Great Royals Memories

by fishsox on Jul 25, 2009 12:04 AM EDT Comment 7 comments

What is your best Royals memory..... a. When Estaban German get hits in the head by a fly ball. b. When Ken Harvey gets hit in the back by a throw home when he was in the cut-off position (there was no one else on base - so he did not even be in the cut-off position!) c. During a press conference intoducting Buddy Bell, Dan Glass introduces Buddy who is someone who is "obsessed with losing". d. When Kerry Robinson, jumps into the stands to catch a fly ball in center field - the only problem is the ball hits on the track. e. When Chip Ambres drops a fly ball to allow Cleveland to finish a comeback by scoring like 11 runs in the 9th inning. f. Royals losing 19 in a row in 2005. Anyone care to share any others...

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Honest answers:

a. Willie Ballgame walk-off sac fly caps 3-run comeback (was there live)
b. Mendy Lopez and Carlos Beltran back-to-back HR in 2004 season opener and “BELIEVE!” era’s climax
c. Hochevar’s 80 pitch performance (was there live)
d. Joey Gathright’s second amazing HR-robbing catch against Toronto (2007 or 2008?)
e. Beltran’s HR robbing catch against Seattle (after ASB ’03)
f. DDJ walk-off HR last year vs. Seattle (on Santa hat night)

Just off the top of my head. I’ve been watching since ’03.

- W. Bloomquist homered to deep center
- P. Earth explodes

by JobDDT on Jul 25, 2009 12:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

My favorite Royals memory

was watching Whitey Herzog and Joaquin Andujar implode in game 7, 1985. It’s one thing to know you’ve won the World Series (hell, the Royals were already up 9-0 when Andujar walked in from the bullpen). It’s another entirely to watch the opponent basically surrender by self-immolation.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 25, 2009 10:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

My favorite Royals memory

is from Game 6: Dane Iorg driving in Jim Sundberg FTW. (Hey Trey, Quisenberry entered that game in the 8th inning, with the Royals down by 1.) Of course Game 7 was great in its own right, but it has always seemed in my memory like a continuation of the celebration from the night before.

Just behind it is Game 3 of the 1980 ALCS, with Brett homering off Gossage for the sweep. (Hey Trey, Quisenberry entered that game in the 6th and went the rest of the way.) Brett: “I wouldn’t have got the chance to do it if U.L. hadn’t busted his rear end. Thank you, U.L.”

Rich Gale’s 1-hitter in 1978 is my favorite in-person memory.

by 2X2L on Jul 25, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good memories of this game too — my wife and I took our 16-day-old son to the Coliseum and got to see Brett’s last home run on the road. With only that 1 run to work with, Appier wasn’t able to hold the lead, and the Royals lost, 2-1. But I got the kid to the ballpark while Brett was still playing, even though Brett’s career lasted only 20-some more games after our son was born. Of course it didn’t matter at all to him — he was asleep in the baby carrier through most of it — but it mattered to me. A “welcome to my planet” kind of gesture, I guess.

by 2X2L on Jul 25, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh

It didn’t involve taking him TO the game, but… my son was born on 9/29/92.

I brought him and his mother home from the hospital the following night; the game wasn’t on TV, but we’d been listening in the car and turned the radio on immediately when we walked in the house. The trip from the car to the house coincided with the break between the fourth and fifth innings, and I just missed Joyner’s home run…

…and you know what happened next. My son doesn’t remember this at all, naturally, but the very first thing he heard upon coming home for the first time was #3000.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 26, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs