Lip Man 1
07-14-2005, 05:41 PM
For reasons that you'll soon see, this date is special to me.
July 15, 1963
This was the first Sox game I ever saw in person and I picked a hell of a night.
On this date, Gary Peters tossed a one hit shut out, striking out 13 as the Sox beat the Orioles 4-0.
Gary was opposed by future Hall Of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts. The only hit he allowed...yep, you guessed it....Roberts blooped a single just past Nellie Fox into short center field in the 3rd inning.
It gets better...Peters told me in his WSI interview that Roberts lives about a mile from him in Florida and that Robin still gives him grief over it!
The Sox got their runs on a pair of two run home runs from J.C. Martin and Tommy McCraw. I was sitting in the lower deck, between home plate and the first base dugout about halfway up. Because I was so small I never saw the home runs go into the seats. When everyone stood up right after the balls were hit, they blocked my vision. I had to wait for what seemed like an eternity to hear if the scoreboard started to explode. I still remember that night like it was yesterday.
Peters would go on to win 19 games including 11 straight and become co-rookie of the year with teammate Pete Ward.
The Sox would win 94 games that year and end up in 2nd place.
Lip
July 15, 1963
This was the first Sox game I ever saw in person and I picked a hell of a night.
On this date, Gary Peters tossed a one hit shut out, striking out 13 as the Sox beat the Orioles 4-0.
Gary was opposed by future Hall Of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts. The only hit he allowed...yep, you guessed it....Roberts blooped a single just past Nellie Fox into short center field in the 3rd inning.
It gets better...Peters told me in his WSI interview that Roberts lives about a mile from him in Florida and that Robin still gives him grief over it!
The Sox got their runs on a pair of two run home runs from J.C. Martin and Tommy McCraw. I was sitting in the lower deck, between home plate and the first base dugout about halfway up. Because I was so small I never saw the home runs go into the seats. When everyone stood up right after the balls were hit, they blocked my vision. I had to wait for what seemed like an eternity to hear if the scoreboard started to explode. I still remember that night like it was yesterday.
Peters would go on to win 19 games including 11 straight and become co-rookie of the year with teammate Pete Ward.
The Sox would win 94 games that year and end up in 2nd place.
Lip