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Arizona Daily Star readers' earliest sports memories includes tales of Roger Maris, 'Mr. Cub,' Steve Kerr

Last week, Star sports staffers answered burning sports questions — from the best place to see a game to the one sporting event they can’t live without.

Star readers chimed in too, emailing their answers to sports@tucson.com. Here are excerpts of their responses. (Some have been edited for brevity, clarity and to match Star style).

Today’s question: What’s your earliest sports memory?

My dad taking me to Cleveland Stadium to watch the Indians play the Yankees in 1966. I was 8 years old. The old stadium was a cavernous mausoleum. Run down, dirty, sitting on Lake Erie — which at the time was the most polluted body of water in the country.