Thursday, February 25, 2010

Freedom Hall.... we hardly knew ya



Seeing as how the Cardinal birds only have one game remaining in historic Freedom Hall, I thought it appropriate to share some memories of the old place. In no particular order, here are the 10 strongest memories I have of time I spent in Freedom Hall (please add your own):

2003-ish Being escorted out of a Kid Rock concert for defending the honor of a lady.
2005 Worked concession stand with wife to be to raise money for her trip to Belize.
2004 Sat 4th row for Metallica concert
2004 Helped James Streble to his feet 10 times during said Metallica concert. Most memorable was the time he fell under a row of urinals that were in use.
1987-2009 Remarking, “It smells like shit in here.” upon entering the building during the state fair.
2005-ish After eating a superb meal, bore witness to Stephen King and Donavan melting faces from a thousand paces. Some dude named Mellancamp was there as well.
2005 Discovered firsthand just how lame Monster Truck rallies really are.
1992-1993 Had my picture taken with Clifford Rozier while serving as ball boy for UofL’s men’s team.
1994 Sat with Barry Northern when he walked behind the Louisville bench, tapped Beau Zach Smith on the shoulder and said, “You’re in.” Beau Zach ran to the scorers table before getting chewed out by a confused Denny Crum.
1993 Watched Horace Grant lead the Chicago Bulls to victory over the Washington Bullets in an NBA exhibition game. Jordan was playing baseball, Pippen was injured, and I was pissed.

9 comments:

  1. 2009 - Going the last day of the Fair and the lady at the gate letting me and the gf in for free. Then hearing the gf's 6 yr old nephew say "Mom, look at that cow's balls"... very observant. They were volleyball sized bull jewels.

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  2. December 20, 2008 - Watching Jodie Meeks put up 46 pts in what was supposed to be a warmup for the UL game a few weeks later... Damn Edgar "What about Me?" Sosa and his "OH GOD WHY DID YOU TAKE THAT... HOW DID HE HIT THAT SHOT?!?!?"

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  3. You stole one of mine Lance.

    -Watching The D rage out to Chop Suey
    -Being so hung over before the Donovan concert that I couldn't even drink A beer.
    -Witnessing the return of The Undertaker during a pay-per-view event.
    -Not remembering one thing Godsmack did before Metallica.
    -Matt saving my ass. After I cut the ENTIRE mile long bathroom line at the Metallica show, Matt saved me from a severe beating by telling all of the dudes I pissed off that I was going to find my lost kid.
    -Watching that Asian lead singer of Journey rock out to Don't Stop Believin' while the other fossils in the band looked old and tired. That little guy was awesome!

    It's not like Freedom Hall is going to be imploded. Monster Truck Rallies will still be held there.

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  4. watching Donovan blow bubbles into the crowd is the highlight of my Freedom Hall experiences, and quite possibly the highlight of my life

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  5. Wayne and Matt: Don't forget that old fat, bald guy with the Rolling Stones t-shirt sweating all over that guys wife while grinding on her in front of her husband. That was a totally underrated night. Great times.

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  6. James, is that memory that Lance stole from you the one about the cow's balls?

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  7. Boogie, I didn't mention the time you saw Tommy Lee's penis during the motley crue concert on the Jumbo Tron... i thought that might be your fav.

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