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Memories of Tom Browning's Perfect Game?

Some months back I wrote about Tom Browning's 1988 perfect game vs. the Dodgers as part of a series of posts on perfect games I was doing on a blog I have. A bit later I received a comment from one fan who, at age 9, was with his grandad watching his first MLB game on that September 16. Thanks to a long rain delay, he got to edge down near the dugout by game's end. I thought I'd contribute an offseason diversion by asking if anyone else here went to the game or remembers hearing it on the radio. There's a short clip of the end of the game on YouTube, but apparently it wasn't broadcast on tv. When I posted an article on Bleacher Report for the 21st anniversary of the game, a fan named Ilya Harrell described his memory:

Lucky the kid was at the game because it wasn't televised by either the Reds or the Dodgers. We had a huge satellite dish at the time. I was watching another game, ticked that my Reds weren't on. I heard Browny was tossing a perfecto, and scrambled to find it on the Dodgers' network . . . no dice.

I did rush upstairs to listen to the last couple of innings and heard Marty's call on the radio. In a way it was almost better. But I sure would have liked seeing it from start to finish.

Notice that the only video highlights you ever see of the game are obviously not a T.V. game.

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When they reshowed the game on FSN last Spring

I believe they said that the only video was from the stadium camera. They synched up the audio from Marty & Joe with the stadium video for the replay.

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Nov 8, 2009 7:05 PM EST reply actions  

my dad had tickets...

But the dog got sick, so he had to miss it… He was displeased.

People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.

by crolfer on Nov 8, 2009 8:45 PM EST reply actions  

Damn...too too bad...so how did your Dad feel about it?

I gave up working out. My philosophy: No pain... no pain. ...
Mads.

by Madville on Nov 8, 2009 9:05 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

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