It's Opening Day! (for real, for real)

[Moose Milligan]

It's Opening DAYAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY

For me, it's better than Christmas.  Christmas lasts one day....baseball is the gift that keeps on giving.

What are your favorite Opening Day memories?

 

[MurphDogg]

No more sleeps! We made it to baseball season! Congrats everyone.

[InsideCoroner]

I was pretty excited walking up today realizing that I get to watch real, live baseball in front of some fans. 

Due to distance (or the team starting the season on the road when I was in the area), I have only made it to two OD games, 2016 and 2017... but both of those were walk-off wins. 

[glenn__davis]

1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

It's Opening DAYAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY

For me, it's better than Christmas.  Christmas lasts one day....baseball is the gift that keeps on giving.

What are your favorite Opening Day memories?

 

The game specifically that I think off is OD at Camden Yards and Rick Sutcliffe.

But more generally, I remember my mom would always come pick me up from school early so I could watch the game.  I've continued that tradition with my own kids.  Will be leaving work today and picking up my kids around 1PM for a "family activity".

[Chuck A]

I can't remember the year but watching the outfielders trying to catch fly balls in the snow on opening day.  It was a cold April afternoon.

[mrbig1]

My 57th opening day. I was 9 in 1964.

[Frobby]

18 minutes ago, Chuck A said:

I can't remember the year but watching the outfielders trying to catch fly balls in the snow on opening day.  It was a cold April afternoon.

Pretty sure I went to that game.    Late 90’s early 00’s I think.   Jerry Hairston era? 

Pause...my memory is good!   2003, and it ended on a Gary Matthews walk-off hit in the 13th.

https://www.masnsports.com/orioles-buzz/2017/12/orioles-classics-tbt-snowy-opening-day-comes-in-as-opacy-classic-game-no-10.html

 

[Frobby]

The O’s have had several Opening Day walk-offs, and those probably top my list.   In recent years there was the Wieters walk-off single in ‘16 (which I attended) and Trumbo’s homer in ‘17, in addition to the snow game mentioned above.    
 

The first game at OPACY certainly ranks up there.  

[Orioles0615]

Supposed to rain all day

[LTO's]

Just now, andrewochs615 said:

Supposed to rain all day

Weather app says it's going to drizzle for a little this morning and stop at around 11 am. Either way, it's gonna be a cold one.

[ChrisP]

I'm sporting the Orioles polo in OKC. They're all holidays...everyone is in 1st place.

[VaBird1]

54 minutes ago, glenn__davis said:

The game specifically that I think off is OD at Camden Yards and Rick Sutcliffe.

But more generally, I remember my mom would always come pick me up from school early so I could watch the game.  I've continued that tradition with my own kids.  Will be leaving work today and picking up my kids around 1PM for a "family activity".

My son told his teacher that he wasn’t feeling well because he had baseball fever for the last opening day with fans

[Bahama O's Fan]

Hope springs eternal. All records are the same. 

[eddie83]

53 minutes ago, Frobby said:

The O’s have had several Opening Day walk-offs, and those probably top my list.   In recent years there was the Wieters walk-off single in ‘16 (which I attended) and Trumbo’s homer in ‘17, in addition to the snow game mentioned above.    
 

The first game at OPACY certainly ranks up there.  

Jones walk off HR in 18. 

[Frobby]

40 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

Jones walk off HR in 18. 

Funny, I thought I had remembered we had three in a row, but I really couldn’t remember the third one at all.   I guess I’ve done my best to just block 2018 out of my mind entirely.    What a miserable experience that was.