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FPF - Opening Day Memories

I consider myself very lucky as for many years my family had season tickets. I was at the first Rockies Game. I was there when Coors opened. For many years I was always there for opening day. This has given me some great memories.

I remember learning to keep score with my Dad that very first game and season. I even have that score book still with my chicken scratch. I remember Bichette coming to bat on opening day in 1995 and just launching the winner.

My opening day memory though that REALLY sticks out comes from 2011. My dad gave up the season tickets in 2004 after multiple years where less than half of them would be used. Even with that I would still buy packages for opening day so that we could go because opening day was such a wonderful experience.

This year I bought enough seats for my local extended family. This was my mom, dad, both my son's, my wife, my grandmother and one of my aunts. It was a big deal to me we had club seats because I was only partially paying attention and selected "Best Available" It took my dad and I 15 min of wandering trying to figure out where to go as we thought we were in RF.

Once we found everyone it was wonderful just being there with my entire family enjoying opening day. I honestly don't remember what happened with the game, but throughout the game we rotated through our seats enough that I was able to sit by every single person who was there. We would chat and cheer on the Rockies. It was a great experience because of the time spent with each of them.

This is why I love baseball. It is the kind of sport that you go to so you can be with people. Friends, family, sometimes co-workers, sometimes strangers. You sit there and relax on a beautiful day cheering on your team and getting to spend time catching up with those who are with you. You know you have something to talk about and start the conversation because of the event, but so often the conversation drifts to other areas.

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