RECENT STORIES

Board of Education names new member ( Jeffco Public Schools )
Blotter: Practical joke not funny to Westy student ( YourHub.com )
Community joins together to erase graffiti ( City of Westminster )
Youth Exchange, The Opportunity of a Lifetime ( Michael Hayes )
Don't get rattled by Wall Street's bumpy road ( Richard Murphy Edward Jones Investments )

share a story | more postings »

YourHub.com \\ Westminster \\ Stories \\ Promotions \\ Rockies Suite

Rockies, Zephyrs and Bears, Oh My...

e-mail to a friend | print this | link to this

Contributed by: Karen Norris on 6/13/2008

Oh how long we waited for a major league team, the Nay-Sayers telling us that Colorado could not support such a team. Oh how wrong they were! The Fireworks Games have always been a big draw. As a life-long resident, my father whetted my imagination and my love for the game by taking us girls, along with our friends the Miller's, to the Fireworks Games at Bears Stadium for more years than I can reliably count.

Those games provided us with a wonderful evening out with friends and lots of fun memories. One such evening, as the Bears were warming up, little Ray asked "When do the [real] bears come on the field?" He was really expecting to see live bears come out to play baseball. There were exhibition games where the greats like Johnny Bench and the Cincinnati Reds came to play. What a treat!

The family tradition continues some 40 years later. With their birthdays in July, my boys & I still try to make at least one of the fireworks games every year. The Bears Stadium/Mile High was a wonderful place for minor league play, but can't compare to the Coors Field experience. My boys and I attended Zephyrs games and later Rockies games where they also learned the love of the game. I've passed the torch to the next generation, my twin grandsons and I got to see our first ever triple play last year! The excitement of last year's season is still fresh - although it has been tempered with the slow start & injuries of some of my favorites - and my co-worker is amazed that I am still a staunch lover of the Rockies!

Like so many other hopefuls, I tried and tried to get tickets for any of the playoff games, just to take my dad to one REALLY BIG game, it wasn't to be. As we age & life goes flying by, a day spent at the ball game with friends and family is always the best. What fun it would be to take Grandpa, the kids and grandkids to another game and share yet another great day surrounded by other fans watching the Great American Pastime!

[Report this as objectionable content.]

SUBMIT COMMENT

Rate the above story

Talk Back : submit comments to the story

*Note: you need to log-in to add a comment or rating.

Thank you! Your comment has been updated.

CONTRIBUTOR INFORMATION

Karen Norris

Westminster , CO

Karen Norris has posted 1 story and 0 comments since joining on 6/12/2008. Karen Norris 's average story rating is 0.

view profile » view other postings from Karen Norris »

SAVE AND SHARE THIS STORY

digg	Google
del.icio.us	Yahoo!
reddit	newsvine

What is this?

STORY RSS FEEDS

All stories

All stories in Westminster

All stories by Karen Norris

WANT TO WRITE FOR YOURHUB.COM?

Want to see the stories you write and the photos you shoot featured in the YourHub.com Thursday print section available all over the Front Range and with home subscriptions of the Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post? All you have to do is register, then post a story or column, start a blog or tell everyone what events are happening in town. We will print the best stories, columns, event listings, photos and blog entries in our print sections.

Loading Ad