Best sports games you've ever been to?

[MDF3530]

Can't remember if this has ever been posted here or not. If so mods, please merge.

 

Mine:

 

1. A White Sox-Guardians game in September of 2005. Sox were faltering a little down the stretch and in danger of falling out of first place in the American League Central Division to Cleveland. I had these assclown Guardians fans right behind me yelling "CHOKE!" all night. Cleveland took a one-run lead into the bottom of the ninth. The Sox tied it up, sending it to extra innings. In the bottom of the 10th, Joe Crede hit a walkoff home run. I turned around, grabbed my crotch and screamed "CHOKE ON THESE!" right in the assclowns' faces.

 

2. Game 7 of the 1998 International Hockey League's Turner Cup Finals. It was the Chicago Wolves against the Detroit Vipers. My buddies and I all had the nervous excitement going. It was the feeling of knowing that there was no tomorrow. Both goalies were playing their best games, as it was a scoreless tie going into the 3rd period. The Wolves eventually broke the tie with a shorthanded goal and won the game 2-0, bringing Chicago its first professional hockey championship since the Blackhawks back in 1963.

[SCM33]

Clay Bucholz's No-Hitter. We were sitting in the RF grandstands harassing Markakis all night. He was up in the ninth inning and ended up striking out but I was s***ing my pants that hed get a hit bc I was riding him all night long.

[YanksHater213]

Pats vs. Dolphins.

 

I forget the year, but I'm sure you all remember the snow. A 12-0 win, two field goals, paired with a Tedy Bruschi INT for a TD, followed by the fans snow storm that ensued. s*** was unreal.

[yankees228]

2003 ALCS Game 7 and 1999 World Series Game 4.

[a700hitter]

The greatest game for me was Carl Yastrzemski Day on the next to last day of the 1983 season. I had been a huge Yaz fan from !967 when I was in the second grade through high school, college and law school. I can't imagine today that someone would be "the man" on your team for such a long period of time. Yaz's 1967 was the major force in reviving baseball in Boston and that team gave birth to Red Sox Nation. I am puzzled when youngsters tell me that i witnessed years of Red Sox futility. Futility was what had been experienced during the 50's until 1966. After 1966, the Sox rarely had a losing season, and they were almost always competitive throughout Yaz's career. I bought my tickets from a scalper behind the Green Monster. As I was about to exchange the money for the tickets, I got grabbed around the neck from behind by someone who was shouting my last name. When I turned around, I saw three high school friends from Brooklyn, NY who were huge Yankee fans. I said to them, "Can't you guys leave him alone for even one day?" They told me that they thought Yaz was great and that they came to see him get honored. I was astounded. I thought that was a tremendous honor that the hated enemy had come to witness the day.

 

The ceremony was great, but what I remember most about the ceremony was what Yaz did at the end of the ceremony. Yaz had always been an intensely private guy who did not seek out nor enjoy the public outside of Fenway. Totally out of character, he spontaneously chose to take a lap around the ball park shaking and slapping hands with the crowd. Even his most ardent fans never expected such a gesture acknowledging the fans. As far as I know, he was the first athlete to take such a lap around a ballpark. I watched Mantle's day and others who toured the field in an automobile or golf cart. Yaz's gesture made quite an impact, and others since them, including Cal Ripken, have taken similar laps. I was not at the following day's game, but I have heard and read that Yaz signed autographs for hours after the game until no one was left. He went out in a great way after a long great career. He had meant so much to the city, the franchise and the fans, and it was an unexpected surprise that the guy who had spent his career being intense and unemotional revealed to everyone how much the fans had touched him

[JohnShaft]

European Cup Final, Ryder Cup, Grand National, Open Championship, F A Cup Final, UEFA Cup Final, Cartmel Bank Holiday Races and the Northwest Tri (only cos I competed)

[yeszir]

2004 ALCS game 5

[Cocos Disciples]

2004 ALCS game 5

 

Same.

[yankees228]

Same.

 

Damn short wall in right.