Nobody here can beat my big game record for personally attended games, and I've got the ticket stubs to prove it! The Chambliss game in '76, the Reggie game in '77, the Brosius game in '01, and the Boone game in '03, not to mention countless big-time regular season games like Reggie's return in '82, retired # ceremonies, etc. etc. Problem is I'm getting old enough to start forgetting details, like earlier in this thread.
But Mickey Mantle Day was for a 10-year old kid, the epitome of baseball memories, for major events like that they used to lay out on the field, ALL the giant-sized banners for each pennant and WS winner in the history of the team! The ones that normally would be flown over the Stadium, they'd take them all off the flagpoles, and lay them flat on the field. It was AWESOME!
Then, when they rode Mantle around the Stadium in a golf cart, well, it bringsgoose bumps to one who was there. The standing ovation lasted over 10 minutes (it was timed) and then Mantle spoke to the crowd, and presented DiMaggio w/ a plaque that still stands in Monument Park. Imagine, at the time (he had been retired 18 years) DiMaggio wasn't recognized in the Monument area in center field! I'll have to stop there, but I hope you guys enjoyed the story!:cheers
