15 Years Ago, This Very Minute

by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 2, 2010 4:28 PM PDT in Miscellaneous

Top of the 9th, Angels batting, behind 0-9, Mariners' Randy Johnson facing 1-2-3

-T Phillips home run
-S Owen flyball
-E Perez groundout
-T Salmon strikeout

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Watch the final pitch here at 1:08, or click through for the .gif.

That was a long time ago. It still sends chills.

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Oi... I don't think I can ever forget the feeling of that game. So amazing.

by c_dowley on Oct 2, 2010 4:30 PM PDT reply actions

Sigh.

I was in sixth grade. They stopped school and let everyone watch the last few innings.

Milton Bradley apologist

by sanford_and_son on Oct 2, 2010 5:00 PM PDT reply actions

I was in fifth grade

They did not stop school, in San Diego.

by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 2, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions

I was in third grade in Bremerton

They stopped school also, although school let out before the game was over and I was able to finish watching it at home. Edgar then proceeded to have his 2 HR, 7 RBI game against the Yankees five days later on my birthday. Yay Edgar!

by Kouvre on Oct 2, 2010 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Oops, meant fifth grade also

Clearly, I need to repeat fifth grade.

by Kouvre on Oct 2, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions

I was 5. I had no idea who the Mariners were.

by joey90 on Oct 2, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Such bullshit

by Poochie on Oct 2, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions

I was in fifth grade and I think I got out of school somehow because I was in a Godfather's pizza at the time and the place went nuts

Then they gave out free pizza!

by OlSalty on Oct 2, 2010 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions

I was 3 :(

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by Griffin Cooper on Oct 2, 2010 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions

It's like you have never really lived

I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. Ugh

by HitKing69 on Oct 2, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions

ALL OF YOU PEOPLE ARE MAKING ME FEEL SO VERY VERY OLD

but this was probably one of the top five Mariners games I’ve ever been to.

by pdb on Oct 2, 2010 5:33 PM PDT reply actions

It's making me feel old too.

I wasn’t at the game but it was without a doubt the best Mariners’ game I had ever seen at that point (a claim it held for less than a week).

No matter where you go, there you are.

by KC Mariner on Oct 2, 2010 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes, this is how I feel exactly.

by TrustBaseball on Oct 3, 2010 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions

Only time a sporting event made me cry.

by Sec 108 on Oct 4, 2010 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions

10th grade

I had a stocking cap on covering my ear buds (before they were called ear buds). Wire was strapped up my back under my sweatshirt. I listened to the games during 5th and 6th periods and could barely keep myself under control.

I was “sick” the next day so I could stay home with my dad’s credit card to get playoff tickets. thanks Dad

I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. Ugh

by HitKing69 on Oct 2, 2010 5:43 PM PDT reply actions

You've got a great dad. Please thank him.

by TrustBaseball on Oct 3, 2010 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

It's nice to be reminded how awesome baseball can be.

Jesus Christ I can’t wait for this season to end.

by wetzelcoal on Oct 2, 2010 5:45 PM PDT reply actions

I was thinking about watching tonights game

You know, because we won’t get to see them for about 5 months and that I thought … Fuck, David Pauley? Ah, Fuck!

I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. Ugh

by HitKing69 on Oct 2, 2010 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions

1995!

by lemonverbena on Oct 2, 2010 5:47 PM PDT reply actions

Remember when time stopped?

I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. Ugh

by HitKing69 on Oct 2, 2010 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Fuckin Tony Phillips

by Poochie on Oct 2, 2010 5:51 PM PDT reply actions

15 years, probably a hundred viewings...

and you’re right, still chills.

by SgtSasquatch on Oct 2, 2010 6:48 PM PDT reply actions

''...nineteen long years of FRUS-tration is over!"

by eponymous_coward on Oct 2, 2010 8:42 PM PDT reply actions

In retrospect, why was Randy pitching a complete game when it was 9-0?

by Matthew on Oct 2, 2010 10:19 PM PDT reply actions

Huh ... I never thought of that

It could because Bobby Ayala was our best reliever and a 9 run lead wasn’t really safe

I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. Ugh

by HitKing69 on Oct 2, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions

As our "best reliever", Ayala so sucked.

by TrustBaseball on Oct 3, 2010 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions

Because Randy probably didn't want to come out and he was bigger than Lou

by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 3, 2010 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions

You know, looking back on it

Randy Johnson was really good.

by huskies2010 on Oct 2, 2010 11:00 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah, Randy was just what we needed then. That was big fun and total excitement.

But we’ve always been short of just what we really needed since then.

I frankly depressed that we’ve never had all that we needed. Until we have that, we will not get back to to playoffs, and we will always watch the post season from our couches. There will be no tickets for us to purchase. Please, GMZ, give us a reason to purchase October tickets in April or March.

by TrustBaseball on Oct 3, 2010 1:35 AM PDT reply actions

I just made a couple placards

so I could put the line score of this game on the scoreboard a lot of you saw at SoftbaLL. It felt good.

Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 3, 2010 3:00 AM PDT reply actions

10th grade

My mom let me skip school to go to the game with my older brother. We threw confetti and rushed the field. I still have dirt from the pitcher’s mound.

by noisy.penguin on Oct 3, 2010 12:57 PM PDT reply actions