June 15, 1980 – San Diego at Philadelphia, at Veterans Stadium.
This game was my 9th birthday present, as I was by that age an avid baseball fan growing up in Central NJ. Having never witnessed a major league game in person, the anticipation of looking forward to this day for me at the time was as big as any vacation or holiday I’d ever experienced. I of was a near-obsessive fan and youth player – which led to later careers as a player, coach, and administrator in scholastic, college, and independent baseball.