Kids at OPACY without tickets

[allstar1579]

I thought CF seats were not part of season plans?

Very edge of LF/CF, used to have section 74, but switched over to section 80 and 82 in recent years to try to get away from all the Sox/Skanks fans that invade.

[Mad Mark]

I have to admit that we've never taken Satchel and Kramer to a game, and they're 5 1/2...oh, wait, they're dogs!
Sorry.
Carry on.

[allstar1579]

I have to admit that we've never taken Satchel and Kramer to a game, and they're 5 1/2...oh, wait, they're dogs!
Sorry.
Carry on.

You should take them to Bowie for one of the Bark in the Park days. Our 2 dogs loved it, people kept handing out treats and stuff left and right, they got so spoiled.

[Pedro Cerrano]

Hey, what's this thread all about?

[allstar1579]

Hey, what's this thread all about?

How long you been fishin' man? That's the best chunk of bait I've seen in a long while

[ChaosLex]

There are some old threads that deserve a BUMP every once in awhile. This is one of those threads.

[BaltimoreTerp]

There are some old threads that deserve a BUMP every once in awhile. This is one of those threads.

God bless you, sir!

[MikeAD]

My mom took me to my first game, the second to last game at Memorial Stadium when I had just turned 4 that July. I have many great memories. I actually did bother the folks behind them once, I remember getting told to stop, and them laughing. I'm glad my mom isn't OldFan.

We should bump a lot of these old threads. I sort of wanted the Ravens to get Kyle Boller as Flacco's backup this year just to imagine his head exploding.

[crissfan172]

My mom took me to my first game, the second to last game at Memorial Stadium when I had just turned 4 that July. I have many great memories. I actually did bother the folks behind them once, I remember getting told to stop, and them laughing. I'm glad my mom isn't OldFan.

We should bump a lot of these old threads. I sort of wanted the Ravens to get Kyle Boller as Flacco's backup this year just to imagine his head exploding.

It always amazes me that people can tell stories about their first baseball game. I was so young that I have no clue when I first went. It's just always been a part of my life.

[weams]

To me taking a two year old to a baseball game is flat out stupid.

Even if it is one of those parks that has a rec area for kids, what is the point of doing this as the parent will might as well stay home and watch the game on tv as he would see more of it and still be able to spend time with his kid without all the whining? The kid sure wouldn't care.

Ah, the good old days.

[MikeAD]

It always amazes me that people can tell stories about their first baseball game. I was so young that I have no clue when I first went. It's just always been a part of my life.

I remember very little, I remember bothering the family behind us and getting in trouble, I remember the ride over because we got really lost, and I remember going to my uncles afterward. As far as the game, I couldn't tell you what happened on the field. I screamed like crazy for Billy Ripken.

[Dipper9]

How does sitting in section 384 pose a risk to a child? That's the left field upper deck, by the way.

CMon Scottie. Have you seen those railings lately? The kid could obviously fall over the railing while chasing butterflies in the upper deck!!!!

[RichmondOsFan]

It always amazes me that people can tell stories about their first baseball game. I was so young that I have no clue when I first went. It's just always been a part of my life.

Got linked to this thread from another one talking about finding good seats for kids. Anyway, seeing this comment reminded me of my first trip to a baseball game back in 1979 (?). I was living in Louisiana at the time, and visiting my grandparents in Maryland during the summer along with my younger brother.

We had always been Orioles fans, having been born in D.C. and then moved to Baton Rouge at a very young age after my Dad got out of the military, so it was very exciting to finally see Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, which I had rarely even seen on TV given where I was living. Anyway, my grandparents snagged tickets to see a game, and we got there really early for the night game, parked the car, and walked around the outside of the ballpark. My grandmother eventually found an open gate with a security guard and started talking to him while my grandfather watched me and my brother play catch in the grass (we'd brought a ball and gloves).

Next thing I know, we're walking into the underbelly of the stadium with my grandparents and this guard -- nobody is telling me or my brother what is going on -- to an empty area with some office doors. Few minutes later... Orioles start showing up in street clothes. My grandmother had talked the security guard into letting us into the locker room entrance area to meet the players. Jim Palmer, Eddie Murray, Rick Dempsey, Dennis Martinez, Rich Dauer, Scott McGregor, Mike Flanagan, Tippy Martinez, Sammy Stewart, Steve Stone, Gary Roenicke ... all these guys and more came in one after the other, and every one of them took the time to stop and say hello to us, and to autograph their player page in my dog-eared 'baseball almanac' that I carried everywhere, and to take Polaroid pictures with us that are still in an album to this day, proof of all those wicked horrible haircuts that ruled the era.

It was the best day ever.

[Dipper9]

Got linked to this thread from another one talking about finding good seats for kids. Anyway, seeing this comment reminded me of my first trip to a baseball game back in 1979 (?). I was living in Louisiana at the time, and visiting my grandparents in Maryland during the summer along with my younger brother.

We had always been Orioles fans, having been born in D.C. and then moved to Baton Rouge at a very young age after my Dad got out of the military, so it was very exciting to finally see Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, which I had rarely even seen on TV given where I was living. Anyway, my grandparents snagged tickets to see a game, and we got there really early for the night game, parked the car, and walked around the outside of the ballpark. My grandmother eventually found an open gate with a security guard and started talking to him while my grandfather watched me and my brother play catch in the grass (we'd brought a ball and gloves).

Next thing I know, we're walking into the underbelly of the stadium with my grandparents and this guard -- nobody is telling me or my brother what is going on -- to an empty area with some office doors. Few minutes later... Orioles start showing up in street clothes. My grandmother had talked the security guard into letting us into the locker room entrance area to meet the players. Jim Palmer, Eddie Murray, Rick Dempsey, Dennis Martinez, Rich Dauer, Scott McGregor, Mike Flanagan, Tippy Martinez, Sammy Stewart, Steve Stone, Gary Roenicke ... all these guys and more came in one after the other, and every one of them took the time to stop and say hello to us, and to autograph their player page in my dog-eared 'baseball almanac' that I carried everywhere, and to take Polaroid pictures with us that are still in an album to this day, proof of all those wicked horrible haircuts that ruled the era.

It was the best day ever.

And just think, OldFan would say you shouldn't have even been there!!!!

[Old#5fan]

Color me stupid, but I fail to see how any child under the age of being able to walk and talk can possibly benefit from going to any professional sport's even as a spectator. Maybe a circus, Disney movie (if a cartoon) or something like that but even that is a bit of a stretch for a 3 year old or younger. I see kids all the time in church who literally drive their parents nuts, as they spend more time trying to handle the child than anything else. Almost invariably the kid will act up during a reading or sermon by the Priest. I know it seems like a nice idea, but in practice - sort of dumb. At any rate, I don't know how old RichmondOsfan was when he went to his first game with his grandparents, but it sounds like he was older than a toddler from his vivid description. I have no problem at all with a 5 year old kid going as I think they would love the game, perhaps even some four year olds might, especially with other children their age or older. But younger than that is a waste the kid's time as well as the parents. I went to my first O's game in 1963 and I was 8 years old. I loved it but when Russ Snyder hit his walk off home run all I saw was the back of people standing up and yelling. I remember hearing a cow bell going off. So even as an 8 year old, I couldn't see the best part! I did love it though and will always remember it. My Dad took me with a guy he worked with who drove a volkswagon Beetle and I rode in the back! An hour and 45 minute drive from Hagerstown down old 40 to Baltimore! (No AC back then).