I am a new member. I grew up watching the Sox in the 60's and I was present at the last game in '67 when the Sox beat the Twins for the American League pennant.

My moment was Lonborg led off with a surprise bunt to lead off the fifth inning. I will never forget the look on Dean Cahnce's face as Lonnie stood on first. I told my father, "I think this game is over." It was. I took that as my name.

How about the rest of you?

Well I was born in 75 so I missed alot of the older moments, but I would have to say the best for me was Trots walk off HR vs the A's in Gm3 of the ALDS.

I live in NJ and made the long trip up to MASS positive the Sox were done and annoyed that I had tix for Gm3 and 4 and might not even get to use both sets.

That Trot homerun had the stadium and streets rocking like nothing I have EVER been a part of, it was like we just won the WS.

At that point I had ZERO doubt that we would win that series.

Pedro's relief appearance vs. Cleveland in 99. What a game that was!

Dave Henderson's HR against the Angels in game 5 of the '86 ALCS.

(Lost in the Schiraldi/Buckner/Stanley/Gedman/McNamara fiasco that was game 6 of the '86 World Series is the fact the Henderson would have had the game-winning home run in that game had Schiraldi/Stanley been able to close the deal. There'd probably be a statue of Hendu outside Fenway Park.)

My favorite Sox moment while being at Fenway is hands down Game 3 of the ALDS with Trot's game winning homer. I've neard heard Fenway that loud and I certainly never celebrated like that at Fenway. Game 4 was pretty fun too....also game 4 vs Yanks where we won was nice. (I got lucky this year and was able to get tix to 4 Sox playoff games...the only one I didn't go to was Game 3 of ALCS). But none of the games I have ever witnessed in person beat Trot's game winner against the A's.

For regular season - opening day of 2002 was awesome (but not for the Red Sox -the actual game was awful-we lost). It was awesome because the Pats came out behind the huge flag that covered the monster.....Fenway went nuts. It was awesome to see the Pats with their superbowl trophy...good times But still Fenway was never as loud as when Trot hit that homer in game 3....awesome awesome game!



oh one of my favorite games watching on tv: 1999 ALDS vs Cleveland...Game 5 in particular. Pedro coming out of the pen and pitching no hit ball...seeing the look on the face of the Indians fans. One of the best games ever.

Though this playoff series was good, I think the first game I knew that the Red Sox were more than just a baseball team was the great Pedro/Clemens showdown in 2000. Nixon's HR off Fat ass in the 8th was just so incredible. And I'm fairly certain this was a May game, mind you.

Most of mine are pretty recent, I was born in 80, so it's the latter day stuff that sticks in my mind.

Trot's Game 3 HR obviously stands out, I actually called it, my roommates thought I was jinxing him.

O'Leary's two homers in Game 5 of the 99 ALDS. I called those two, my roommates thought I was going to jinx him.

5/28/00 - Trot's HR off of TCM in the Toilet, that was just incredible.

Pedro's 17K's in the Toilet in 99.

Every single clutch hit Ortiz had this year.

Bruno's catch

Of course, Pedro's relief appearance in game 5

Lowe's tailing cutter on Terrance Long

In-person: Trot's 5/28/00 HR in the Toilet.

To see that beautiful baseball leave Trot's bat, rise to eye level (while sitting in upper deck along RF), followed by a quick glance down to surrendering Paul O'Neil, then watching the ball sink into a sea of humanity is a memory I will always cherish.


On TV: Dave Henderson' HR off Donnie Moore (RIP), ALCS 1986

I can still hear Al Michael's voice: "and Downing goes back and it's GONE!... UNBELIEVABLE!". I had completely given up on the season, especially after Hendu's first couple of hacks. The police were on the field waiting to control the 1986 AL Champion California Angels.

To this day, this HR is my stock come-back for anybody who throws Buckner in my face. I simply tell 'em: We were just lucky to be in the 86WS because after Hendu's shot, the rest of the postseason was just gravy for me. Sour gravy, but gravy nonetheless.

In person: Nomo's no-hitter. Greatest baseball game witnessed in person -- it being a Red Sox pitcher was just gravy.

On TV: Trot's three homers May 00, Labor bay 03, Oct 03; Pedro vs. CLE in 99 LDS; Lowe's strikeout pitches to end Game 5 in Oakland.

Honorable mention: the total mass of come-from-behind games in 03, balanced out by the horrific losses.

-Devin

D-Lowe's No-No in '02. The first no-hitter I ever watched.

Close second would be Trot's GW homer against Oakland in the ALDS.

IN PERSON: Tom Brunansky's sliding catch in right field that gave us the 1990 AL East crown against the White Sox.

ON TV: D-Lowe's 2 strikeout pitches against Oakland in the ALDS. There are words to describe the clutch nature of those two single pitches, but I sure can't conjure them. Watching them in slow-motion is to watch the delicate flutter of a U.S. Army 500-pound bunker buster boring down on an unsuspecting Saddam Hussein (or a sleeping civilian family living in poverty ... whatever, right Dubbya?).

HONORABLE MENTION: Pedro imposing his will for 6 shutout innings against one of the best lineups of all time in the ALDS in '99, even though the guy's freakin' arm was hanging off.

There's so many to choose from, really. It takes me back ...

i was 9 years old my father was sitting at the breakfast table. and told me not to rush out to school he was going to drve me in that day. i thought COOL !! we jumped in his car and sure enough he drove right past my school. 2 hours later we were at the fens, sox were playing baltimore yaz homered.. my dad died two months later.. no mater what ever hapens to the sox in my life time, this day will allways be my best day as a sox fan....


~T~

Nice post Thomas. One of my best Fenway games was also a game my father took me to: in 67, against the Tigers, the RS lost, but Bob Tillman hit John Wyatt in the back of the head when he was trying to throw out someone trying to steal second. My father was dozing off next to me because he worked as a baker and did not get enough sleep.

My first game was the only one I ever saw with my father - we won in Milwaukee on a Doug Griffin (!) pinch hit, late. It was Aaron's last season & he was in the line-up. Boomer homered for them.

My other in-person faves are the Brunansky catch, the Jeff Stone game, the first Pedro vs Clemens playoff match-up (the loudest I've ever heard Fenway was when Offerman led off with a triple and Valentin followed with a HR). I guess the offensive explosion vs Cleveland that same year is up there too.

Probably my all time in-person favorite was the Lowe no hitter, as I had my daughter with me. She got to see the no-no & then run the bases after the game - even now at her current age of 7 she doesn't really appreciate just how special that was for her (and me).

I believe this could be the boxscore from your game Cambridge

Red Sox @ Milwaukee August 6, 1975

Nufced: Yes, that was the one.

Note to everyone: Retrosheet.org has every boxscore of every game. Check 'em out.

This is my very first post here, so hopefully I come across as intelligently as possible.
My favorite moment on TV was Hendu's HR in Game 5 of 86 ALCS. I remember watching in one room and not giving up, while my dad went into another to watch football. I remember him saying that he could not stand to watch them going down again. I just had to watch for nothing more than morbid curiosity, and boy was I glad I did.
My favorite in person was Clemens/Petey at the Toilet in 2000. I was in the 15th row in the upper deck behind the dish and I have never seen anything quite like that in person. It felt like a playoff game in May. It was cool, I was in the middle of a section of Sox fans and we were kinda quiet early on, but when Trot had his triple with none out we all went nuts and figured the one they were gonna get would be enough. When they stranded him, I thought that it was their chance gone by. Then when Trot went yard, we came unglued. There was nothing like 20000 fans chanting "let's go Red Sox" in that godforsaken place. The final ground ball to second was a bit scary too after Petey hit a guy.
I was also at the game on Nomar's b-day when he had the 3 HR and the boys put up 22 unanswered after being down 4-0. That was fun too.

well being ancient <_<

My first game came when I was six

8- 8-1956 Vs BAL A W 7- 2

What I remember the most was the color. Baseball for me up to then was black and white tv, and I remember how green the field was and that the catcher's shin guards had a bright orange color.

I remember Ted Williams hitting a homer but it wasn't until I researched the game at the library years later that the game had a footnote in Sox lore. The day before

Ted was booed all thru the game but of course was cheered when he hit the homer.

It WOULD'VE been Game 3 of the 1999 ALCS. My friends waited in line all night for standing room tickets, and I traveled all night by train from Pennsylvania to meet them there. I guaranteed them that I'd be outside of Gate A by 3:30 p.m., and even managed to get there by 3 p.m., probably one of the only times in the last 10 years I was early for something.

So I waited.

And waited.

And waited.

Valentine's shot went into the net, and I heard the screams of adulation.

I gave up waiting, and went home, and made it back to Somerville by the sixth inning. None of my friends answered when I called, so I figured they were too busy watching the game.

I found out later that my friends bought me a standing room ticket, like theirs, from the box office early that morning, but scalped it for $150 at 2 p.m., figuring that I'd be a no-show.

I missed Clemens getting chased in the second inning.

I missed the worst loss in Yankees playoff history.

I missed Pedro's magic.

I'm not bitter, though. Really.

Now, I'd have to go with Trot Nixon's blast against Oakland this year. It started the Sox on the way to another great comeback, and it was about time that Nixon created a definitive moment in Sox history that he'll forever be remembered by.

My favorite Red Sox moment came on opening day 1986. I remember watching the spring training games that were televised, and particularly remember an interview at the end of spring training with Marty Barrett saying that "this was the year the Sox were going to win the series." Now, of course, I believed him, but was waiting for some regular season proof before I got excited.

As you may recall, back in 1986 the MLB opening day tradition was to have the first pitch of the season thrown in Cincinatti (something about the Reds being the oldest team etc.) by a Red's pitcher. It had been a long tradition, and the folks in Cincinatti were quite proud of it. The Sox were in Detroit for the first game of the season, and by some sort of SNAFU, the Tigers-Sox game started before the game in Cincinatti.

Being of high school age, I unfortunately was in class until 2:05 PM and would have to wait until I got home to watch the game. As the dismissal bell range, I sprinted to my car and raced home to turn on the tube. Now being of high school age, I was listening to WAAF and the glam-metal rock (would not be caught dead listening to AM radio in the car) of the time. Halfway home, the DJ announced that Dewey had gone deep in the first inning to put the Sox on top and that the folks in Cincinatti were upset because they did not get the first pitch of the season because of it. What a feeling! The first batter of the 1986 season went deep and better yet it was the Sox! Marty was right! The Sox are going to win the series!

Of course, that opening day game became a microcosm of the Sox season. Started with such promise only to finish with a disapointing loss.

Yes, it is not the greatest moment in Sox history, but I can not think of a better feeling in all my years following the Sox. It was a moment of pure joy that led off one of the most exciting seasons in Sox history. If only I could capture that feeling in a bottle and sell it. Who would have thought a 10 second update by a rock station DJ between songs could mean so much?

I will never forget Dewey's opening day homerun in '86.

Ortiz getting the hit to beat the yankees last year in july.; it was hot and sunstroke was setting in so we watched the end on yawkey way on tv .Great seeing yank fans throwing stuff to the ground.

IN PERSON - Pedro's 100th win as a member of the sox, 9/16/03.

TV - Too many to name, so I'll have to narrow it down;

1) game 5 1999 ALDS. As soon as they walked Nomar the 2nd time, I said to my father "O'Leary is about win us a game." Next pitch - gone. Pedro's 6 innigns of perfect relief seal it.

2) The day after Ortiz's winning hit against the yanks in July. Down 3-0 in the 7th. Varitek hits a 3 run shot to tie it. Damon follows with a solo homer. Sox win 6-4. Manny makes sliding catch for the last out.

3) Games 3, 4, and 5 of the ALDS this year.

i have to say my favorite moment was from this past season when old man zimmer comes flying out of the dugout to attack Pedro( of all people!!) and Pedro sends him to kiss the ground (that Pedro and the Red Sox walk on ...).

When is that old fart gonna realize that he is no match for anybody at his age and that he just needs sit his old fat butt back on that bench. Or better yet, retire....

Best moment of the Pedro-Zimmer fight - The look on Ortiz's face. He just kinda turned to Pedro with a look like "what the hell?"

I should add another moment.

Game 5 of the ALDS this year when that Oakland fan got choked out by the cop. I loved he was jawing at Ortiz, Kapler and Timlin. Good choices. A massive angry Dominican, a guy who used to be a bodybuilder, and a guy who is 6'7.

My favorite would definetly be Trot's game 3 ALDS homer, It was midnight and I was really tired and I watched it go out and I couldn't believe my eyes that really happened.

This was a tough decision...When I was a kid my father caught a Eddie Murray homerun ball, that was my most memorable for a while, But I would have say that trot's homerun in last years ALDS to beat the A's was my favorite moment @fenway. There is something to be said about hugging a complete stranger because of a decisive hit and neither one of you feeling awkward after.

Kim giving the crowd the finger was my least favorite (coincidently the same game).

of course most of you know, my fenway trips i can still count on one hand, so i feel a little like i shouldn't be writing here...but many people witnessed this moment, knew i was there and have asked me about it...
i've always had a special place in my heart for clemens since april 29, 1986...and when i got a chance to wing out to fenway for his "last trip" on the mound there, i was quietly excited and thought i may be the only person there that wasn't a yankee fan savoring and thoroughly appreciating the moment...so when the entire stadium rose, clapped and gave him his much deserved props, i burst into tears...then we all sat down and everyone went back to hating his guts...but i think that will be my favorite moment at the fens for a very long time...unless, i'm sitting there the last sunday october

One of my favorite memories was as a young lad. I woke up in the middle of the night to find my dad still watching the game. Soon thereafter, Tim Naehring hit a home run to win it in the 19th against Cleveland.

In person would have been the DLowe no-hitter, but I wasn't able to go. So I guess the honor goes to Patriots Day 2002 when at 930am, some guy yelled "Hey Wells, I bet you've been drinking since 6am like I have"

The most memorable game that I've seen in person was the day D. Lowe won his 20th game of '02. It was completely inconsequential, but it was nice to take it one last great baseball moment before summer ended.


The one game I will never forget would have to be Game 3 of the 2003 ALDS. I was watching with a bunch of people from my school, and as soon as the game went into extra innings my friend and I predicted that Trot would end the game his first AB. And then Trot came up and launched it.


A runner up would be that game against Florida in '03 when they set the record for most runs scored before the first out of the game. A friend offered me tickets to the game but I had a commitment that afternoon that I couldn't get out of, and made it home just in time to watch the bottom of the 1st. Still kinda upset that I missed the fireworks.

I came home from a church event and ran in the house to watch Sox/Yanks on the Game of the Week. I turned it on and the first pitch I watched was a Nomar HR into the Triangle.

Game 3 ALDS - Trot hitting the HR. And the bad baserunning.

Game 4 ALDS - Driving to my grandmas house during the top of the 8th. Showing my family what the Sox are like to me as I celebrated Ortiz's big hit.

Game 3 ALCS - Pedro/Zimmer

Sometime in August - My first game at Fenway. Sox are playing Toronto and Halladay's pitching. He looks unstoppable as T.O. takes a 3-0 lead. I watch the Sox come back to win 6-3 as every run is scored with HR bombs all around me.

"One of my favorite memories was as a young lad. I woke up in the middle of the night to find my dad still watching the game. Soon thereafter, Tim Naehring hit a home run to win it in the 19th against Cleveland."

Maybe someone with a better memory can help out here, but wasn't Naerhing's 19th inning HR on a Saturday afternoon?

Just looked it up on retrosheet.org - it was an afternoon game. Sounds like you woke up from an afternoon nap for this one!

I remember it because I watched in a bar (the Cellar, in Cambridge). I recall that I drank Cokes until they went into extra innings & then switched to pints of Bass. Needless to say, by the time Naerhing homered I was getting sloshed. Not as bad as it would have been had I started with beer at gametime though!