My Greatest Sports Memory

My greatest sports memory happened July 28th, 1994.

A lefty by the name of Kenny Rogers threw a perfect game. I can still recall parts of the game vividly even though it was thirteen years ago. However, I did Google the box score of the game to refresh my memory.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/07281994.shtml

It was a typical hot, humid Texas summer night. The Texas Rangers were playing the California Angels (as they were known at the time) and I was 9 years old. I can remember the game started out well for the Rangers and my favorite player at the time, Jose Canseco hit a home run.

I also remember that Rangers centerfielder, Rusty Greer had two spectacular diving catches in the later innings to keep the perfect game intact. I believe one was in the 8th inning and I am sure the second was the first out of the ninth inning.

The feat of pitching a perfect game can only happen when everything falls into place and a pitcher has all of his pitches working. It is such a rare occurance I feel priviledged to have seen one in person at the major league level. After the game I wanted to be a major leaguer so badly I became even more dedicated to baseball and wanted to learn everything about the game.