The first three hours and 20 minutes of the May 28, 1998 game between the Giants and Diamondbacks were interesting only because Arizona was winning. The Diamondbacks were two months into their existence as an expansion team and had a record of 16–36. Still, 12,066 people showed up to Candlestick Park in San Francisco, with thousands more tuning in from home. Every time you watch a baseball game, old-timers like to say, you have a chance to see something you’ve never seen before.
On May 28, 1998, anyone watching that baseball game saw something no one had seen before.