The first homer that I saw live was in a game in 1987, hit by John Marzano. He also hit the 2nd homer in that same game. The third homer was by the great and powerful Spike Owen. And rounding out the homeruns in that game was Ellis Burks...so at least one real hitter. And technically the first RBI (at that same game) I ever saw live was by some guy named Sam Horn.Maybe this should be its own thread but which Red Sox player hit the first home run that you remember?
I saw Ellis Kinder hit one in a televised game at Comiskey Park on August 6, 1950. And the first one I saw in person was hit by Hoot Evers at Fenway against the Indians on August 21, 1952 (Dick Gernert at 1B, George Kell at 3B -- Evers, Kell, Johnny Lipon, Dizzy Trout from the Tigers for Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Don Lenhardt, Johnny Pesky, Bill Wight -- June 3, 1952).
The person who took me to that game worked with the brother of Cleveland's catcher at GE in Lynn. I sat in row three directly behind home plate with my baseball glove watching all the balls roll down the screen. However, I did learn to keep score, thus beginning my life-long love of baseball stats and I also got a baseball (that I still have) autographed by the Indians team that has five HoFers on it, including the first black to play in the AL.
Yaz for me but my first to watch in person was Mo Vaughn on my initial visit to Fenway in 1997. The Sox played Seattle. My buddy from Topsfield got us great seats on the first base line. Wakefield threw a complete game shutout. Vaughn hit a homerun and to complete my first memory of Fenway, a clearly intoxicated (by opening pitch) fan sitting a few rows behind us, yelled out "Mo Vaughn", no more and no less just those two words, every 20 seconds interrupted only by Budweiser refills for the entire game.Mo Vaughn, but I didn’t become a Sox fan until 1997 when I moved to Mass.
Same here. Wasn’t Runnels 2B?Pete Runnels
First game at Fenway: Dick Stuart
So you or your family owned one of the first televisions ever?I said the first home run I saw hit by a Red Sox player was on television by Ellis Kinder in 1950 and the first home run I saw in person by a Red Sox player was by Hoot Evers at Fenway Park in 1952. I didn't say anything about a pitcher (but I'm well aware of the positions each played).
It was early but Boston had at least two television stations in 1948, WBZ and WNAC. The first commercially licensed station in the U.S. began in 1928 ("Results only fair due to fading in 21 meter band, voices very strong with occasional glimpses of faces.").So you or your family owned one of the first televisions ever?
There were some TVs people actually bought and had for years that had a 7” screen with a 9” magnifying glass over it to make the picture look bigger. Of course, from most any angle, the picture looked all distorted. They may have started selling these in 1948 or earlier.It was early but Boston had at least two television stations in 1948, WBZ and WNAC. The first commercially licensed station in the U.S. began in 1928 ("Results only fair due to fading in 21 meter band, voices very strong with occasional glimpses of faces.").
http://www3.northern.edu/wild/th100/tv.htm
Never saw those. What I remember most is the picture kept rolling. You'd have to get up and male an adjustment then not long after it would start rolling again.There were some TVs people actually bought and had for years that had a 7” screen with a 9” magnifying glass over it to make the picture look bigger. Of course, from most any angle, the picture looked all distorted. They may have started selling these in 1948 or earlier.