Have you attended a World Series game?

[saturdaysarebetter]

Have you attended a World Series game? I was going to add in person but that would be redundant although in many cases announced attendance figures are the amount of tickets sold and not those in actual attendance as it should be. But I digress.

I have not and it's a giant vacuum on my sports bucket resume and being a Pirates fan it may be a hopeless cause which may lead me to go to Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland or Philadelphia one day if I ever hope to attend a World Series game.

So what WS games have you been to?

 

[NoSoup4U]

Yes sir all for the---- Phitin's
1980, 1983, 1993, 2009, 2022

 

[EricStratton-RushChairman]

Yes... 2018 Red Sox game in Fenway and 2020 when they bubbled at Texas Rangers stadium.

However, when I was 10 back in fall of 1975 my Dad told me he had 2 tickets to a Red Sox playoff game and 2 tickets to upcoming ND/BC football game. I was oldest son so I got to choose. I chose poorly and my 7 year old brother got to attend the 6th game of the 1975 WS, the Fisk homerun game.

 

[JWB389]

Source of contention with my wife. 1998, Yankees vs Padres. I get an invitation. All expenses paid for game 1. I’ve been a Yankee fan for as long as I can remember. I also have season tix at PSU and we play Drew Brees and Purdue the same night. I can’t let my Penn State tickets go to waste. I go to the PSU game.

My wife’s favorite player, Tino Martinez hits a grand slam that night. They go on to sweep. Wife is mad at me for a week every October since. She thinks I’m a complete idiot for giving up a World Series ticket to attend one of about 150 PSU games I would eventually attend. I have to agree with her.

 

[PSUalum2007]

Yes, 2022 Game 5 Astros Phillies

 

[Steve JG]

Have you attended a World Series game? I was going to add in person but that would be redundant although in many cases announced attendance figures are the amount of tickets sold and not those in actual attendance as it should be. But I digress.

I have not and it's a giant vacuum on my sports bucket resume and being a Pirates fan it may be a hopeless cause which may lead me to go to Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland or Philadelphia one day if I ever hope to attend a World Series game.

So what WS games have you been to?

1979 Pirates at 3 Rivers

 

[ODShowtime]

Best I have on the resume is NHL ECF.

 

[Connorpozlee]

Never. I did go to a Yankees playoff game (‘96 maybe?). I was at Reggie Jackson’s 400th HR game. Orlando Cepeda was coaching with the White Sox and spotted my father outside the stadium before the game. They were teammates in the minor leagues so he invited my father to come in with him. My father leaves me and my sister with my aunt and cousins. My father then finds his way up to the Yankees broadcast booth to talk to Bill White (or friend and former teammate of his brother, my uncle) and also hangs out with the Yankees traveling secretary at the time (pre-Costanza), who was his best friend growing up. 9th inning, my father shows back up at our seats hammered. Seems like a good time was had by all!

 

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Phils 1980 1983 2018

 

[EPC FAN]

Phillies 1980, 1983, 1993, 2008, 2009, 2022.

 

[Pacolt]

Yes the Phils no hit game vs Astros. Place was nuts.

 

[cac@PSU]

Pirate games in 1971 and 1979. Have no hope for an another Pirate World Series game in Pittsburgh..,

 

[jp3272]

Yes. 2008 Phillies vs Rays game 5. The continuation game over two evenings which was the eventual series winner. Got to go to evening #1 with my Dad and evening #2 with my brother since my Dad had to wake up early for work.

 

[Keyser Soze 16802]

I was offered a ticket for Game 1 in 2008 and was too lazy to travel to Tampa

 

[MrTailgate]

Back in the day, a buddy of mine and me were pretty heavy into sports memorabilia. Set up at big shows for a number of years and we had a lot of treasures pass through our hands during that time.

It was hard to get us really excited given what we bought sold and traded over that time.

But a friend of ours pulled out an item from his personal collection one day. The story was just as cool as the item. He said his dad was given great tix and when he went to the game at Fenway the whole row in front of him was empty as game time approached. All of a sudden, a bunch of suits came in and swept the row and the people around the row. There was a buzz and then my buddy realized why.

The suits were Secret Service and the people who sat directly in front of him and his dad was Bobby, Teddy, and Rose Kennedy. He had them all sign his program and he still had it. I wanted that program bad, never got it though. Wonder where it is today.

 

[Mufasa94]

1979 Game 3 (Pirates lost)

 

[fairgambit]

I've told this story before so I will try to shorten it. My family started getting Pirate season tickets (4) in 1958. I was 11 years old in 1960 and my parents said I could go to 2 of 4 possible home games. The Bucs won game 1 but I picked game 2 which they lost 16-3. The next 3 were in New York and the Pirates won two. They came home up 3 games to 2. My Mom says you can go to game 6 or a possible game 7. Of course I take game 6 which the Bucs lost 12-0. I have now seen 2 games that the Pirates have lost by a combined score of 28-3. I might mention my favorite player at age 11 was Bill Mazeroski. I go to school for game 7 (no night games in those days). My Mom goes to the game. The Pirates come up in the 9th with the score tied 9-9. The first batter up was #9, Bill Mazeroski. Score tied 9-9 and #9 at bat. My Mom was deeply religious but was a heavy smoker despite all efforts by my Dad and me to get her to stop. She says a prayer and promises God that if the Pirates win the game she will never smoke another cigarette. My hero, Bill Mazeroski, sends the second pitch of Ralph Terry over the left center field wall and the Bucs win a classic. I miss the greatest moment in my hero's career, but it was worth it. My Mom kept her promise to God. She never smoked again.

 

[wbcbus]

I've attended every Pirates World Series game of my lifetime.

 

[kgilbert78]

My highest level in each sport: NHL, Stanley Cup round 2 (was at the clincher when the Jackets took out Tampa in 4) and ASG; baseball, Game 1 NLDS Cards at Phils 2011, ASG in CIncy; football, 1994 Rose Bowl plus the odd Iggles game (no playoffs); European soccer, Champions Cup semifinal (5 DM tickets!) in 1978 Liverpool at Gladbach in Duesseldorf; World Cup, 1994 second round; MLS, three MLS Cup games and ASG; NBA, nothing, except a Sixers loss during the 9-73 season.

My dad promised to take me to the WS in 1964.... Oh well. We used some of the inheritance to go to that 2011 game, the night before my parent's memorial service in Manayunk. He owed me!

 

[TiogaLion]

I've attended every Pirates World Series game of my lifetime.

Have there been any?

 

[SleepyLion]

Have there been any?

I missed th '79 WS. Other than that I have perfect attendance for the Pirates WS appearances during my lifetime.
I have been to SCF game 2 (Pens win), a SB (Steelers loss) and B1G championship game (PSU win).

 

[PhillyBillyReprise]

I have attended Phillies World Series games in ‘80, ‘83, ‘93 & ‘08. I was at both games in the split game in ‘08. I also attended the all-Star game. I have played softball at the Vet. I have played poker in a deluxe box in January.

 

[TiogaLion]

I missed th '79 WS. Other than that I have perfect attendance for the Pirates WS appearances during my lifetime.
I have been to SCF game 2 (Pens win), a SB (Steelers loss) and B1G championship game (PSU win).

Well, this doesn't answer my question. New question; which ones have you attended?

 

[AvgUser]

Well, this doesn't answer my question. New question; which ones have you attended?

I think you missed the joke

 

[SleepyLion]

Well, this doesn't answer my question. New question; which ones have you attended?

Well, it kind of answers your question...
...none of them. As a suffering Pirates fan (I've actually stopped caring about them) I never attended or wanted to attend a WS. I will not watch/ listen a MLB game until the Pirates have 3 wins in the WS. I'll tune in then.

 

[Psumatt85]

Have you attended a World Series game? I was going to add in person but that would be redundant although in many cases announced attendance figures are the amount of tickets sold and not those in actual attendance as it should be. But I digress.

I have not and it's a giant vacuum on my sports bucket resume and being a Pirates fan it may be a hopeless cause which may lead me to go to Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland or Philadelphia one day if I ever hope to attend a World Series game.

So what WS games have you been to?

2007 Fenway, 1993 vet

 

[CDLionFL]

My highest level in each sport: NHL, Stanley Cup round 2 (was at the clincher when the Jackets took out Tampa in 4) and ASG; baseball, Game 1 NLDS Cards at Phils 2011, ASG in CIncy; football, 1994 Rose Bowl plus the odd Iggles game (no playoffs); European soccer, Champions Cup semifinal (5 DM tickets!) in 1978 Liverpool at Gladbach in Duesseldorf; World Cup, 1994 second round; MLS, three MLS Cup games and ASG; NBA, nothing, except a Sixers loss during the 9-73 season.

My dad promised to take me to the WS in 1964.... Oh well. We used some of the inheritance to go to that 2011 game, the night before my parent's memorial service in Manayunk. He owed me!

No World Series for me either. Highest I've gotten was ALDS Games 3 & 4 A's-Twins in 2002.

But I have been to two NCAA Basketball Championship games and Game 7 of Calgary-Tampa in 2004.

I think the only way I'd go to a World Series game is if I happened to work it for media, someone got me a pretty cheap ticket, or my team was playing in it.