Best Opening Day Game

[Redskins Rick]

2003 Snowpening Day was my favorite.....

From the Sun:

March 31, 2003, at Camden Yards: Orioles 6, Indians 5 Kenneth K. Lam, Baltimore Sun

Four times, the Orioles have opened in March -- and this year they pay for the early start. Third-inning snow triggers a Cleveland rally when right fielder Jay Gibbons loses a fly ball in the squall. But the Orioles rally twice to tie the score, in the eighth and 12th innings, before winning on a bases-loaded single by Gary Matthews in the 13th. It matches the longest home opener (in innings) in team history.

[markdublya]

One already mentioned and one not...

The Clemens game that apparently sent him running in rage around the Memorial Stadium neighborhood.

And 2004 - The year that we got the Sunday night game. Javy Lopez homered in his (and Miggy's) Oriole debut, beating Pedro and the BoSox on National TV.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL200404040.shtml

Friday will mark my 22nd straight home opener and I hope that game replaces all of these...

[Living_Legend]

April 10th, 2015

I was pregaming at the Casino, won $82,512, drank and eat like a king, the they took me to the game in a limo, instantly got a seat upgrade to behind the mound. I gave the Oriole hitters pointers and they told buck about the incredible knowledge i provided. Then I was welcomed onto the field in the 7th inning with a coaching contract and helped the O's win 47 to 0.

It was a great night but then after the game the Orioles did a background check on me and had to release me out of my contract. But this was a day I would never forget.

[isestrex]

I don't recall very many from the ye olden days, but I had season plan and attended on.........

April 6, 2009, six years ago to the day today.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL200904060.shtml

I'll always have a fond memory for that one, absolutely destroying the Yankees (CC especially) in our house. Topped off by a Cesar Izturis 2 run jack.

Jeremy Guthrie got the win.

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[murph]

2013, got a seat at the last minute for a decent price for right behind home plate, great seat. The place erupted with the Davis 3 run hr to put us up for good in the 7th. Was good weather and a great game.

[Mayor McCheese]

2013, got a seat at the last minute for a decent price for right behind home plate, great seat. The place erupted with the Davis 3 run hr to put us up for good in the 7th. Was good weather and a great game.

It was nice and sunny that day. I am not hearing good things about Friday though

[spiritof66]

The excitement of Opening Day is that I've made it through another winter and there are six months, maybe seven, of Oriole baseball to look forward to.

For me, the Opening Day games themselves aren't a big deal. I've been to three (I think) at the old Yankee Stadium -- all cold, one in the snow, one in freezing rain. Lots of non-fans who don't know much about what's going on and leave in the middle of the game even if it's close. Even a NYY loss on Opening Day is less satisfying since they have 161 (or a few less) left to turn it around.

Going to a game on a warm summer day, a breezy summer night, or a fall-in-the-air September day or night in the midst of a pennant race has it all over Opening Day. If I'm going to freeze at OPACY, I'd much rather do it in mid-October than on Opening Day.

[crissfan172]

2013, got a seat at the last minute for a decent price for right behind home plate, great seat. The place erupted with the Davis 3 run hr to put us up for good in the 7th. Was good weather and a great game.

As someone that was there and watched that video over 100 times, it was a grand slam.

[Dipper9]

2013, got a seat at the last minute for a decent price for right behind home plate, great seat. The place erupted with the Davis 3 run hr to put us up for good in the 7th. Was good weather and a great game.

The place was rocking that day!

[fansince1988]

April 1, 2002

Orioles beat the Yankees 10-3, and later that evening Maryland won the national championship in basketball.

http://m.mlb.com/bal/video/topic/26338934/v20087901/batistas-opening-day-grand-slam-in-02-is-moment-20/?c_id=bal

[murph]

As someone that was there and watched that video over 100 times, it was a grand slam.

Funny, that was my initial recollection too, but knowing how well I recollect at times, I checked on bbref first. They show it as a 3 run HR and Davis only having 3 RBI's for the day.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TBA/TBA201304020.shtml

EDIT: As soon as I hit submit, I realized my mistake, we started on the road in 2013....whoops, but I was at the home opener and boy did Davis start on fire that year!

The place was rocking that day!

Yes, yes it was!

[Frobby]

Well, yesterday was a pretty good day for me. I asked my wife to set our DVR to record the game, and planned to arrive home at 4 pm and watch on delay so I could skip all the commercials but get caught up by the end. I started to watch, and unfortunately, in the bottom of the first inning the recording suddenly switched to a screen that just had some "MASN 2" graphics up, and as I tried to fast forward through what I assumed were brief network technical difficulties, there appeared to be no end to it. So, I had to go to the live feed, which by that time was in the bottom of the fifth inning. So, I missed about half the game, but got to see the Snider throw home, the Pearce homer, the Pearce scoring play at the plate, Flaherty's homer, and most importantly, the O's walking off the field victorious.

Then I got to watch my Blue Devils win the National Championship. Not a bad two-fer for me, though I'm sure that there weren't many OHers happy about that nightcap. For me, it's a day I will remember for a long time.

[srock]

I'm selfishly hoping this Friday will be most memorable ever.

My Aunt knows a guy who has something to do with a Budweiser truck. So "memorable" could be a fuzzy term.

[ShaneDawg85]

I've only been to one Opening Day in my years, and that was 2002. It was an adventure getting down there, it was colder than I'd thought it would be, and there was an aura hanging in the air that this would be the first Opening Day without Cal, or Brady for that matter, in a very long time. Pounding the Yankees into the ground, if for only one game, was an awesome experience, and the team even gave some reason for optimism for a good part of the season. Then the wheels fell off, big time. But hey, it started great.

Last years Opening Day was pretty great, and I didn't even get to see all of it because I was at a conference and missed the beginning of the game to a meeting. But I got back to my hotel room and watched it from maybe the 5th inning onward because it was on ESPN, and was on pins and needles like it was a World Series game. The Cruz jack to break the tie, and then watching the stunned look of disbelief on the faces in the Boston dugout with how it ended gave me a feeling something good could happen this year. Boy did it ever.

[Redskins Rick]

I'm selfishly hoping this Friday will be most memorable ever.

My Aunt knows a guy who has something to do with a Budweiser truck. So "memorable" could be a fuzzy term.

If they get the game in.