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Message: [QUOTE="Doctor Hoop, post: 5005956, member: 6845"] I’ve got three sort of interesting ones. First, I was at the old Boston Garden for the last game played there, a Bruins-Canadiens exhibition, September, 1995. Got to shake hands with a host of Bruins legends on the way in including Orr, Esposito and Bucyk. [URL='https://www.bruinsinsider.com/nhl/news/on-this-day-the-bruins-played-their-last-game-at-the-boston-garden']Link[/URL] Also was on the sidelines for the infamous (in Washington and Philly) 1990 ‘Body Bag game’ on MNF between the Eagles and Redskins. They kept carting Redskins off the field until Brian Mitchell had to QB at the end. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Bag_Game']Link[/URL]. Finally, I was in Boston Garden February 1978 for the first round of the Beanpot (BU 12, BC 5) when the Blizzard of ‘78 shut down the northeast, and the Garden stayed open to keep fans safe. [URL='https://www.boston.com/news/history/2018/01/30/blizzard-of-78-beanpot-boston-garden/']Link[/URL]. Addendum: Sorry, one more. I was in Baltimore at Camden Yards for an Orioles-Red Sox game August 11, 1994. Heavy rain halted the game in the 3rd, and we hung in there for 2+ hours having a great time until it was called … and that was the last game of the season. Baseball went on strike at midnight that night. [URL='https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/baseball-strike-in-1994-95-began-25-years-ago']Link[/URL] [/QUOTE]