Well since it is all going to be downhill from here, what is your favorite Ventura moment?

When he earned Player of the Month honors in 1991. The 12 th home run of the month was my favorite moment.

I voted for the grand slam, but I was tempted to do a write-in for the ankle injury itself.

2 granny's same game against Toronto

7-31-91. No doubt.

Thanks, Tex. Those early 90's teams will always be my favorite.

Game winning rbi double cming off injury, no question.

The Walk Off granny off of Goose. I was at the game. I remember walking out of the stadium and it was rocking. The next time I witnessed the stadium rocking like that was during the 2005 playoffs.

 

 

 

Some great Sox teams in the early 1990s...I wonder if the strike year coulda been the Sox year. I seem to remember we were in the mix and the team was coming together. I think may have had 3 best record in the majors when the strike happened, not sure...I do know that was a damn good team.

The 7/31/91 game is being replayed on CSN today at 3:00.

A couple of observations from that video:

 

1) Dude stood way off the plate. I think the game's changed in that respect. Batters cover the plate more now.

2) It's amazing how little Hawk's calls have changed since then. Except he didn't sound like he was likely to die just then.

3) If that happened today, they would have cut to commercial WAAAAY too early and a lot of the power of the moment would have been lost. Stupid commercials.

 

Also, that was awesome. I wasn't a Sox fan yet; I wish I was, after seeing that.

My favorite Robin Ventura moment is coming up in the future. When he manages us to a World Series winner.

 

My favorite Robin Ventura moment is coming up in the future. When he manages us to a World Series winner.

 

Thanks, Tex. Those early 90's teams will always be my favorite.

 

Ditto. I feel blessed to have grown up watching those sox teams play when I was little. Very entertaining.

The Walk Off granny off of Goose. I was at the game. I remember walking out of the stadium and it was rocking. The next time I witnessed the stadium rocking like that was during the 2005 playoffs.

I was there, too. We were in the rf bleachers not too far from where the ball landed. We brought my cousin from England to the game, and to that point I don't think he was too impressed with American crowds. He was used to singing and spontaneous cheers, etc. When Robin hit the GS, the crowd erupted and it was loud and sustained. My cousin was grinning from ear to ear. It's probably the best game I've witnessed in person.

 

Sweet box cut for Dan Jiggets in the post-game interview. Nothing makes a fat guy look slimmer than a square head.

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Whatever that game was in late 1995 that he hit two (grand slam) home runs against the Rangers, the last one won it.

 

My best friend had already left that game early and has regretted it to this day.

Thanks, Tex. Those early 90's teams will always be my favorite.

Which is shocking considering those teams didn't win anything and your current position being that just winning a division or making the playoffs and not winning a title is total failure.

The Walk Off granny off of Goose. I was at the game. I remember walking out of the stadium and it was rocking. The next time I witnessed the stadium rocking like that was during the 2005 playoffs.

I feel like that there should be fairy tales involved somehow.

Winning the 2015 World Series!

Winning the 2015 World Series!

 

So the Cubs wOnt be sweeping Miami in the series that year?

So the Cubs wOnt be sweeping Miami in the series that year?

Cubs are in the NL. Miami Marlins are in the NL. They cannot meet in the World Series. One team from the AL and one team in the NL in the World Series.

OOOPS.

 

4 years off, for some reason remembered it as 1995....really should have remembered it was 91 because one of my best friends was studying at Northwestern, that's why he was in the city and went to so many Sox games...and unfortunately left that one too early.

OOOPS.

 

4 years off, for some reason remembered it as 1995....really should have remembered it was 91 because one of my best friends was studying at Northwestern, that's why he was in the city and went to so many Sox games...and unfortunately left that one too early.

 

Yeah, that '95 team sucked balls. Started 0-9 or 0-11, or something like that. Then they signed John Kruk to help solve the problem and he retired in the middle of a game to preserve his lifetime .300 average. It was never even a contest as Cleveland won 100 games in a strike shortened season en route to their first pennant in decades. The '94 team was the best Sox team I can recall, though. So sad what the strike did to that franchise.

Cubs are in the NL. Miami Marlins are in the NL. They cannot meet in the World Series. One team from the AL and one team in the NL in the World Series.