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Your Most Memorable Sporting Event Ever Attended
Robby
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This is my first thread posted ! I hope I'm not repeating something already discussed , but if I am , maybe this will give some of us new people to relate our most memorable sporting event that we've ever attended in person ! I'll bet in most cases , that one memorable sporting event probably helped determine what card sets and players we pursue in the Set Registry ! In 1963 , my Dad completed his 25th year of working for Montgomery Wards Service Dept. as the Manager ( If my Dad were alive today , I'm sure he would be sad to learn that Wards is no longer around ) , and the people at the store held a anniversary party for him ! He recieved 25 silver dollars and 4 tickets to attend Stan 'The Man' Musial's last game ! Musial was my boyhood idol ! Sept. 29, 1963 - Stan and the Cardinal's were Playing the Cincinnati Red's at the old Sportsmans Park - Pete Rose was leading off for the Reds that day ! Stan was batting 3rd and only had a .251 batting avg. that last season ! If memory serves me right , Stan singled in the 6th inning and they pinch ran for him so he could end that last at bat with a hit ! What a day ! Still have the original scorecard and several large color photos of Stan passed out that Day ! The biggest sport highlight that I've ever attended ! Robby
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The only downside was that Ayrton Senna was unable to make it. Oh how I would have loved to see him drive in person.
Mike
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As a Met fan, I don't have too many of those memories to cling to!!!
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Yzerman scoring his 50th goal against Buffalo, then running into the goal post later in the game and tearing up his knee.
Yzerman scoring his 500th goal.
Jerry
1. SuperBowl XXX (Pittsburgh vs. Dallas)
2.) 1996 AFC Championship Game vs. Indy (Steelers Win)
3.) Last Steelers Game at 3 Rivers Stadium
4.) 1995, 1997, 1998 AL Championshp Games (Indians)
5.) 1995,1998, 2002 AFC Championship Games (Steelers Lose)
6.) First Game at Jacobs Field (Cleveland Indians)
edited.....Sorry Wolfbear for showering you with beer....no hard feelings.
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January 15, 1995 at Three Rivers - as the 4th quarter clock ticks down to mere seconds,
Neil O'Donnell's forth down pass is batted away by the Charger's Dennis Gibson to seal the Steeler's doom,
as we Bolt fans joyously rush for the turnstiles amid a shower of obsenites and beer.
Ahhhh ... football.
"How about a little fire Scarecrow ?"
bottom of the 9th.i'm seven years old.
mantle hits one into the black over 463
feet.i cried.
other events of memorable note,
murcer hits 4 home runs in a double header.
fosse gets a cherry bomb in the back of his foot
from someone in the 3rd deck behind home plate.
colavito pitches the 8th/9th?...and becomes the last
position player to get a win.steve hamilton throws folly
floaters and guys K and crawl back to their dugouts.
69 knicks championship @ the garden who remembers
which game...all wrestling matches @ MSG with Bruno
Sammartino and later Pedro Morales...20,000 people going
crazy and waving country flags!...sitting in the bullpen during
yankee games with sam mcdowell whitey ford and more smoke
and beer than any bar ever had....dream team 1992 barcelona
with drazen scoring 12 points in 45 seconds vs USA and Sir Charles
taking charge and making EVERYONE forget Michael Jordan....
between the mid 70s and the 92 Olympics i there seems to be a void
or a loss of "short term memmory"...heheh...
and our local team was a ragtag bunch of little
nobodies who went all the way to the state finals
and won over the heavy favorite (4 time champs)
with a last second field goal!
I lost my mine along with about 20 thousand others!
(6A level finals - played at local college stadium)
really. It was the biggest, most exciting game in my life,
especially at the time!
On a personal note, I played on a semi pro team in 1984 when we got to play an exhibition game against the '84 Olympic baseball team. I played third base that night against Mark McGwire, Barry Larkin, Will Clark, BJ Surhoff, Chris Gwynn, and many others that played in the bigs plus I got 2 hits (single and a double) but we got beat 6-0. My other biggest personal thrill was hitting homers from both sides of the plate against Ole Miss in 1985. I played for Univ Of Memphis.
David
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1. MLB - 10-26-1991 - Game Six - Minnesota Twins 4 Atlanta Braves 3
1. MLB - 10-27-1991 - Game Seven - Minnesota Twins 1 Atlanta Braves 0
4. MLB - 10-25-1987 - Game Seven - Minnesota Twins 4 St. Louis Cardinals 2
5. MLB - 10-24-1987 - Game Six - Minnesota Twins 11 St. Louis Cardinals 5
6. NCAA Hockey Semi - 4/4/02 Minnesota Gophers 3 Michigan Wolverines 2
Many Gophers Hockey, Minnesota High School Hockey, and Twins games, then
17. Super Bowl 1992 - Washington 37 Buffalo 24
18. NCAA Final Four 1992 - Hoops, didn't really pay attention.
Worked the events in the early nineties as a hot dog vendor. Great money and great games.
1. 1972 NL Playoffs - Moose wild pitches Foster home - Red win the pennant!!!
2. Game 6 1986 WS - I was sitting 4 rows behind 1st base and saw the ball go 'tween Billy B's knobbly legs.
3. 2131 - Got to the ballpark at 5pm and left at 1am - sat 5 rows up from Cal's HR spot.
4. WVU 17 - Miam FL 14 - Nov. 1993 - Hey, us success starved hillbillys gotta have something to remember!!
here ya go.
Now don't start crying on us
nice to see a card that recalls that day.
Roger's last game at Fenway
Pedro's first game at Fenway
Hollyfield vs Moorer heavyweight title fight - quite a spectacle
Villanova Vs Princeton in the first round of the NCAA's
Tribute to Larry Bird night at Boston Garden
First time watching Bobby Orr and the Bruins in Buffalo
2. I attended Nickel Beer Night (actually they cost a dime) at Cleveland Stadium and Cleveland ended up forfeiting to Texas cause people kept running on the field.
3. My son's little league game. 3 and 2 count - two on - last inning. My son hit one between shortstop and third base and it scored the winning run. Had the ball signed by all and put it in a container which still sits on his shelf.
4. Having a picture of my son and Mel Harder of the Indians showing my son how to throw a slider.
Dale
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While the game was a pitcher's duel, what I remember most was getting to the Astrodome early and getting my program autographed by what seemed to be an entire Hall of Fame lineup. It was so much more casual and fan-friendly for a twelve-year-old then, without the middle-aged dealers with duffle bags of stuff to get signed.
Check out this incredible line-up and you'll see what I mean.
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Well, Yankees drop first 2 games at the Stadium, but sweep Braves in Atlanta for 3 games. Game 6 can now be the clincher. That Friday I don't mention anything to my boss. In the afternoon he walks over and gives me 2 primo tickets to Game 6. He took his son and I took my than 6 year old son to the game.
The best part is that during the game MLB Baseball comes up to me and my son (we were both dressed alike in matching Yankee pinstripe Jerseys). They tell us to act natural and watch the game. They were looking for footage for the World Series video. Well this is the time in the game were J. Girardi hits a triple over the CF's head and drives in the first runs for the game. Without thinking I start yelling out play-by play (Go to third!) and high fiving my son and the other fans.
A few weeks later the World Series video comes out and me and my son were on the video for 15-20 seconds. The funny part is my boss went to get sodas for the kids at the time and missed being on the video.
I have a slightly different twist however.
My most memorable Sporting event was my first Card Show.
The show was held in Strongville Ohio, some 70 miles from where I lived, and as a 14 year old it seemed like we were driving cross country.
I still remember walking in the room...WOW...cards everywhere!!! Back then I have my cards in a photo album. You know the ones, where you peel back the cover and place you photo onto a sticky surface. Dealers kind of chuckled when I offered some of my "sticky" cards up for trade. There was this one dealer who showed me how to store my cards and explained how to keep my cards in good condition.
The first card that I every bought from a dealer was a Jim Kaat 1962 Rookie Card (paid $0.25). I'm not really sure why I chose that card, except it was an old card of someone that I knew.
Fond memories.
Carlos
<< <i>Funny to mention that game, as my most memorable was 8/10/81. Pete passed Musial's NL hit record that night >>
Funny that you mention that game, I was there too.
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I guess the only one of any significance whatsoever nationally was a game in 1994 where Nebraska lost to Iowa State in football, which was ranked as the #1 upset of the decade in college fooball by Sports Illustrated.
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Dan
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-- Roddy Piper
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Dec 4th 1977. Its my 9th B-day and I go with my Dad to see the Vikings play the 49ers. Its 24-0 going into the fourth quarter. My Dad and I are freezing as its about 5 degrees so we decide to leave early. We are in the parking lot listening to the game on the radio. They bench Fran Tarkenton in favor of rookie Tommy Kramer. Kramer throws 4 TD passes and the Vikes win 28-27.
I'll never leave a game early again.
where tatis hit 2 grand slams in one inning but
he's been such a disappointment that it doesnt
seem to matter though memorable....
<< <i>...The first card that I every bought from a dealer was a Jim Kaat 1962 Rookie Card (paid $0.25). I'm not really sure why I chose that card, except it was an old card of someone that I knew.
Fond memories.
Carlos >>
Carlos,
Sorry to disappoint you, but whatever dealer sold you a '62 Kaat as his rookie card, took you for a ride.
Here's my earlier version of the Jim Kaat Rookie (1960 in case anyone is interested)
As far as my most memorable sporting events, I would have to say any of the games I went to at Three Rivers Stadium in the summer of 1979. I didn't get to go to any playoff or World Series games that year, but just the thrill of seeing my Pirates in a World Championship season is something that I will treasure forever.
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I really love the kids out there today!
Satan
I was at that game as well. Kile's no-hitter was the first and only one that I have ever seen.
David
Another game that stands out in my mind was the last game in the Astrodome for the Houston Oilers. At the time, the owner, Bud Adams already committed moving the Oilers to Tennessee, so no one was going to the games. As a result, a friend of mine knew some corporate executive that had a luxury suite on the 45 yard line with a pre-paid buffet and bar, but no longer had any interest in going to the games. As a result, 8 of us got to use it for free. We had a fantastic time! There was Bar BQ, shrimp, a huge deli spread and more other types of food and drink than we could ever try to consume. The game was against the Bengals and was pretty uneventful until the next to last play of the game when one of the officials started projectile vomiting in the middle of the field. I'll never forget as we looked down at the field watching that happen, with the Dome almost completely empty and then someone commented that it really seemed like the ultimate symbolic gesture on behalf of the Houston fans regarding how they felt about Bud Adams. It was truly priceless!
Your right...Sorry for the typo...I meant to say 1960.
Carlos
1990 UCLA-USC game (with each team scoring several times in the last few minutes, a last-minute TD pass from Todd Marinovich to Johnnie Morton gives USC a 45-42 win)
1992 UCLA-USC game (UCLA wins 38-37 when a USC 2-point conversion attempt pass is knocked down in the final seconds)
Sept. 1983 Dodgers-Braves game (in L.A.) (Dodgers come back from 6-3 deficit in 9th inning to win on squeeze bunt by R.J. Reynolds)
Sept. 1983 Dodgers-Braves game (in L.A.) (Dale Murphy wins game in 17th inning with HR and becomes the only visiting player I've ever seen get a standing ovation for a game-winning HR)
April 1986 (I think) Dodgers-Padres game (in L.A.) (1-0 game which Tony Gwynn wins 1-0 with a 9th inning HR off Valenzuela)
June 1983 (I think) Dodgers-Astros game (in L.A.) (Nolan Ryan pitching - my seat was near the Astros bullpen, so I was about 15 feet from the bullpen catcher during his warmup)
Game 2, 1983 NLCS
Feb. 1988 (I think) Kings-Red Wings game (in L.A.) (my first NHL game, and still the wildest game I've seen in person or on TV - first period stopped and remaining time added to 2nd period due to brawling, Wings goalie Glen Hanlon given an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for slapshotting a piece of octopus/squid at the referee)
Nick
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