Wrigley at Night − 8 August, 1988
8-8-88 is an easy date to remember. Maybe that is why it was chosen to be the first modern era night game at Wrigley Field. I went with my father, one of his business clients, and my friend Don. The game didn't count, with a torrential downpour killing the game in the 4th inning. Ryne Sandberg had homered, but the most memorable play was Pat Perry and some teammates sliding around on the big blue tarp. Dad's business pal wanted to leave as soon as the rains came, but Don and I made everyone stick around until the game was officially called. The honor of the first official night game came in a 6-4 win over the Mets, but the Phillie game counts in my book.
Someplace, buried in boxes of memorabilia, I've got my ticket stubs, the partial scorecard and a commerative coin.
Four years later, the 8-8 date took meaning. I was married to Amy in 1992.
Someplace, buried in boxes of memorabilia, I've got my ticket stubs, the partial scorecard and a commerative coin.
Four years later, the 8-8 date took meaning. I was married to Amy in 1992.
Comments:
kga245 (January 7, 2007. 04:11am)
Nice.
kga245 (January 7, 2007. 04:19am)
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_8" target="new">I just looked up this date in wikipedia. Fun.</a>
kmakice (January 8, 2007. 10:37pm)
If I ever get organized enough to get my memorabilia out of boxes, I'll snap a picture of the commemorative coin and scan in the boxscore (unofficial as it was).
kga245 (January 8, 2007. 10:46pm)
Cool. I'd love to see 'em both. Nice bit of sports trivia that one, actually. An incomplete game. I remember when Jose Conseco got the 40/40 record and they had a similar stat about Bobby Bonds doing it in the 162nd game only to get his 40th homer erased by a rain-out. Was it Bonds? I can't remember. Anyway, you know what I mean.