Best Baseball Memories With Your Dad?

14tahunts · 06-15-2014, 12:33 PM

Over the last three years, my dad and I have traveled to both sides of the country to see games. We've been to Spring Training twice, Oregon twice, Baltimore, Myrtle Beach, and countless minor league parks. I'm truly blessed to have a father who comes and picks me up at the ballpark, and a father who still looks at baseball cards with me. We've been a lot of great places and met a lot of great people, but I've been blessed to be with my father through it all. I'd love to hear some of your stories with your father/family related to sports.

exitmusicblue · 06-15-2014, 12:46 PM

I was 7, playing toss with my dad. At one point he said, "This one I'm throwing hard." He threw it really hard, it got by my mitt and nailed me in the face. Cue nosebleed. Happy Father's Day !

preakness · 06-15-2014, 12:55 PM

Pops was my manager from when I was batboy at age 6 until age 18

best coach I ever had and inspired me as I went on to be HS coach/AD

dude was a machine, threw BP to every player every day and coached into his mid 50s

HammerFan32 · 06-15-2014, 01:12 PM

My dad and I cheering on the Durham Bulls when they're in town. We go every time they come.

timelovesahero · 06-15-2014, 01:16 PM

Dad grew up going to county stadium in Milwaukee.
We went to Yankee Stadium for the first time together (I had only been to the "big concrete block" that was Memorial stadium)
walking out from behind home on the upper deck simultaneously took our breath away. People behind us had to kindly remind us to keep moving. It was a warm, clear day and the place was packed.

I had never seen anything like it.
Dad dies in 1998, and we never got to go to Camden yards together. We've both been there. same seat.
RIP TWP

raw5060 · 06-15-2014, 02:05 PM

My best baseball memory with my dad happened a long time ago. When I was 8, I was having a tough time keeping my elbow up when I threw. My father went into the garage, came back with an orange life vest and duct tape. He proceeded to tape the life vest under my right armpit until I could no longer lower my arm below my shoulder and made me play catch with him. I cried but I sure as well never threw like a girl again!

ManInTheMirror · 06-15-2014, 02:08 PM

oops, didn't see the baseball aspect

JohnRyno · 06-15-2014, 02:16 PM

This guy threw at his own kid in a father-son game.

calculusdork · 06-15-2014, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnRyno

This guy threw at his own kid in a father-son game.

calculusdork · 06-15-2014, 03:21 PM

Watching Sid Bream round 3rd and score on a Francisco Cabrera single to beat the Pirates in '92, with my dad, on TV. Still gives me chills when I think about it.

awz50 · 06-15-2014, 03:49 PM

Saw Barry Bonds hit his 500th Homerun in person with my dad

pmannings#1fan · 06-15-2014, 04:01 PM

Stopping & having pancakes at the little diner before Saturdays little league practice. Life was just a little more simpler in the early 80s. Happy Father's Day!!

dbacksfan4life · 06-15-2014, 04:22 PM

I have a lot but one of my favorites is when we wentto a DBacks game and he caught a HR. It was really cool because that was the first ball we have ever gotten at agame.

exitmusicblue · 06-15-2014, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by dbacksfan4life

I have a lot but one of my favorites is when we wentto a DBacks game and he caught a HR. It was really cool because that was the first ball we have ever gotten at agame.

lucky, man ! My aunt once got hit by bird poop on her hat, that is the only low #'d thing we've ever gotten at a ball game LOL.

preakness · 06-15-2014, 04:38 PM

Took him to all star game when at US Cell in Chicago

He took my grandpa to game at comiskey when Fred Lynn hit grand slam off atlee

Joe · 06-15-2014, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by exitmusicblue

I was 7, playing toss with my dad. At one point he said, "This one I'm throwing hard." He threw it really hard, it got by my mitt and nailed me in the face. Cue nosebleed. Happy Father's Day !

Nice. This reminds me of my dad and I throwing a football around (yes, i know... not a baseball story) when I was about the same age. He was probably 30 yards away and I told him to throw it HARD... he said no but I kept begging him. So he threw it, I put both arms out and caught it BUT it hit my chest before I caught it. Knocked the wind out of me. My dad ran frantically toward me because he thought he had killed me. Good times.

enyouartist · 06-15-2014, 04:50 PM

I went to Fenway Park to watch the Sox take on the Tigers on a July 4th. I remember Mo Vaughn hit a dinger, and Cecil Fielder hit a bomb on the Mass Pike. There was a laser light show afterwards, and its memory I'll always cherish.

StraWMyerS · 06-15-2014, 06:19 PM

When I was around 8 years old we had seats at a Mets game along the 1st base line. It was cool watching the players up close before the game and somebody tossed us a ball which we used for an autograph from John Franco. Later we were calling out to a Mets prospect at the time named Ryan Thompson. He smiled and as he was returning to the dugout said something like "I'll be right back" and we basically thought we wouldn't see him again. Sure enough, he stopped by a few minutes later to sign and let us take a couple photos. Definitely a great experience for a young fan and just thinking about it, I can't wait to bring my 2 year old girl to some games in the future and create some new memories.

5pujols5 · 06-15-2014, 06:27 PM

I wasn't even present with my dad for my favorite baseball memory with him. During the 2006 world series I was travelling all of the time with work. On and off airplanes and never did get to catch a single game of that series. My father and I are both huge Cardinals fans. I was in the air the most of game 5 (the deciding game of that series) and had just landed and called my dad. He told me the Cards were up and Wainy was pitching to the last batter. My dad gave me the pitch by pitch account over the phone of the last at bat of the 2006 World Series. To hear your father give you a play by play and listen to his voice as his childhood favorite team and your childhood favorite team wins the World Series........that's a life long gift!!!

bigdog2003 · 06-15-2014, 07:20 PM

When I was in 1st grade, local guy got up a bus trip to see the Braves play. My dad bought us tickets, upper deck down the first base line. I had the time of my life that day, watching baseball with my dad.

2 summers ago I surprised him with a trip to Atlanta to see the Braves play the Cubs. Even with him being a Braves fan, I started following the Cubs as a young kid because they were on TV everyday after school. It was nice to experience a little piece of my childhood again.

JMarchand1981 · 06-15-2014, 08:00 PM

I remember as a kid playing little league my old man talking about how he was the ONLY dude that could hit Billy Joe Crow when he played little league.

If Billy Joe Crow from Chelmsford Ma ever reads this I want to thank him and for him to know that just the thought of his name puts a smile on my face because I know that it would put a smile on my fathers face.

dlew3498 · 06-15-2014, 09:54 PM

My father passed when I was 10, but the many trips to ballparks were amazing. My favorite may have been going to Yankee Stadium(even as a die hard Sox fan). He told me the story of going to see his all-time favorite player, Mickey Mantle. He loved telling me about how he jumped on to the field to grab a foul ball(back in the early 60's when that didn't get you tased) . But my favorite baseball memory would have to be the last father's day he was alive. All four of his kids were over, and we played wiffle ball in the front yard for three hours. Still tear up sometimes thinking about. Also, relating back to cards, by far my favorite card in my collection is the '59 Mantle All Star he gave me. Its priceless to me.

3of5-2 · 06-15-2014, 10:10 PM

Just me and my brother playing catch with my dad and my grandfather and my uncle in Cottonwood Corner, Arkansas. If I had known then, what I know now, I would do it everyday for the rest of my life.

Amberkow · 06-15-2014, 10:22 PM

I grew up in Arizona long before we had a team, and my dad took the family to 2 games (Dodgers and Padres). He was so excited for the first season we had a team in AZ! He split diamondbacks season tickets, so I got to go many games that year!

For the past 7 seasons I've been the one in my family that has had season tickets to the Diamondbacks so I've been able to return the favor and take him to around 10-15 games a year! It's really special when he comes to games with his grandkids!

Clippins · 06-15-2014, 10:43 PM

Prior to AZ getting a team, my dad and me flew out to San Diego for a Padres game. The game was Padres vs. Expos. In the 1st inning Tony Gwynn hit a solo shot....the game ended 1-0. It was one of the most boring games I've ever seen, but it's the game I remember the most with my dad as it was the only game we ever flew to go and see together.

06-15-2014, 02:05 PM	#6
raw5060 Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: PA Posts: 5,227	My best baseball memory with my dad happened a long time ago. When I was 8, I was having a tough time keeping my elbow up when I threw. My father went into the garage, came back with an orange life vest and duct tape. He proceeded to tape the life vest under my right armpit until I could no longer lower my arm below my shoulder and made me play catch with him. I cried but I sure as well never threw like a girl again! __________________ Deals:

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ManInTheMirror Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 39,667	oops, didn't see the baseball aspect Last edited by ManInTheMirror; 06-15-2014 at 04:51 PM.

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awz50 Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: New Hampshire>>>Arizona>>>>Florida Posts: 33,000 awz50	Saw Barry Bonds hit his 500th Homerun in person with my dad __________________ Collecting Baseball Hof Autographs 248/351 Blowouts Official Red Sox face of the franchise Eduardo Rodriguez Super Collector

06-15-2014, 04:01 PM	#12
pmannings#1fan Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 8,650 justincaseyouwannaknow	Stopping & having pancakes at the little diner before Saturdays little league practice. Life was just a little more simpler in the early 80s. Happy Father's Day!! __________________ PC: Longoria, Tulowitzki, Kemp, Pujols, Griffey Jr, Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones, Helton, Biggio, Bagwell, Giancarlo (Mike) Stanton, Votto, Derek Jeter I trade by BV http://southernsportscards.webs.com/

06-15-2014, 04:22 PM	#13
dbacksfan4life Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Chase Field/ Any ST Ballpark Posts: 10,989	I have a lot but one of my favorites is when we wentto a DBacks game and he caught a HR. It was really cool because that was the first ball we have ever gotten at agame. __________________ Adam Engel SUPERCOLLECTOR!

06-15-2014, 12:33 PM	#1
14tahunts Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: The Bluegrass State Posts: 349	Best Baseball Memories With Your Dad? Over the last three years, my dad and I have traveled to both sides of the country to see games. We've been to Spring Training twice, Oregon twice, Baltimore, Myrtle Beach, and countless minor league parks. I'm truly blessed to have a father who comes and picks me up at the ballpark, and a father who still looks at baseball cards with me. We've been a lot of great places and met a lot of great people, but I've been blessed to be with my father through it all. I'd love to hear some of your stories with your father/family related to sports. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Student at the University of Kentucky. Host of the top-ranked college baseball podcast on iTunes. Collecting Dansby Swanson.

06-15-2014, 12:46 PM	#2
exitmusicblue Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 14,027	I was 7, playing toss with my dad. At one point he said, "This one I'm throwing hard." He threw it really hard, it got by my mitt and nailed me in the face. Cue nosebleed. Happy Father's Day !

06-15-2014, 12:55 PM	#3
preakness Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: In Johnny Ryno's soul Posts: 21,077	Pops was my manager from when I was batboy at age 6 until age 18 best coach I ever had and inspired me as I went on to be HS coach/AD dude was a machine, threw BP to every player every day and coached into his mid 50s

06-15-2014, 01:12 PM	#4
HammerFan32 Inactive Account Join Date: May 2014 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,251	My dad and I cheering on the Durham Bulls when they're in town. We go every time they come.

06-15-2014, 01:16 PM	#5
timelovesahero Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Virginia Posts: 722 simple.machines timelovesahero	Dad grew up going to county stadium in Milwaukee. We went to Yankee Stadium for the first time together (I had only been to the "big concrete block" that was Memorial stadium) walking out from behind home on the upper deck simultaneously took our breath away. People behind us had to kindly remind us to keep moving. It was a warm, clear day and the place was packed. I had never seen anything like it. Dad dies in 1998, and we never got to go to Camden yards together. We've both been there. same seat. RIP TWP

06-15-2014, 02:16 PM	#8
JohnRyno Banned Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Fairway in Regulation Posts: 12,248 johnryno2012 johnryno	This guy threw at his own kid in a father-son game.

06-15-2014, 03:21 PM	#10
calculusdork Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Nowheresville Posts: 26,683 calculusdork calculusdork	Watching Sid Bream round 3rd and score on a Francisco Cabrera single to beat the Pirates in '92, with my dad, on TV. Still gives me chills when I think about it.

06-15-2014, 04:38 PM	#15
preakness Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: In Johnny Ryno's soul Posts: 21,077	Took him to all star game when at US Cell in Chicago He took my grandpa to game at comiskey when Fred Lynn hit grand slam off atlee

06-15-2014, 04:50 PM	#17
enyouartist Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,735	I went to Fenway Park to watch the Sox take on the Tigers on a July 4th. I remember Mo Vaughn hit a dinger, and Cecil Fielder hit a bomb on the Mass Pike. There was a laser light show afterwards, and its memory I'll always cherish.

06-15-2014, 06:19 PM	#18
StraWMyerS Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Clifton Park, NY Posts: 3,144 jnrmint511	When I was around 8 years old we had seats at a Mets game along the 1st base line. It was cool watching the players up close before the game and somebody tossed us a ball which we used for an autograph from John Franco. Later we were calling out to a Mets prospect at the time named Ryan Thompson. He smiled and as he was returning to the dugout said something like "I'll be right back" and we basically thought we wouldn't see him again. Sure enough, he stopped by a few minutes later to sign and let us take a couple photos. Definitely a great experience for a young fan and just thinking about it, I can't wait to bring my 2 year old girl to some games in the future and create some new memories.

06-15-2014, 06:27 PM	#19
5pujols5 Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 990	I wasn't even present with my dad for my favorite baseball memory with him. During the 2006 world series I was travelling all of the time with work. On and off airplanes and never did get to catch a single game of that series. My father and I are both huge Cardinals fans. I was in the air the most of game 5 (the deciding game of that series) and had just landed and called my dad. He told me the Cards were up and Wainy was pitching to the last batter. My dad gave me the pitch by pitch account over the phone of the last at bat of the 2006 World Series. To hear your father give you a play by play and listen to his voice as his childhood favorite team and your childhood favorite team wins the World Series........that's a life long gift!!!

06-15-2014, 07:20 PM	#20
bigdog2003 Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Newberry, SC Posts: 8,774 jammons52 bigdog2003	When I was in 1st grade, local guy got up a bus trip to see the Braves play. My dad bought us tickets, upper deck down the first base line. I had the time of my life that day, watching baseball with my dad. 2 summers ago I surprised him with a trip to Atlanta to see the Braves play the Cubs. Even with him being a Braves fan, I started following the Cubs as a young kid because they were on TV everyday after school. It was nice to experience a little piece of my childhood again. __________________ Looking for Football: All South Carolina Gamecocks. Baseball: Carl Edwards Jr, Nick Ciuffo, Jackie Bradley Jr, SEARCHING FOR BILLY O'DELL PSA/SGC GRADED CARDS FOR THE PC

06-15-2014, 08:00 PM	#21
JMarchand1981 Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 34,438	I remember as a kid playing little league my old man talking about how he was the ONLY dude that could hit Billy Joe Crow when he played little league. If Billy Joe Crow from Chelmsford Ma ever reads this I want to thank him and for him to know that just the thought of his name puts a smile on my face because I know that it would put a smile on my fathers face.

06-15-2014, 09:54 PM	#22
dlew3498 Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: South Jersey Posts: 158 dlew3498	My father passed when I was 10, but the many trips to ballparks were amazing. My favorite may have been going to Yankee Stadium(even as a die hard Sox fan). He told me the story of going to see his all-time favorite player, Mickey Mantle. He loved telling me about how he jumped on to the field to grab a foul ball(back in the early 60's when that didn't get you tased) . But my favorite baseball memory would have to be the last father's day he was alive. All four of his kids were over, and we played wiffle ball in the front yard for three hours. Still tear up sometimes thinking about. Also, relating back to cards, by far my favorite card in my collection is the '59 Mantle All Star he gave me. Its priceless to me. __________________ Collecting Jimmer Fredette and other basketball autos and patches! :special:

06-15-2014, 10:10 PM	#23
3of5-2 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 987	Just me and my brother playing catch with my dad and my grandfather and my uncle in Cottonwood Corner, Arkansas. If I had known then, what I know now, I would do it everyday for the rest of my life.

06-15-2014, 10:22 PM	#24
Amberkow Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,018 amberkow amberkow	I grew up in Arizona long before we had a team, and my dad took the family to 2 games (Dodgers and Padres). He was so excited for the first season we had a team in AZ! He split diamondbacks season tickets, so I got to go many games that year! For the past 7 seasons I've been the one in my family that has had season tickets to the Diamondbacks so I've been able to return the favor and take him to around 10-15 games a year! It's really special when he comes to games with his grandkids!

06-15-2014, 10:43 PM	#25
Clippins Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 634	Prior to AZ getting a team, my dad and me flew out to San Diego for a Padres game. The game was Padres vs. Expos. In the 1st inning Tony Gwynn hit a solo shot....the game ended 1-0. It was one of the most boring games I've ever seen, but it's the game I remember the most with my dad as it was the only game we ever flew to go and see together.