be a hard one to top.

Back in the mid-late 90s you could get tier reserve seats for 18 bucks with a student ID. Me and my hometown buddies would go to ~5 games a year in hs and college doing this. I was lucky.

Not so much in the late aughts to now. Good games but nothing spectacular.

game.

In comment 14935883 Professor Falken said:

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game.

I kept score at home for that game, does that count?

Bill Robinson stole home and the Yanks won.

It was my best Yankee game because it was my first and I was a kid.

last minute trip to the Stadium with some high school friends, got tickets front row of upper deck about even with 1st base.

Gerald Williams made a great running catch in the 1st inning...then about the 5th inning or so everyone started to realize what was brewing. The rest of the game was amazing, crowd on its feet for almost every pitch

George Brett hits 3 HRs.

Munson crushes GW HR. Yanks win 6-5.

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My 1st game

Mel Stottlemeyer's Inside the Park GS vs Jim Monbouquette
Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3

Wow 55 years ago yesterday!

Mr November 2001 WS is #1. some others:

Clemens throws the bat at Piazza 2000 WS

David Wells perfect game 98

2009 ALCS clincher vs Angels (only good memory from new stadium)

1999 WS - booing Jon Rocker was fun

Game 1 98 WS - yanks were losing all game and blew up in 7th inning rally

about 10 rows from where the ball landed. So loud it was quiet. I agree with Bill2 as well. I was also at that 98 Game 1 WS Tino Grand Salami. Place was shacking. Game 1 of the 2000 Subway Series where the Yanks walked off.

In comment 14935882 Diversify yo bonds said:

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Back in the mid-late 90s you could get tier reserve seats for 18 bucks with a student ID. Me and my hometown buddies would go to ~5 games a year in hs and college doing this. I was lucky.

and you could move down to the premium seats after a few innings. Those were good times.

at Oakland.

2000 Game 5: The "We Didn't Fly Across the Country to Lose" game. Six runs in top of the first; A's claw back; pen shuts it down. Phenomenal seats behind home plate at face value because they went on sale after Game 4 and there was a conflicting Niners/Raiders game across the Bay.

2001 Game 3: The flip. What more can be said? I wasn't behind home plate for this one, and I saw the play unfold from a seated position through a forest of bodies. But . . . I saw it.

2001 Game 4: A's were still up 2 games to 1 but both players and fans were reeling from the night before. I kind of felt sorry for them as Yanks showed no mercy, 9-2 final. When Jermaine Day broke his leg with a batted foul ball, I never heard a full stadium so quiet.

was a Yankees game. My father is a diehard and one day he came over (my parents were divorced) and I was maybe 6 years old, but remember every second.

He came over and said "come on we're going to a Yankees game". Made the drive from New Haven to the Bronx and from the second I left the car I was captivated, the smells, crowds, sounds, etc were just magical.

Seeing the stadium, hearing the announcers, and my favorite player Reggie Jackson hit a triple. It was a random Tuesday (?) game against the California Angels and Reggie helped the Yankees win.

Maybe 77 or 78.

I didn't grow up a Yankees fan, but I was definitely a Reggie Jackson fan and I'll never forget that game and my first real baseball game.

I was also at Fenway Labor Day weekend whatever year it was to see Mike Mussina barely miss history coming an out away from a perfect game. If that game ended differently it would have to make my list.

My favorite was a 6-0 shutout in Atlanta in 1998. Wells threw a complete game and it was so much fun walking out of that stadium afterwards - there were hordes of Yankees fans and we were all singing "New York, New York" at dejected Braves fans.

Ricky Ledee inside the park HR sometime in the late 90s.

98 season finale, Shane Spenser broke some HR record. Yankees won their 114th game. The same day McGuire hit #72 and they showed it on the TVs in the concourse. Cool day.

Saw a few playoff wins, no losses. The one that stands out is game 5 2001 against the As, this was the Jeter flip series. Bald Eagle was in the house along with VP Dick Chaney. Yanks won the series that night.

My first game was in 1979, all I cared about was seeing Reggie hit a HR. Played the Angels or As, can't remember. Yanks won. No HR for Reggie.

I was at the Jeffrey Maier game. That's probably #1 for me.

Another great one was 97 ALDS Game 1 against the Indians. Yanks were down 6-1. They hit back to back to back home runs to come back and win 8-6. Raines, Jeter and O'Neill IIRC.

In comment 14935919 Danny Kanell said:

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I was at the Jeffrey Maier game. That's probably #1 for me. Another great one was 97 ALDS Game 1 against the Indians. Yanks were down 6-1. They hit back to back to back home runs to come back and win 8-6. Raines, Jeter and O'Neill IIRC.

I was at that Indians game too. Traffic was a bitch, didn't get to our seats until it was already 5-0. Fortunately the best was to come.

my brother and I went to a game way back in like 1990. The Yanks were brutally bad. We got tix right behind the Yankees dugout. Yanks, Toronto. PAsqual Perez started the game and in typical fashion got hurt and was done by the 2nd inning if not earlier. Erik Plunk came in and pitched a great game, but the Yanks were down 1 run or 2 in the bottom of the 9th. JEssie BArfield hit a walk off blast to win it. Pretty crazy experience being that close to the action for the entire game. I have been able to sneak down and sit in some awesome seats but not the entire game and not like this. If you can do it once, do it. You won't be disappointed.

But the double header where Murcer jacked four HR's is still one of my most memorable.

Reggie’s 3 HR
Saw Mantle play his last year
1st game back at the Stadium after it was refurbished. Catfish was the big free agent signing and they beat the A’s.
Haven’t made it to the current stadium because it’s a long way from Alaska.

the great memories were just being there with my dad and my brother, and then taking my son to his first games. Jeter was his hero when he was little

In comment 14935857 Giantsfan79 said:

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perfect game.

I hate you...

when the Yankees had that huge 8th inning come back. I was working for KPMG at the time and I was there early and went to Monument Park. As we were there, I hear a guy talking and saying "I had dinner with Lou the other day and he was telling me that I had to do this." And "ARod was talking about blah blah". So I looked at my friend and kind of nodded like "WTF is with this guy". And then I noticed his gold watch that had the Mariners logo on it.

Anyway, I look up and I see a lady who I worked with at KPMG. It's been a long time, but I think her name was Amy Larson. I knew she was related to a big wig at Microsoft because in the mid 90s, KPMG was signing a deal with Netscape to provide Internet services and that was an embarrassment to Microsoft so there were back door wheeling and dealing and a day before the partners meeting they made an agreement with Microsoft and Bill Gates spoke at the meeting.

Lo and behold, her brother was Chris Larson, a minority owner of the Mariners. And that was him. So I say hello to her and she introduces me to him. I give him some shit for wearing a Mariners shirt (which he covered up) and but was a nice guy. I have an open invite to the owners box in Seattle if I'm ever out there (editor's note- I've never been out there).

So there is my story, and the Yankees won the game so it was all good.

In comment 14935929 hd9009 said:

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Reggie’s 3 HR Saw Mantle play his last year 1st game back at the Stadium after it was refurbished. Catfish was the big free agent signing and they beat the A’s. Haven’t made it to the current stadium because it’s a long way from Alaska.

That’s a great list

Guidry 20-2
Eckersley 16-6

Pivotal 3rd game in famous Boston Massacre in Fenway Park. I was sitting behind the Yankee dugout with my wife and another couple (avid Red Sox fans). Guidry was superlative as he was all year. He allowed hits to two out of the first three Boston batters and never another on his way to a nine inning two hitter. Yanks win 7-0 and the Red Sox earth was shaking. The Yanks completed the 4 game streak in Fenway the next day and continued their march to catch the Sox. Yanks outscored the Sox 42-9 over the 4 games.

I loved Gator.

First game, With my Grandfather.

Taking the A train on that long straightaway where the subway can rock out a bit-then switching to the D.

Old Stadium.

Got there for batting practice. Hard to believe grass could be so green.

Sox taking batting practice. Even from where we sat way back and down the first base line this one tall guy has a swing that stood out and the sound of the ball being hit was just different and sharper than anyone else on the field.

Even Mickey Mantle who I was told was our best player and a great player (and easily greater than Duke Snider but equal to Willie Mays according to Grandpa) was nowhere near as elegant nor a fascinating a hitter to watch.

Of course, they were all bumpkins compared to JoeD who was nothing compared to Lou Gehrig and he was nothing compared to Babe Ruth. But Babe Ruth was lazy or he would have been even greater and Ty Cobb was mean so forget about them and just work down from Gehrig

Ted Williams. His last year

1978 World Series game four...won in 10 innings. 8th inning Yanks tied it on the bizarre Reggie hip into the ball play. Munson scored the tieing run. We had no clue what actually happen until we got home and saw the replays/highlights on the late news...no Sportscenter then. Both managers went ape shit on the field. I've never seen Lasorda so mad.

Second was meeting Joe DiMaggio and seeing The Mick hit a HR at an Old Timer's Day... somewhere around 76 or 77

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In comment 14935883 Professor Falken said: Quote: game. I kept score at home for that game, does that count?

Holy shit so did I! Lol!

Was there with Schnitzie and Dave in MD. It was an epic day. The stadium was electric. It was an extraordinary day to be at the ballpark to witness a Hall of Fame player at his best.

then the first time I took my son to a game in the late 90s. The day and game didn’t matter; just seeing the look on his 10 or something year old face was one of the best feelings ever.

Had tickets to the game in 9/11. Resheduled for the last game before playoffs. walked up ti ticket window and asked if any seats were avaiable Only seats were in the back of the left feild bleachers for game 5.

Come back from 2-0 to force game 5 stadium was rocking had 1 guy show up in an A's hat which was ripped off his head and tossed around the bleachers. Inhung on to the snapback from it.

Standing on the bleachers for the Mo 6 out save and then dancing ti New York New York on the way out. Great experience

Mattingly HR, 15th8nning win

Jeter 3000th hit

Gujdry 14 Ks

Number 25!!!!

Even though the Yankees lost in four, I have fond memories of the Game. I was in college at Xavier University in Cincinnati and was a sophomore. My older brother was a senior and we both pitched for the X. The day before Game 1, we went down to Riverfront Stadium, as the Yankees were going to be there after just having beaten the Royals. We knew some of the guards and police and they let us on the field when the Yankees were warming up. I remember so many things from that day. I remember my brother putting his hand on Thurman Munson's shoulder and saying "hi Thurm" and Munson gave him a look like "if you don't move your hand off of my shoulder, I'm going to break your arm :), I remember talking to Sparky Anderson, who was great and Joe Morgan and Morgan couldn't say three words without saying the "F" word. I always found it funny that he ended up as a respected announcer. I was in the stands down the third base line and somebody from the Reds hit a foul ball into the empty stands and I retrieved it only to have Ted Kluzinski tell me to throw it back to him (I did). Clay Carroll ( Reds reliever) saw that and brought me over a ball. The Yankees would lose in a close game in game 1 as Doyle Alexander pitched very well the the next day and eventually got destroyed in games 3 and 4 in NY. Fun memories.

In comment 14935960 RiffRaff said:

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Was there with Schnitzie and Dave in MD. It was an epic day. The stadium was electric. It was an extraordinary day to be at the ballpark to witness a Hall of Fame player at his best.

I had tickets for the game that got rained out the day before. The next day he hits 3k on a HR. Whatever. The makeup game was that September and all the substitutes played.

Fine with me becauae that was the weekend the Giants beat the Eagles in Philly of 2011.

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In comment 14935883 Professor Falken said: Quote: game. I kept score at home for that game, does that count?

I'll allow it. :-) Two things I remember from the game. Winfield hit a bullet into the Monuments. Then when they were milling around home plate at the end of the game, none of us in the bleachers knew what they were doing. One guy had a transistor radio, yes a transistor radio. He said, "They're checking the bat". Next thing we know, Nettles jumps up, pounds his glove, the umps ring up Brett and pandemonium.

Both 1995 home playoff games vs. Seattle
April 9, 1996 home opener in the snow vs. KC - Joe Torre's first home game as manager.
April 30, 1996 longest 9 inning game up to that point vs Baltimore in Baltimore. Yanks won. Andy Pettitte started but didn't last long.
May 1, 1996 - the day after in Baltimore they went 15 innings and Pettitte closed out the win for NY after starting the night before.

My Father took me to my first game in the Bronx. Hank Aaron was a Brewer and they were in the American league then.
I was in awe of the stadium and Hank hit a home run that day...NO BS. Only barely remember but I do some.
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