Favourite memory at the Skydome/Rogers Centre

[James_Raptors]

This is an easy one for me.

In May 1989 my home was set on fire. I attempted to carry out my girlfriend, who had fallen unconscious and in doing so, got badly burned. I spent a few months in the burn unit at Toronto General Hospital, where they performed amputations and skin grafts. A had a semi-private room with my little tv at my bed side. It was there, amidst all the tubes and monitors that I had the opportunity to watch the very day the Skydome opened up! As strange as it may seem (now and then) but as an avid Jays fan and sports enthusiast in general, who toiled through snow and horrible conditions at CNE stadium (and still found a way to have a blast!) it was very soothing to see Skydome open up before my eyes. I guess the only thing that would've been better would have been attending the event in person, but watching it on tv from my hospital room is hands down my favourite, very personal, moment.

Great topic Ozzy!

[Donlogic]

Great Topic!

I was lucky to see all the home playoff games during 92/93 with my dad. But my favorite memory was going to a game on my birthday and it was v. the Tigers back when Sparky Anderson was the coach in the early 90s. We were just off to the side of the away dugout and he was tossing balls out to a bunch of kids who were yelling and screaming for them while I was just chilling. He ended up coming over with the last ball and talked to us for a bit and we told him it was my birthday, he asked if there was anyone special I would want to have sign the ball, I was a huge John Olerud fan so he walked over and got him to sign the ball for me and then tossed it to Fielder, I was so hyped to get that ball and was blown away by how friendly this seemingly grumpy guy really was in person.

[CrookedJ]

Memory the first: Grade school class trip to a Jays game in September 1991. Incredibly exciting as they were just wrapping up the AL East pennant, Dome was still new, everyone was blue jays crazy.

Memory the second: My first good concert, AC/DC on the Ballbreaker tour circa 1995. Awesome show with a wrecking ball destroying part of the stage during Back in Black.

[LBJSeizedMyID]

For me it was watching the Jays capture the World Series in Atlanta with a packed Skydome watching on. It was kind of surreal, 450000 people watching on the big screen, and an empty field. It was sheer madness. We even got on CityTV yelling out our Ric Flair "Woooooooooo!!!!"

[bassmastert]

Game in 1991 I believe the Jays vs. A's. Kelly Gruber hit a 392 foot grand slam that game and we won 9-3. Here's my moment though...

Around the 2nd or 3rd inning (I would have been 9 at the time) I left my seat to go to the bathroom. Unfortunately, I wandered into the woman's bathroom. I hastily retreated only to see about 500 people clappling and heckling me. When I got back I told my mom's boyfriend at that time what happened and he said, "I know, they played it on the jumbotron!" I was embarassed for a while until I realised it was a joke.

Also that same game, I was sitting behind the plate about 20 rows up and a foul ball comes whizzing past me, hits the concrete wall behind us, bounces near the front seats afterwards and everyone was hot-potatoing the ball. It eventually landed in some older woman's lap sitting right in front of me. I asked politely if I could have the ball and got a big, loud, NO!!!!! B!tch!!!