What was your first pro sporting event?

ParaDime77 · Post by **ParaDime77** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:14 am

...that you attended??

Mine was Twins/Mariners in the old Kingdome in August of 1990. Griffey was just a pup.

Rageman · Post by **Rageman** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:03 pm

Reds game in the 74 season. I was 6 so I have no recollection of who they played. Johnny Bench and George Foster homered and Cesar Geronimo had a great running catch in the left center gap to kill a rally late in the game. I remember those three plays because that's all anybody talked about on the ride home.

David_Lee_Halen · Post by **David_Lee_Halen** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:18 pm

Mets vs. the Dodgers at Shea Stadium in '73. I got Willie Davis's autograph. I vaguely remember the whole thing. I remember the pitcher golfcarts with those giant Mets hats on top of them bringing the pitcher from the bullpen to the mound.

crabfan · Post by **crabfan** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:09 pm

I think it was a Raiders/Lions game in Oakland sometime in the late 70's with my Dad.

NeverSurrender · Post by **NeverSurrender** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:02 pm

Viking at Saints 1991 I believe. Saints won 29-0 and my beloved Vikings didn't run a play past the 50 yard line all day. They did cross it once, on the last play of the first half.

LAglamrocker · Post by **LAglamrocker** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:41 pm

WWF Superstars taping, Main Event Hulk Hogan vs One Man Gang

Chargers game vs Lions

bigbuttskinner · Post by **bigbuttskinner** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:50 pm

Super Bowl II

doctordestructo · Post by **doctordestructo** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:43 pm

Dodgers game in the mid-70's... second was an Angels game in the same season with Nolan Ryan pitching.

TawnyVonJagger · Post by **TawnyVonJagger** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:07 pm

Denver Broncos when I was about 2-ish. Dad had season tix, that my brother still uses now.

killeverything · Post by **killeverything** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:10 pm

Would college count for pro?

If so it was a Texas Longhorns game when I was like 5 or 6, against who I don't remember. Roger Clemens was pitching though.

I can't remember the Sox games when I was really little, because they were before then. The first MLB game I remember was the Cardinals @ SF, I was like 12.

thewonkytits · Post by **thewonkytits** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:09 pm

Andre the Giant vs. Ernie "Big Cat" Ladd in 1977 when I was a little kid. That's the only match I remember. It was amazing seeing Andre in real life.

I remember thinking to myself that was the greatest day of my life!

HMJ · Post by **HMJ** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:57 am

Orioles vs. Athletics at Camden Yards. Got rained out halfway through. Story of my life.

Kid-Wicked · Post by **Kid-Wicked** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:11 am

i think it was a mariners game in the kingdome but it may have been a whitecaps game back in the n.a.s.l days.

Constantine · Post by **Constantine** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:44 am

I made around $500 amercian dollars betting the underdog in the World cup soccer tournament in 2002. I bet against the home team...they were missing their best player for injury.

Tenacious_Dio · Post by **Tenacious_Dio** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:11 am

David_Lee_Halen wrote:Mets vs. the Dodgers at Shea Stadium in '73.

Same here.

WhiteHouseSubsAC · Post by **WhiteHouseSubsAC** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:12 am

Yankee game at the stadium in 78 I think.

K.K.VanMalmsteen · Post by **K.K.VanMalmsteen** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:34 am

It was either the Harlem Globetrotters at Madison Square Garden, the Golden Gloves boxing tournament at MSG, or seeing Tom Seaver pitch for the Mets at Shea. I just cant remember which came first. I was around 6 yrs old, 1976-77.

SLASH1976 · Post by **SLASH1976** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 11:07 am

Ajax - Feyenoord early in the 80's
It's impressive being in a full stadium when you're a kid

djwill665 · Post by **djwill665** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:41 pm

Bears game in the early 70's.

Redman77 · Post by **Redman77** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:48 am

Tigers game in the late 70's.

Crazy Levi · Post by **Crazy Levi** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:06 pm

An Orioles game at Memorial Stadium in the early 1980s. I remember Al Bumbry homered and crowd chanting "EDDIE EDDIE EDDIE" when Eddie Murray was up. I think Jim Palmer pitched too but who can remember that shit I was 7 or 8.

I loved going to those night games...they'd go nice and late. It was fun.

Lardbucket · Post by **Lardbucket** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:19 pm

White Sox vs. Tigers at Comiskey Park in 1972.
Got Stan Bahnsen's autograph (just looked up his stats for '72, and he was 21-16 that year). I loved watching the game through the chain-link fence in the "picnic area" of the left field wall.

Inessence · Post by **Inessence** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:25 pm

No, never been to a Blazers game.

John Simon Ritchie · Post by **John Simon Ritchie** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:19 pm

NHL -Flyers versus Rangers at The Philly Spectrum in the mid 70s.
A Phillies game at The Vet wasn't far behind.

VanDokken · Post by **VanDokken** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:46 pm

Yankees at Orioles 1978

milk-milk-lemonade · Post by **milk-milk-lemonade** » Tue May 17, 2011 10:36 am

Kansas City Royals in '86.

Tymaster · Post by **Tymaster** » Tue May 17, 2011 1:57 pm

I honestly can't remember who/what I saw first: The Browns in Muni, the Cavs in Richfield, or the Reds when they had Bench and Rose...

The Cusack · Post by **The Cusack** » Tue May 24, 2011 1:02 am

Carolina Lightning ASL soccer game in 1983. The league lasted from 1933 to 1983 and did ok in Charlotte. The game I went to probably drew 10,000 or more people.

I saw NWA Wrestling in 1984 when I finally moved to Charlotte with the main event of Ric Flair vs Wahoo McDaniel at the Coliseum.

As for my first "real" professional sporting event, I saw the Charlotte Hornets vs Atlanta Hawks on Easter Sunday in either 1994 or 1995.

GreazyCapri · Post by **GreazyCapri** » Tue May 24, 2011 6:07 am

It was either an Astros or an Oilers game. Not sure which came first.

What was your first pro sporting event?

What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?

Re: What was your first pro sporting event?