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Message: [QUOTE="cwh20, post: 5006137, member: 13009"] I was at the 1976 Chambliss walk off homer game 5 when the Yankees defeated George Brett (late three run homer to tie the game in the 8th I think) and the Royals to get their ticket punched to the World Series. It fits here because I’m not a Yankee fans and I had no idea I’d be at the game the day before. I was 14 and my mom’s boss invited her. I don’t know how she pulled that off as this wasn’t some mid week regular season game. The stadium was electric all game and erupted when Chambliss connected. In the aftermath everything was gone from the field. All the bases including home plate, the pitcher’s rubber and there were even the large blue, padded outfield panels on the ground. Did someone think they could take them home unnoticed? My brother, also not a Yankees fan, was in the stands along the first base line when Billy Martin decided to pull Reggie Jackson from the game mid inning and Reggie raced in to confront Martin setting off all kinds of fire works. Some live disappointments because I love watching great center fielders were Chet Lemon getting tossed in the top half of the first for arguing strike calls at Fenway and Griffey Jr being the Dan Hurley and not playing CF at Camden Yards. He struck out three times! [/QUOTE]