I remember this night clearly. That is the old Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia in the background. The Phillies played the Chicago Cubs - you can read the box score and game rundown by clicking here. Sister Beth and her then-boyfriend and now-husband Ron were in town for the series. Ron is a life-long Cubs fan - in fact he's named after Cub's great Ron Santo.
The game was awesome - not only did the Phillies win - which was sayin' something, they were worst in their division that year, but the game was chockfull of interesting players.
The Cubs had Ryne Sandberg, Luis Salazar and Heathcliff Slocumb. The Phillies had Terry Mulholland, Micky Morandini, Darren Dalton and my favorite, John Kruk.
I've had several closer-to God moments in baseball parks. That night was one of them. Baseball and family. That beer in my hand had nothing to do with the feeling. Swear.
[on a side note, that was one of my favorite dresses. ever. I wonder what happened to it...]
I wrote on the back of the photograph:
Nora Spitznogle
31 y.o.
9.23.92
Vet Stadium
Philadelphia PA
2 comments:
Look at that cutie-patootie! You appear too young to have been drinking a beer.
Now that sounds like fun. I recognize all of those names. Lucky you.
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