The stakes were high, although I would be at more momentous contests.
Whether in that first glimpse of the field, or later during the game, with Vada Pinson in centerfield and Frank Robinson in right, it all launched my life-long love affair with both those players and the Reds. He whispers in his ear saying there’s a party at Ara’s house. The Irish momentum carried them down to the seven.
I don’t remember the walk, just being waved down and parking.
First down Tigers.The story below is from Bob Young of Oradell, N.J.Off we go and we were met at the door by Ara’s wife, welcomed in and asked what we’d like to drink. Then hold them, like we did all day so far, and get the ball back in good field position to try and score.LSU went three-and-out. The vocal sample is from "What You Won't Do for Love" by Bobby Caldwell.
What I do remember so vividly it is burned into my memory, as much as my first view of my newborn son, is walking through the tunnel into the stands and seeing the field for the first time. I don’t really have a memory of the game itself, only that my father began teaching me how to score a game. Still being a keen fan, I asked if we could go to the LSU game in November of 1970.We went back, flew in on a Friday, hooked up at a local hotel and Dad contacted his old co-worker, Jim Cooney. Joe Theismann was operating the nation’s top-ranked offense for the Irish.Have to backtrack to my senior year in high school, and football was in season. And email us at usatodaysports@usatoday.com to share the moment or reason that you first felt *that* connection with sports. I explained to dad and Jim that we should punt, and hope to pin them deep down field. On the drive to one of the games, parking and walking into Riverfront Stadium, the Reds home at the time, we talked about our family history stretching back over several generations. A priest approaches my dad and mistakes him for someone else. The infield was that pale brown that is only found in professional baseball fields. My dad, who has since passed, asked me to pick a Notre Dame game to go to as he wanted to go back to see a former colleague.
Fast forward to 1999. And email us at usatodaysports@usatoday.com to share the moment or reason that you first felt *that* connection with sports. "Do for Love" (originally titled "Sucka 4 Luv" in its unreleased form) was the second posthumously released single by Tupac Shakur from his second posthumous album R U Still Down? We miss sports so much so that we started asking ourselves this question: What was the moment or reason that we fell in love with sports in the first place? But that’s it.
The Irish later had possession with 6:50 to go facing a 4th down at the LSU 44. Ara greets us as not too many people were there yet. The Reds won enough of those Cardinal games to keep their playoff hopes alive, but eventually tied with the hated Mets for the wild card and lost the play-in game. When we got about a mile from the neighborhood, there were men waving us into various parking spots.
Healthy (named as such for having survived a cholera epidemic in the 1800s). Send us pictures if you can. My father picked one, parked the car, paid the man, and we walked to the park – about a mile walk. Jim Yoder’s 10th punt in the game rolled out of bounds at the 1-yard line.
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