"Fond" memories of Candlestick Park?

[McCovey]

Ok, fellow Giant fanatics share some of your favorite 'Stick memories. I have one from 1999. It was so cold I had to wear a ski jacket, ski gloves, and cover myself with a thick blanket. And I was still freezing my ass off. Oh, and this game was in July. :rolleyes:

[SF Kid]

Oh I always loved the "Radiant Heating" that never worked. Sheese.

Yeah it was pretty cold out here. But I have to tell you AT&T is no picnic when it comes to being cold. I froze my ass off there a couple of times too -- in August! ;)

[McCovey]

Oh I always loved the "Radiant Heating" that never worked. Sheese.

Yeah it was pretty cold out here. But I have to tell you AT&T is no picnic when it comes to being cold. I froze my ass off there a couple of times too -- in August! ;)
You know I've noticed that depending where you sit at AT&T it can be really chilly or nice. I've been to about a dozen games at AT&T since it opened and only once was I really freezing. I sat along the first base side near the visitor's dugout. I usually sit in the left field bleachers and usually it's nice out there.

[SF Kid]

The one time it was really cold and blowing I was sitting on the first base side too right about over the dugout. Cold man. Cold. :mad:

[McCovey]

I found a great article in the Sporting News Archives. It's from April 6th, 1960. The headlines say:



Giants Park Dazzling Diamond Palace

Showplace Arena 'Perfect Place' to Watch or Play Game


:pound::pound::pound::pound:

(Hey Kid, how can I upload the .pdf files? It exceeds the file size limit)

[SF Kid]

I found a great article in the Sporting News Archives. It's from April 6th, 1960.

Hey Kid, how can I upload the .pdf files? It exceeds the file size limit)Try it again I increased the size.

If it still isn't enough let me know. :wtf:

[McCovey]

I guess the pdf file is way too big. It's 507.1 kB. :o

[SF Kid]

I guess the pdf file is way too big. It's 507.1 kB. :oScrew it. :D

What did it say? :p

[Bear]

Screw it. :D

What did it say? :p

We will never know because of you!:nono:

[SF Kid]

Mac can you email me that PDF and I'll see what the hell is going on?

sfkkid@sfgiants-forum.com

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[McCovey]

Mac can you email me that PDF and I'll see what the hell is going on?

sfkkid@sfgiants-forum.com

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Ok, check your email, Kid.

[McCovey]

Hey Kid,

Your email address doesn't work. :o

[SF Kid]

Hey Kid,

Your email address doesn't work. :oooops...had an extra "k" in there...

Try: sfkid@sfgiants-forum.com

[Bear]

A senior moment!:pound:

[McCovey]

ooops...had an extra "k" in there...

Try: sfkid@sfgiants-forum.com

Ok Kid,

check your "real" email account now.

[SF Kid]

Ok Kid,

check your "real" email account now.I got the PDF's Mac but I'm not sure WTF is going on.

I cannot upload the files BUT I did make some changes that were suggested to me and was able to test a PDF on another computer (not a mac) using IE and the PDF uploaded fine.

Can you try it again now? Maybe you can get them to upload now. If not...D''oh.

[McCovey]

I still get this error message, Kid.



Candlestick1.pdf:
Your file of 507.1 KB bytes exceeds the forum's limit of 48.8 KB for this file type.

[SF Kid]

I still get this error message, Kid.Fu^k. Back to the drawing board. :cry:

[SF Kid]

***SUCCESS***

Here are the PDF's Mac found for us. Very entertaining.

Enjoy!

[McCovey]

The 'Stick looks so different without the upper deck in the outfield. The 'Stick had always had an upper deck since I was a kid. Was the wind different without the upper deck? :shrug:

[Bear]

The 'Stick looks so different without the upper deck in the outfield. The 'Stick had always had an upper deck since I was a kid. Was the wind different without the upper deck? :shrug:

You bet. If you thought fielding was tough when you saw it, well that was a piece of cake compared to when the stick opened.:eek:

[McCovey]

I remember Willie Mays saying that playing fly balls in the old 'Stick was an adventure. He said the wind would be different between the infield and outfield or something like that.

[SF Kid]

Willie was just showing off.

[jimm]

Heading back to the snack bar for hot cocoa and coffee between innings (along with near every one else)in the upper deck at a dodgers game in the late 80s to escape the arctic wind

[MaceBewley]

I have three major memories of the stick. In 89 I seen Will Clark hit his first grand slam, I seen Dave Dravecky's comeback, and The last time I was ever at the stick was game 3 of the world series! The last one is not so fond, but still something I will never forget.

[irongame]

I grew up with Willie McCovey as my favorite Giant of all-time. He is still tops on my list today, but Will the "Thrill" is a very close second. I am also a big Kevin Mitchell and of course Bond's fan as well.

Fortunately I grew up with a father who had full season tickets to the Giants, the Niners and the Warriors. I probably went to at least 25+ games a year at Candlestick starting from 1969 to when they left that pit. Heck I was sitting in the upper deck in the nose bleed seats in dead center-field when the Earthquake hit (thought I was going to die).

One of the things we used to love to do as kids hanging out at the Stick - was to collect Beer Bottle Caps (hundreds of them) and then go to the top of the stadium directly behind home plate and snap-fling them onto the lower decks. Sometimes when the wind was strong and pointed in the right direction, we could occasionally get one of those Bottle Cap's to actually float out onto the field during games. LOL The place was always so empty we never got in any trouble what-so-ever.

[SF Kid]

Irongame... great story about the bottle caps. those were the days.

Was anybody making $200 million in 1969 and complaining about it? :shrug:

[Bear]

Irongame... great story about the bottle caps. those were the days.

Was anybody making $200 million in 1969 and complaining about it? :shrug:

Now that was the wrong time and the wrong place for big money for the players. Two hundred thousand was big money in those days.:eek:

[JimmyRayHart]

Well, I was only seven years old, and was not actually at the Park, but watching the game on TV with my dad as Stu Miller gets blown off the mound in a gust of wind during the 1961 All-Star game was pretty memorable.

In '65, our Little League team was snubbed by Hal Lanier, who wouldn't sign a ball for me. Hated the bastard ever since...

Got to sit in the press box on my twelfth b'day for an inning, and meet Lon Simmons and Russ Hodges.

Also, half price Tuesdays ($2 bleacher seats) back in the seventies resulted in a pretty sweet Croix d'Candlestick pin collection.

Lotsa other good memories of the 'Stick, from my first SF game in '63 to my last in '99 - while I'm happy to have them, I'm glad they're memories. The China Basin stadium is a whole new ballgame! :beerbang:

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[SF Kid]

Nice Jimmy!

[Giants2012]

One of my earliest memories of being at the 'Stick was the stadium p.a. announcing Vida Blue's name as the starting pitcher -- he was my favorite pitcher at the time.

They announced his name and everyone around me, including, to my shock & horror, my Dad, started booing!!!! I put my hand over his mouth, trying to shut him up.

He pushed my hand away, and he said, "I'm saying B-l-u-u-u-u-u-e, not b-o-o-o-o-o-o!!!!!" LOL. I was a pretty little kid at the time.

[SF Kid]

Good story '12.