Your favorite Sporting moment of all time. (1 Viewer)

sammy719 said:
I'm sure George appreciates watching those high lights first thing in the morning :)
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He probably skipped the post, I'm sure ^&grin

I could mention the 69 Mets and the Jets but then I'd have you and Al mad at me {eek3}

I'd have to say that one of my favorite moments was the first game I saw. In 1962, my Father took me to see the Milwaukee Braves vs the Mets at the old Polo Grounds, a cavernous stadium. This player kept dancing off first base, drawing repeated throws. I finally asked my Father who that was. He said "Hank Aaron." Can't remember who won the game. I still have the scorecard somewhere.
 
At U of Maryland, 1971, Terps hosted U of South Carolina (in the ACC at the time) in bball. Lefty Drisell's second yr as coach. UM had previously played at U of SC who were ranked. THeir fans rioted BEFORE time expired, by several minutes, not seconds. Beat up our coach and players. Refs stopped the game and U of SC won because they were ahead! {sm3} So the next time they play each other it is at UM. It was dead quiet when the Gamecocks took the floor, no boos. This was before the game play clock came into use. The day of the Dean Smith four corners offense and just pass the ball for several minutes when you are ahead. So UM played the slow down and the score was 4-3 at the half! Twenty minutes of dribbling the ball in place.

Game picked up a little in the second half and UM tied the game at the buzzer to go into OT. Lefty flung his jacket on the floor and pumps his fists in the air and the crowd goes wild. WIth less than 30 sec to go in OT Uof SC is ahead by 3 and going to inbound the ball. UM subs two defensive players. Inbound pass stolen and UM scores. But, now down by one with about 15 sec to go and SC has the ball. Inbounds pass again stolen, UM scores as clock runs out and beats #8 SC! I have never seen such pandenmonium. ^&grin What a revenge game! I know Al remembers this game. And that's my BEST sports memory. Chris
 
For my personal favorite moment, it happened in junior varsity football, I was throughout high school a back up QB, I was a starting defensive secondary, but I always was a back up QB. In 10th grade against our County rival, we were blowing them out, so I was put in to finish the game. Anyhow, we called our own plays and since this was a chance to shine, I called a 79 FLy pattern to a buddy, well you guessed it, I looked like Tom Brady with a perfect 40 yard streak pass to my receiver for a td to add insult to injury, we were up 40 to zip. Nearly instigated a bench clearing riot (my mother actually worked at the rival school), but I have it on film and I have to admit myself that it was just one of those passes for the ages, you could not have drawn or executed it any better. Funny thing, it was very memorable as years later, one of my best men and teammates told the story at my wedding during his speech. While it doesn't mean anything in the grand scheme of life, I have it as a fond memory and it is still to my knowledge in the record books as the longest passing td from scrimmage for my high school jv team, an 89 yarder! Of course on the film, it is about a second long as you can imagine it was filmed with a vhs video camera and you see me drop back, release and then the ball caught!

TD
 
sammy719 said:
I'm sure George appreciates watching those high lights first thing in the morning :)
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That's the rub isn't it Sammy; we love the wins, but the losses leave marks that last forever.

The Red Sox can win 10 more WS titles ,but 86 will leave a hole in my fandom forever, that wound will never heal.

The Patriots can win 10 more Super Bowls, but the pain from 08 will never, ever go away.

It's the price you pay for being a loyal fan; if we didn't care as much as we do, the losses would roll off our backs.

It's something casual or non sports fans will ever understand.

That's their loss.

Plus don't forget Sammy, for every Mets fan, there's the memory of 86, but also this........................

http://i.imgur.com/TqlKFLP.jpg

My two favorites are the guy with the Mets 17 shirt on and the stooge next to him, just priceless.
 
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Warrior said:
That's the rub isn't it Sammy; we love the wins, but the losses leave marks that last forever.

The Red Sox can win 10 more WS titles ,but 86 will leave a hole in my fandom forever, that wound will never heal.

The Patriots can win 10 more Super Bowls, but the pain from 08 will never, ever go away.

It's the price you pay for being a loyal fan; if we didn't care as much as we do, the losses would roll off our backs.

It's something casual or non sports fans will ever understand.

That's their loss.

Plus don't forget Sammy, for every Mets fan, there's the memory of 86, but also this........................

http://i.imgur.com/TqlKFLP.jpg

My two favorites are the guy with the Mets 17 shirt on and the stooge next to him, just priceless.
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So true....as much as I ejoyed the O's magic in '83, the EVIL Pirates of '79 still haunt me in my dreams...to this day if I hear that song "We are family" my mouth gets a little watery like I'm going to hurl!!! I'm just glad I was only only 3 yrs. old in '69, not sure if I could have survived those losses :)...Sammy
 
Sorry to disappoint you George but I don't dwell on the losses, as we've had many of those. In the 2000 and 2015 WS, I don't like to admit it but the Yankees and Royals were probably better teams. Not nearly as good but winning the pennants those years was a pretty good feeling.

As far as the look of the fan, that's probably a pretty average look from the fan of any team when they lose, including yours. Wonder how the Red Sox fan looked in 86? Probably not much different than that fan or the Cubs fan last night.
 
jazzeum said:
He probably skipped the post, I'm sure ^&grin

I could mention the 69 Mets and the Jets but then I'd have you and Al mad at me {eek3}

I'd have to say that one of my favorite moments was the first game I saw. In 1962, my Father took me to see the Milwaukee Braves vs the Mets at the old Polo Grounds, a cavernous stadium. This player kept dancing off first base, drawing repeated throws. I finally asked my Father who that was. He said "Hank Aaron." Can't remember who won the game. I still have the scorecard somewhere.
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Brad, the thing about the '69 Mets is that had they not been playing the Birds, I would have been cheering for them to win. I loved their pitching staff with Seaver, Koosman, Ryan, and the rest. It was a fun team to watch. -- Al
 
At the end of the Aikman/Smith/Irvin era they lost in the NFC Championship Game. I had an immediate thought, "This is going to be a depressing few months."

The absurdity of that hit me. Why was I going to be depressed for months because these guys I have almost no mutual connection with lost. That is when I just stopped taking sports so seriously. A lot easier to enjoy it now.
 
Terp152 said:
At U of Maryland, 1971, Terps hosted U of South Carolina (in the ACC at the time) in bball. Lefty Drisell's second yr as coach. UM had previously played at U of SC who were ranked. THeir fans rioted BEFORE time expired, by several minutes, not seconds. Beat up our coach and players. Refs stopped the game and U of SC won because they were ahead! {sm3} So the next time they play each other it is at UM. It was dead quiet when the Gamecocks took the floor, no boos. This was before the game play clock came into use. The day of the Dean Smith four corners offense and just pass the ball for several minutes when you are ahead. So UM played the slow down and the score was 4-3 at the half! Twenty minutes of dribbling the ball in place.

Game picked up a little in the second half and UM tied the game at the buzzer to go into OT. Lefty flung his jacket on the floor and pumps his fists in the air and the crowd goes wild. WIth less than 30 sec to go in OT Uof SC is ahead by 3 and going to inbound the ball. UM subs two defensive players. Inbound pass stolen and UM scores. But, now down by one with about 15 sec to go and SC has the ball. Inbounds pass again stolen, UM scores as clock runs out and beats #8 SC! I have never seen such pandenmonium. ^&grin What a revenge game! I know Al remembers this game. And that's my BEST sports memory. Chris
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Chris, if memory serves, the hero of that game was the immortal Jim "Bozo" O'Brien. I think he was directly involved in the steals and the winning points. It was a game for the ages. O'Brien also was the hero of a later upset win over UNC when he scored 38 points to lead the Terps. I was sitting right behind the UNC bench, in fact, right behind Mitch Kupchak, and we were harassing them the whole game. Loudest arena I was ever in, and another game for the ages. Terp b-ball has been responsible for more of my memories than anything else, except maybe the old Colts. -- Al
 
Kirk Gibson's' one legged pinch hit HR for the Dodgers in the World Series. The Kings OT goal against the Rangers to win the Stanley Cup. And Anthony Davis' second half kickoff return for USC that turned around a 6-24 deficit against the top ranked Irish at halfitime into a 55-24 win for USC. The old Coliseum was rocking that day.
 
bradleyl30 said:
At the end of the Aikman/Smith/Irvin era they lost in the NFC Championship Game. I had an immediate thought, "This is going to be a depressing few months."

The absurdity of that hit me. Why was I going to be depressed for months because these guys I have almost no mutual connection with lost. That is when I just stopped taking sports so seriously. A lot easier to enjoy it now.
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I need to subscribe to your news letter..................:wink2:
 
jazzeum said:
Sorry to disappoint you George but I don't dwell on the losses, as we've had many of those. In the 2000 and 2015 WS, I don't like to admit it but the Yankees and Royals were probably better teams. Not nearly as good but winning the pennants those years was a pretty good feeling.

As far as the look of the fan, that's probably a pretty average look from the fan of any team when they lose, including yours. Wonder how the Red Sox fan looked in 86? Probably not much different than that fan or the Cubs fan last night.
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That's great Brad, I'm glad the losses roll off you back like water off a ducks back.

I take them to heart, I need to work on that, but I love sports and I'm a loyal, passionate fan.

I've been through the mill with the Red Sox from 1966 through 2003, the Patriots from 1968-2000, the Bruins from 1973 through 2010 and the Celtics from 1987-2008, that's a long time between rodeo's and too many nut punch losses to count.

Again, thank God for the championships and when I hear some stooge babbling about how Boston sports fans are arrogant and cocky; walk a mile in my shoes through all those losses, I'm not arrogant or cocky, just happy to have 9 championships in the past 16 years, an incredible run and like all runs, it's going to end sometime, so I'll just sit back and enjoy it for as long as it lasts.

Glad you're the Teflon Mets/Rangers/Knicks/Jets fan....................
 
Warrior said:
That's great Brad, I'm glad the losses roll off you back like water off a ducks back.

I take them to heart, I need to work on that, but I love sports and I'm a loyal, passionate fan.

I've been through the mill with the Red Sox from 1966 through 2003, the Patriots from 1968-2000, the Bruins from 1973 through 2010 and the Celtics from 1987-2008, that's a long time between rodeo's and too many nut punch losses to count.

Again, thank God for the championships and when I hear some stooge babbling about how Boston sports fans are arrogant and cocky; walk a mile in my shoes through all those losses, I'm not arrogant or cocky, just happy to have 9 championships in the past 16 years, an incredible run and like all runs, it's going to end sometime, so I'll just sit back and enjoy it for as long as it lasts.

Glad you're the Teflon Mets/Rangers/Knicks/Jets fan....................
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There's only a couple of games that still bother me: game 4 of the 88 NLCS. Mets led 2-1 in games and Mike bleeping Sciosia hit a HR to tie the game, which they then lost in extra innings. In the middle innings of that game, Carter is on third base with no one out and they couldn't drive him home. Had the Mets won that game, they take a 3-1 lead and the series is probably over. Instead they lost late into the night and promptly lost the next afternoon. I also happened to be at the game.

99 NLCS vs Braves. Mets had gone down 3-0 in games but won the last one at home. In game 5 in Atlanta, they went down 5-0 and Piazza hit a mammoth bomb to tie up the game and they took the lead but Benitez and Franco couldn't hold the lead and Kenny Rogers walked into the winning run. I'm convinced that if the Mets win that improable game, the Braves would have folded.

Such is life. You take the sweet with the bittersweet. Part of being a fan.

P.S. If Jets, Knicks or Rangers lose, it's not catastrophic as baseball is a year long pursuit.
 
jazzeum said:
There's only a couple of games that still bother me: game 4 of the 88 NLCS. Mets led 2-1 in games and Mike bleeping Sciosia hit a HR to tie the game, which they then lost in extra innings. In the middle innings of that game, Carter is on third base with no one out and they couldn't drive him home. Had the Mets won that game, they take a 3-1 lead and the series is probably over. Instead they lost late into the night and promptly lost the next afternoon. I also happened to be at the game.

99 NLCS vs Braves. Mets had gone down 3-0 in games but won the last one at home. In game 5 in Atlanta, they went down 5-0 and Piazza hit a mammoth bomb to tie up the game and they took the lead but Benitez and Franco couldn't hold the lead and Kenny Rogers walked into the winning run. I'm convinced that if the Mets win that improable game, the Braves would have folded.

Such is life. You take the sweet with the bittersweet. Part of being a fan.

P.S. If Jets, Knicks or Rangers lose, it's not catastrophic as baseball is a year long pursuit.
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A couple?

What about the 2006 NLCS, the 97 win Mets team lost to the 83 win Cardinals; game 7, tied 1-1 until Molina hit a two run bomb and the Cardinals went up 3-1, then the Mets loaded the bases and Beltran took a called strike three to end the game and the series.

The last playoff game ever played at Shea Stadium and the last Mets playoff appearance until last year.

I'd have thought that would be #1 on your hit parade.

That said, the blown 88 NLCS to the Dodgers was a beauty too......................
 
The 1992 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1992. It was the 96th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 1992 AFL season. The match, attended by 95,007 spectators, was won by West Coast by a margin of 28 points, marking that club's first premiership victory and the first by a team based outside the state of Victoria.
 
wayne556517 said:
The 1992 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1992. It was the 96th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 1992 AFL season. The match, attended by 95,007 spectators, was won by West Coast by a margin of 28 points, marking that club's first premiership victory and the first by a team based outside the state of Victoria.
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Yeah, remember that one mate, your Weagles were good...^&grin

Tom
 
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