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1969 Cubs vs. the Phillies, my cousin Donna and I cut High School from East leyden to go to opening day. We sat in the right field bleachers on that long cold day in the snowflakes but to our surprise Willie Smth ended the game in the 10th inning with a home run that landed a couple of rows from us. That game and season went down in Cubbie history.

April 14, 1953, Brooklyn Dodgers opening day at Ebbets Field. I was a very young secretary at my first job with BBDO Advertising Agency in NY, working for the TV and Radio group for the American Tobacco Co. (Lucky Strike cigarettes) who were the sponsors for the radio broadcasts for the Dodger games. I was invited, along with other members of the group, to sit in the press box at the opening game of the season. Having been a Dodger fan for just about all of my 17 years, the thrill was unimaginable, especially since I was sitting right there with Red Barber, Connie Desmond, and the junior member of the broadcast team, Vince Scully. Unforgettable, you bet!

Correction: Bob Feller one hit the White Sox
on opening day 1946 in Chicago.
Then no hit the Yankees April 30 in NY.

Correction: Bob Feller one hit the White Sox
on opening day 1946 in Chicago.
Then no hit the Yankees April 30 in NY.

BoB Feller one hit the White Sox in Comiskey Park
in 1946. I was there and also saw Bob Lemon play CF as a rookie.
Feller then no hit the Yankees in NY April 30th
1946.

In 1985 I attended Luis Aparicio night in Comiskey Park as he had been inducted into
the Hall of Fame. At his position that night
at SS was a rookie named Ozzie Guillen.
By the way concerning Bob Lemon, I chatted with
him at Scottsdale Stadium in 1983 where we both watched a spring training game and he told me personally about Lou Boudreau suggesting that he be a pitcher.

In sixth grade, my mom got me a day off in mid April 1946 and we watched Bob Feller start on opening day again at Comiskey Park and pitch a one hitter v. the White Sox. Two weeks later Feller no hit the Yankees in New York. Noteworthy
that a rookie in CF in Sox park was Bob Lemon.
Lemon switched to the mound in July at the suggestion of mgr Lou Boudreau. And the rest is
history as Feller and Lemon are in the Hall of Fame!

the opening day for the Boston Red Sox, when I was
little and my grandfather, a loyal fan till the day he passed, would take me . It was at that time the biggest thrill of my life

My favorite opening day was in San Francisco on April 6, 2000 (I think). It was the first day of regularly scheduled baseball at the brand new ballpark which at that time was called Pacific Bell Park, Home of the Giants.

After watching the Giants in the windy confines of Candlestick Park, this bright, sunny, gorgeous new ballpark, newest in baseball at that time, offered everything the baseball fan could imagine.

Playing the Dodgers, and watching the first ball hit into the bay, the first home run off the bat on non-long ball hitter Kevin Elster, and the subsequent loss didn't dampen the spirits of true San Francisco fans.

We are in the 10th year of baseball in the beautiful park; 3 name changes; no more "Rusty"; expanded the seating to 42,000+; and I love being there as much as ever.

April 14, 1953 was the home opener for the Milwaukee Braves. The team had just one month earlier been granted permission to move from Boston to Milwaukee. The 43,357 capacity crowd cheered on every pitch, hit and play. Warren Spahn, the top paid Milwaukee player at $25,000 that year, pitched ten innings and Braves center fielder Billie Bruton hit a home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to win the game 3-2 over the Cincinnati Reds. The fans went crazy!

(I was 14 years old living in Hibbing, Minnesota and listening to the game on the Duluth/Superior radio station. I have moved many places since then, but am still a Braves, now Atlanta, fan.)