Another spring cleaning gem.
As mentioned in the comments for the 1985 Seaver Magazine covers, I was at Seaver’s 300th career win at Yankee stadium on August 4th, 1985 (as was Osh41 though we wouldn’t know each other for several more years).
The Yankees had scheduled Phil Rizzuto Day for that game – and had a special edition of Yankees Magazine available:
Prior to the game the Yankees honored Rizzuto, including presenting him with a “Holy Cow” – which proceeded to knock Scooter to the ground. During the ceremony, Seaver walked across the field from the bullpen to the dugout at which point the crowd (heavily dominated by Mets fans) started cheering. Sadly Rizzuto thought the cheering was for him and started thanking the crowd.
By this point I was keeping score at most games I attended – and certainly wanted to capture this game. Dave Winfield was featured on the cover (0 for 4 on the day with 1 K). (Interestingly, my scoring style has not changed too much in the last 26 years)
Looking back, 4 Hall of Famers played in that game – Seaver, Fisk, Winfield, and Henderson.