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UKFlounder · 04-18-2009, 04:21 PM

Being in the stadium to see Johnny Bench hit a home run on Johnny Bench night in 1983, then wanting to go to the 580 gift shop to buy the ball since you could buy home run balls there (I have one that Ron Oester hit and somebody got for me one time.)

Playing wise, I played center field one day and made a running catch and when I came in after the inning the other team's coach - who happened to be my elementary school principal- asking me how I could do such a thing against his team as he had a big, friendly smile on his face.

04-18-2009, 04:21 PM	#3
UKFlounder Go Reds Go! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Northern KY Posts: 1,823	Re: What is the most powerful baseball memory from your childhood? Being in the stadium to see Johnny Bench hit a home run on Johnny Bench night in 1983, then wanting to go to the 580 gift shop to buy the ball since you could buy home run balls there (I have one that Ron Oester hit and somebody got for me one time.) Playing wise, I played center field one day and made a running catch and when I came in after the inning the other team's coach - who happened to be my elementary school principal- asking me how I could do such a thing against his team as he had a big, friendly smile on his face.