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4 | 8.89% |
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OT: The FOFC Sports Moments Draft - Voting Thread
This is the voting thread for the FOFC Sports Moment Draft, which can be found here:
Participants drafted "teams" of sports moments that could be associated to the following terms: - Speed - Power - Controversy - Drama - Record-breaking - Clutch - Choke - Emotion - Upset - Comeback It was up to the participants to decide which moments would fit well within a specific category. For a detailed definition of a "moment", see the original thread. The quick version is that the moment had to happen on the field, during a game, and be a short amount of time. Please take a look at the rosters below and vote for the one you think is best. Radii 1.1 - "The Catch" - Joe Montana to Dwight Clark touchdown to win the NFC Championship for San Francisco- Clutch 2.10 - "The Music City Miracle" - Incredible Kickoff Return by Tennessee to win the Wild Card playoff game vs Buffalo - Drama 3.1 - Mark McGwire's 62nd Home Run in 1998 - Record-breaking 4.10 - Colorado Scores on 5th down to beat Missouri in 1990 - Controversy 5.1 - Bo Kimble Shoots his first free throw of the 1990 NCAA Tournament left handed in memory of Hank Gathers - Emotion 6.10 - Time expires in the 1985 NCAA Championship game, Villanova plays the perfect game to beat Georgetown - Upset 7.1 - After having trailed 30-7 in the 4th quarter, John Hall kicks a FG in overtime to complete an amazing comeback by the Jets vs Miami on Monday Night Football in 2000 - Comeback 8.10 - Steve Bartman foul ball play begins the downfall of the 2003 Chicago Cubs - Choke 9.1 - Tony Dorsett breaks a 99 yard run on Monday Night Football vs the Minnesota Vikings in 1983 - Speed 10.10 - Reggie Jackson takes his 3rd swing in game 6 of the 1977 World Series and hits his 3rd home run - Power Schmidty 1.2 - Kirk Gibson walk-off homer Game 1 WS win in 1988- Drama 2.9 - Cal Ripken celebrates with fans after breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak - Record-breaking 3.2 - NC State's Lorenzo Charles dunks the ball to win the 1983 NCAA Title game - Upset 4.9 - Willy Mays over-the-shoulder catch in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series - Speed 5.2 - Chris Webber calls a timeout he doesn't have in the 1993 NCAA Championship game - Choke 6.9 - Lance Armstrong crosses the finish line in 1999 and yells "I'm in Shock" as he wins his first Tour de France two years after almost dying from testicular cancer - Strength 7.2 - Kerri Strug lands a vault on one leg, helping the US win the Oplympic gold medal over Russia for gymastics in 1996 - Emotion 8.9 - Adam Vinatieri kicks a field goal to win Super Bowl XXXVI - Clutch 9.2 - "No mas! No Mas!" Roberto Duran quits in the midst of 8th round of his 2nd bout versus Sugar Ray Leonard - Controversy 10.9 - Down 38-3 in the late 3rd quarter, Michigan State scores the winning points against Northwestern in the greatest comeback in NCAA history - Comeback Lathum 1.3 - The final out of game 7 of the 2004 ALCS - Comeback 2.8 - Don Larsen perfect world series game 5 1956 final out - Drama 3.3 - Joe Carters walk off homerun game 6 1993 world series - Clutch 4.8 - "The Tuck" - 2002 AFC Divisonal playoffs - Controversy 5.3 - Rulon Gardner defeats Alexander Karelin in the 2000 Olympics - Power 6.8 - Dale Earnhardt killed in crash on final lap of Daytona 500 - Emotion 7.3 - Texas Western defeats KU in 1966 Champioship game - Upset 8.8 - Andres Escobar scores and own goal in 1994 world cup, helping the USA win the game 2-1 and eliminate Columbia from the tournament - Choke 9.3 - Final out in Cy Youngs 511th win - Record-breaking 10.8 - Affirmed defeats alydar in the 1978 Belmont to be the last horse to win the triple crown - Speed sabotai 1.4 - James "Buster" Douglas knocks out Mike Tyson in the 10th round on Feb 11th, 1990 - Upset 2.7 - Bill Buckner's error costs the Red Sox Game 6 of the 1986 World Series - Choke 3.4 - Peter Rose hits his 4,192nd career hit to break Ty Cobb's all-time hit record - Record-breaking 4.7 - "Down goes Frazier. Down Goes Frazier." George Foreman knocks down Joe Frazier while winning the World Heavyweight championship - Power 5.4 - Bo Jackson blows by the Seattle defense for a 91 yard TD Run on MNF - Speed 6.7 - Jason McElwain, an autistic 17 year old senior hits his 6th 3-pointer as the game ends in his high school basketball team's last home game - Emotion 7.4 Richard Steele stops the Julio Cesar Chavez-Meldrick Taylor fight with 2 seconds left in the 12th round, giving Chavez a TKO victory - Controversy 8.7 - Al Unser Jr. beats Scott Goodyear by 0.043 seconds to win the 1992 Indianapolis 500 - Drama 9.4 - Adam Vinatieri kicks a 45 yard FG in a snowstorm to tie the game vs. Oakland in the 2001 Playoffs - Clutch 10.7 - Wolfgang Funkel's penatly kick in the 81st minute gives Bayer Uerdingen the win over Dynamo Dresden, capping a five-goal comeback - Comeback Crapshoot 1.5 - Scott Norwood's missed FG at the end of the 1991 Super Bowl - Choke 2.6 - Clay Beats Liston - Upset 3.5 - Luis Gonzalez singles off of Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the ninth of game seven to win the 2001 World Series - Clutch 4.6 - The OT touchdown in the 1958 NFL title game - Drama 5.5 - Joe Louis TKO's Max Schmeling - Emotion 6.6 - Jerzy Dudek's penalty save from Shevchenko to seal the Champions League - Comeback 7.5 - Bill Mazeroski - Hr to end the 1960 world series - Power 8.6 - The 2003 ALCS - Grady Little leaving Pedro Martinez in - Controversy 9.5 - Michael Owen scoring against Argentina - Speed 10.6 - Nolan Ryan's 7th no hitter, at age 44 - the final out - Record Breaking tanglewood 1.6 - Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal, Argentina vs England 1986 World Cup Quarter-Final - Controversy 2.5 - Jean Van de Velde's second shot on the last hole of the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie - Choke 3.6 - Michael Johnson's 19.32s in the 200m 1996 Olympic final - Speed 4.5 - Aryton Senna's crash at Imola 1994 - Emotion 5.6 - Ali KOs Foreman in The Rumble In The Jungle, 1974 - Upset 6.5 - Solskjaer's injury time winner, Bayern Munich vs Manchester United 1999 Champion's League Final - Drama 7.6 - Bob Beamon shatters the long jump world record, 1968 Olympics in Mexico City - Record-breaking 8.5 - David Beckham's free kick takes England to the 2002 World Cup - Clutch 9.6 - Henry Cooper knocks down Cassius Clay for the first time in his career - Power 10.5 - Bob Willis bowls Ray Bright to win the test for England after being asked to follow on - Comeback Maple Leafs 1.7 - "Do you believe in Miracles?", the final moments of the US/USSR 1980 Olympic hockey game - Upset 2.4 - "The Play" - Cal returns a last second kickoff through the Stanford defense and their band - Comeback 3.7 - Jesse Owens humiliates Adolt Hitler by winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics - Drama 4.4 - Lawrence Taylor breaks Joe Theismann's leg on MNF - Power 5.7 - Jordan's "final shot" beats the Jazz to win his sixth title - Clutch 6.4 - Greg Norman hugs Nick Faldo after blowing a six-stroke lead in the final round of the 1996 Masters - Choke 7.7 - Dave Roberts steals second base off Mariano Rivera to start the Red Sox comeback in game four of the 2004 ALCS - Speed 8.4 - Ben Johnson destroys the field in the 100-meter final at the 1988 Seoul Olympics - Controversy 9.7 - Joe DiMaggio grounds out with the bases loaded, ending his 56-game hitting streak - Record-breaking 10.4 - Dave Dravecky's arm snaps during a pitch, ending his comeback from cancer - Emotion digamma 1.8 - Secretariat down the stretch at the 1973 Belmont Stakes - Speed 2.3 - Roger Bannister breaks the tape at the Iffley Road track to break the four minute mile - Record-breaking 3.8 - "The Shot Heard 'Round the World", Bobby Thompson's homerun off Ralph Branca on the last day of the season to give the Giants the pennant - Drama 4.3 - Super Bowl III, Jets 16, Colts 7, final seconds - Upset 5.8 - Hail Mary! Doug Flutie to Gerard Phelan lifts BC over Miami - Emotion 6.3 - Steve Christie kicks a field goal in overtime to cap the Bills rally from a 35-3 deficit - Comeback 7.8 - Freshman Michael Jordan sinks a jumper with 15 seconds left to lift North Carolina over Georgetown in the NCAA Championship Game, 63-62 - Clutch 8.3 - George Brett Pine Tar incident - Controversy 9.8 - William the "Refrigerator" Perry plows across the goal line in Super Bowl XX - Power 10.3- Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels picks up a fumble in the 1929 Rose Bowl and returns it 65 yards....the wrong direction - Choke bsak16 1.9 - Christian Laettner's shot to beat Kentucky with 2.1 seconds to go in the NCAA Regional finals in 1992 - Clutch 2.2 - Immaculate Reception December 23, 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers vs Oakland Raiders - Controversy 3.9 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play in the MLB as he steps on the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers - Emotion 4.2 - Willis Reed running onto the court during Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers in Madison Square Garden - Drama 5.9 - George Foreman's Punch to Knockout Michael Moore to become the oldest heavyweight champion in history - Upset 6.2 Justin Leonard sinks 45 foot putt to cap off the greatest comeback in Ryder Cup History - 1999 Ryder Cup - Comeback 7.9 - 1986 Western Conference Semifinals, Steve Smith scores the Series Clinching goal, for the wrong team - Choke 8.2. - Wayne Gretzky scores a goal to break Gordie Howe's career scoring record in a third of the time - Record Breaking 9.9 - Rickey Henderson steals the 939th base of his career, one more than Lou Brock - Speed 10.2 - Hulk Hogan becomes the first person to slam 520-pound Andre The Giant - Power larrymcg421 1.10 - Hank Aaron hits Home Run # 715 to break Babe Ruth's all time home run record - Record-breaking 2.1 - USSR defeats USA for the Olympic Gold Medal in Basketball after officials give them three chances to inbound the ball at the end of the game - Controversy 3.10 - Larry Bird's steal and pass to Dennis Johnson for the last second victory in the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals - Clutch 4.1 - Mike Tyson flattens Michael Spinks in the first round - Power 5.10 - Francisco Cabrera hits a single to left field and Sid Bream runs to the plate for the winning run in game 7 of the 1992 NLCS - Drama 6.1 - Florida State, Wide Right 1991 - Choke 7.10 - Final seconds tick down in Chaminade's 77-72 victory over Virginia - Upset 8.1 - Smarty Jones gets run down at the end of the Belmont Stakes - Emotion 9.10 - 1994, Dan Marino's Fake Spike completes a comeback against the rival Jets - Comeback 10.1 - 1964 Olympics 10,000 meters, Billy Mills outkicks his rivals to win the Gold Medal - Speed
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i voted lathum. his "clutch" moment was the only one that might be unknown to many (or at least to me), and his "power" moment some could see as iffy (but if you're ever seen those 2 big dudes you know that's some serious power). other than that, all of his things are pretty much what i think of when i think of the definition of those categories
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I'm hoping that was the result of countless typos.
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05-25-2007, 10:41 AM
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that was a typo. whoops
i meant his "upset" moment. the bball one from like 1966 or whatever. |
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05-25-2007, 10:48 AM
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one small correction to my "roster" 3.8 is actually the shot "heard" 'round the world.
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05-25-2007, 01:10 PM
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I voted Schmidty because I know a Schmidt
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05-25-2007, 01:14 PM
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digamma. included horse racing, the fridge and no soccer.
he should win by open lengths.
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Here's how I scored things for each contestant:
Gave me a final 3 of: 1. sabotai 2. Maple Leafs 3. larrymcg421 I would expound more, but the scores say it all. Sabotai hit on a lot of my favorites, so he gets my vote.
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I went for most complete package and for me it came down to digamma and Crapshoot, but digamma just barely edged out Crapshoot in the end.
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5 of you have voted for yourself. Boo!
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I didn't notice that until after I'd cast my vote. To me that's seriously bad form and I'd have changed my vote if I'd known. Either you should vote for someone else or not at all in this kind of thing in my opinion. It's not like you're running for office or anything.
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<---------------------------dick who voted for himself.
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in all seriousness, I thought everyone voted for their own team. I would have happily abstained.
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I don't get it, but everyone is of course free to vote as they see fit.
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In my defense, I was just going to not vote but then I saw half of the people voted for themselves, so I threw my vote in. I didn't notice Maple didn't vote for himself until afterwards.
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I picked digamma over Schmidty. Strongest overall list IMO.
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I saw a bunch of people voted for themselves, and figured that I should to, but with all of the bitching about it in this thread, I feel semi-guilty now.
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Umm, butter, what did you do? All I see is a copy of the results - no scores or comments.
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Thanks, didn't catch that.
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I'll put the scores at the beginning of each line [with comments following]. This, imo, is more subjective that the music vote.
Radii - 67 7 1.1 - "The Catch" - Joe Montana to Dwight Clark touchdown to win the NFC Championship for San Francisco- Clutch [ a bit high for 1.1] 7 2.10 - "The Music City Miracle" - Incredible Kickoff Return by Tennessee to win the Wild Card playoff game vs Buffalo - Drama 7 3.1 - Mark McGwire's 62nd Home Run in 1998 - Record-breaking [would score higher if it was drama] 8 4.10 - Colorado Scores on 5th down to beat Missouri in 1990 - Controversy 5 5.1 - Bo Kimble Shoots his first free throw of the 1990 NCAA Tournament left handed in memory of Hank Gathers - Emotion [guess you had to be there] 8 6.10 - Time expires in the 1985 NCAA Championship game, Villanova plays the perfect game to beat Georgetown - Upset 4 7.1 - After having trailed 30-7 in the 4th quarter, John Hall kicks a FG in overtime to complete an amazing comeback by the Jets vs Miami on Monday Night Football in 2000 - Comeback [whatever] 5 8.10 - Steve Bartman foul ball play begins the downfall of the 2003 Chicago Cubs - Choke [overrated] 7 9.1 - Tony Dorsett breaks a 99 yard run on Monday Night Football vs the Minnesota Vikings in 1983 - Speed 9 10.10 - Reggie Jackson takes his 3rd swing in game 6 of the 1977 World Series and hits his 3rd home run - Power Schmidty - 70 9 1.2 - Kirk Gibson walk-off homer Game 1 WS win in 1988- Drama 7 2.9 - Cal Ripken celebrates with fans after breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak - Record-breaking [not one of my favorite all-time records] 7 3.2 - NC State's Lorenzo Charles dunks the ball to win the 1983 NCAA Title game - Upset 9 4.9 - Willy Mays over-the-shoulder catch in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series - Speed 8 5.2 - Chris Webber calls a timeout he doesn't have in the 1993 NCAA Championship game - Choke 5 6.9 - Lance Armstrong crosses the finish line in 1999 and yells "I'm in Shock" as he wins his first Tour de France two years after almost dying from testicular cancer - Strength 9 7.2 - Kerri Strug lands a vault on one leg, helping the US win the Oplympic gold medal over Russia for gymastics in 1996 - Emotion [great value pick] 6 8.9 - Adam Vinatieri kicks a field goal to win Super Bowl XXXVI - Clutch [it’s his job] 7 9.2 - "No mas! No Mas!" Roberto Duran quits in the midst of 8th round of his 2nd bout versus Sugar Ray Leonard - Controversy 3 10.9 - Down 38-3 in the late 3rd quarter, Michigan State scores the winning points against Northwestern in the greatest comeback in NCAA history - Comeback [just because] Lathum - 57 6 1.3 - The final out of game 7 of the 2004 ALCS - Comeback [wrong category] 7 2.8 - Don Larsen perfect world series game 5 1956 final out - Drama 2 3.3 - Joe Carters walk off homerun game 6 1993 world series - Clutch 64.8 - "The Tuck" - 2002 AFC Divisonal playoffs - Controversy 6 5.3 - Rulon Gardner defeats Alexander Karelin in the 2000 Olympics - Power 7 6.8 - Dale Earnhardt killed in crash on final lap of Daytona 500 - Emotion 8 7.3 - Texas Western defeats KU in 1966 Champioship game - Upset 6 8.8 - Andres Escobar scores and own goal in 1994 world cup, helping the USA win the game 2-1 and eliminate Columbia from the tournament - Choke 2 9.3 - Final out in Cy Youngs 511th win - Record-breaking 7 10.8 - Affirmed defeats alydar in the 1978 Belmont to be the last horse to win the triple crown - Speed sabotai - 57 8 1.4 - James "Buster" Douglas knocks out Mike Tyson in the 10th round on Feb 11th, 1990 - Upset 6 2.7 - Bill Buckner's error costs the Red Sox Game 6 of the 1986 World Series - Choke [see: Bartman] 7 3.4 - Peter Rose hits his 4,192nd career hit to break Ty Cobb's all-time hit record - Record-breaking 6 4.7 - "Down goes Frazier. Down Goes Frazier." George Foreman knocks down Joe Frazier while winning the World Heavyweight championship - Power 8 5.4 - Bo Jackson blows by the Seattle defense for a 91 yard TD Run on MNF - Speed 5 6.7 - Jason McElwain, an autistic 17 year old senior hits his 6th 3-pointer as the game ends in his high school basketball team's last home game - Emotion 3 7.4 Richard Steele stops the Julio Cesar Chavez-Meldrick Taylor fight with 2 seconds left in the 12th round, giving Chavez a TKO victory - Controversy 5 8.7 - Al Unser Jr. beats Scott Goodyear by 0.043 seconds to win the 1992 Indianapolis 500 - Drama 6 9.4 - Adam Vinatieri kicks a 45 yard FG in a snowstorm to tie the game vs. Oakland in the 2001 Playoffs - Clutch 3 10.7 - Wolfgang Funkel's penatly kick in the 81st minute gives Bayer Uerdingen the win over Dynamo Dresden, capping a five-goal comeback - Comeback |
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I always wait to vote when I do one of these. if others are voting for themselves, i usually do, if they're not, I don't.
Interesting to see Bucc and Butter scoring this, thanks for taking the time to do it. I really can't believe the steal i got at 10.10, and its interesting to see the disparity in ratings on Bo Kimble's FT's for my emotion pick, and the Cubs 2003 playoff choke. I think the emotion tied to Hank Gathers death for me had to do with my age, I was 13, over a few year period Hank Gathers dying, Magic Johnson announcing he had HIV, and Jim Valvano's cancer were kinda my introduction to the idea that my favorite people/heroes in sports weren't untouchable and immortal. I was lucky enough to avoid family tragedy/death until I was much older and looking back on Gathers/Magic/Jimmy V still bring back overwhelming emotions for me b/c the people whose lives I followed on TV were the closest things to me to have these bad things happen for a long time. Last edited by Radii : 05-26-2007 at 12:39 AM. |
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05-28-2007, 09:29 AM
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Bump... voting runs through Tuesday morning.
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05-28-2007, 10:57 AM
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Rest of my scores:
Crapshoot - 59 tanglewood - 35 Maple Leafs - 61 digamma - 75 (nicely done, great top-to-bottom) bsak16 - 58 larrymcg421- 67 That makes my top 3: 1. digamma - 75 2. Schmidty - 70 3 (tie). Radii - 67 larrymcg421- 67 |
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05-28-2007, 11:31 AM
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As I see them by category.
clutch 1 - Joe Carters walk off homerun game 6 1993 world series - Lathum (this one still stings) 2 - Freshman Michael Jordan sinks a jumper with 15 seconds left to lift North Carolina over Georgetown in the NCAA Championship Game, 63-62 - digamma 3 - Luis Gonzalez singles off of Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the ninth of game seven to win the 2001 World Series - Crapshoot 4 - Jordan's "final shot" beats the Jazz to win his sixth title - Maple Leafs 5 - "The Catch" - Joe Montana to Dwight Clark touchdown to win the NFC Championship for San Francisco- Radii 6 - Adam Vinatieri kicks a field goal to win Super Bowl XXXVI - Schmidty 7 - Adam Vinatieri kicks a 45 yard FG in a snowstorm to tie the game vs. Oakland in the 2001 Playoffs - sabotai 8 - Larry Bird's steal and pass to Dennis Johnson for the last second victory in the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals - larrymcg421 9 - Christian Laettner's shot to beat Kentucky with 2.1 seconds to go in the NCAA Regional finals in 1992 - bsak16 10 - David Beckham's free kick takes England to the 2002 World Cup - tanglewood choke 1 - Greg Norman hugs Nick Faldo after blowing a six-stroke lead in the final round of the 1996 Masters - Maple Leafs (major choke) 2 - Scott Norwood's missed FG at the end of the 1991 Super Bowl - Crapshoot 3 - Chris Webber calls a timeout he doesn't have in the 1993 NCAA Championship game - Schmidty 4 - Jean Van de Velde's second shot on the last hole of the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie - tanglewood 5 - Florida State, Wide Right 1991 - larrymcg421 6 - Bill Buckner's error costs the Red Sox Game 6 of the 1986 World Series - sabotai 7 - 1986 Western Conference Semifinals, Steve Smith scores the Series Clinching goal, for the wrong team - bsak16 8 - Andres Escobar scores and own goal in 1994 world cup, helping the USA win the game 2-1 and eliminate Columbia from the tournament - Lathum (more bad luck than choke) 9 - Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels picks up a fumble in the 1929 Rose Bowl and returns it 65 yards....the wrong direction - digamma (don't really see this as a choke) 10 - Steve Bartman foul ball play begins the downfall of the 2003 Chicago Cubs - Radii (Didn;t know fans could choke  )Comeback 1 - The final out of game 7 of the 2004 ALCS - Lathum (yes, yes and yes) 2 - Steve Christie kicks a field goal in overtime to cap the Bills rally from a 35-3 deficit - digamma 3 - Wolfgang Funkel's penatly kick in the 81st minute gives Bayer Uerdingen the win over Dynamo Dresden, capping a five-goal comeback - sabotai (a 5 goal comeback in soccer is worthy) 4 - Down 38-3 in the late 3rd quarter, Michigan State scores the winning points against Northwestern in the greatest comeback in NCAA history - Schmidty 5 - After having trailed 30-7 in the 4th quarter, John Hall kicks a FG in overtime to complete an amazing comeback by the Jets vs Miami on Monday Night Football in 2000 - Radii 6 - "The Play" - Cal returns a last second kickoff through the Stanford defense and their band - Maple Leafs (I see this as a better fit in maybe drama or emotion) 7 - 1994, Dan Marino's Fake Spike completes a comeback against the rival Jets - larrymcg421 8 Justin Leonard sinks 45 foot putt to cap off the greatest comeback in Ryder Cup History - 1999 Ryder Cup - bsak16 9 - Bob Willis bowls Ray Bright to win the test for England after being asked to follow on - tanglewood 10 - Jerzy Dudek's penalty save from Shevchenko to seal the Champions League - Crapshoot Emotion 1 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play in the MLB as he steps on the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers - bsak16 2 - Dale Earnhardt killed in crash on final lap of Daytona 500 - Lathum 3 - Smarty Jones gets run down at the end of the Belmont Stakes - larrymcg421 4 - Dave Dravecky's arm snaps during a pitch, ending his comeback from cancer - Maple Leafs 5 - Jason McElwain, an autistic 17 year old senior hits his 6th 3-pointer as the game ends in his high school basketball team's last home game - sabotai 6 - Aryton Senna's crash at Imola 1994 - tanglewood 7 - Bo Kimble Shoots his first free throw of the 1990 NCAA Tournament left handed in memory of Hank Gathers - Radii 8 - Joe Louis TKO's Max Schmeling - Crapshoot 9 - Kerri Strug lands a vault on one leg, helping the US win the Olympic gold medal over Russia for gymastics in 1996 - Schmidty (but she didn;t need to land it) 10 - Hail Mary! Doug Flutie to Gerard Phelan lifts BC over Miami - digamma Drama 1 - "The Shot Heard 'Round the World", Bobby Thompson's homerun off Ralph Branca on the last day of the season to give the Giants the pennant - digamma 2 - Kirk Gibson walk-off homer Game 1 WS win in 1988 - Schmidty 3 - The OT touchdown in the 1958 NFL title game - Crapshoot 4 - "The Music City Miracle" - Incredible Kickoff Return by Tennessee to win the Wild Card playoff game vs Buffalo - Radii 5 - Al Unser Jr. beats Scott Goodyear by 0.043 seconds to win the 1992 Indianapolis 500 - sabotai 6 - Francisco Cabrera hits a single to left field and Sid Bream runs to the plate for the winning run in game 7 of the 1992 NLCS - larrymcg421 7 - Jesse Owens humiliates Adolt Hitler by winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics - Maple Leafs 8 - Don Larsen perfect world series game 5 1956 final out - Lathum 9 - Solskjaer's injury time winner, Bayern Munich vs Manchester United 1999 Champion's League Final - tanglewood 10 - Willis Reed running onto the court during Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers in Madison Square Garden - bsak16 Upset 1 - "Do you believe in Miracles?", the final moments of the US/USSR 1980 Olympic hockey game - Maple Leafs (One of the all-time upsets, if not the all-time upset) 2 - Clay Beats Liston - Crapshoot 3 - Time expires in the 1985 NCAA Championship game, Villanova plays the perfect game to beat Georgetown - Radii (shows why they play the game and not just hand the title to the "best" team) 4 - James "Buster" Douglas knocks out Mike Tyson in the 10th round on Feb 11th, 1990 - sabotai (who would have thought it possible) 5 - Texas Western defeats KU in 1966 Champioship game - Lathum 6 - George Foreman's Punch to Knockout Michael Moore to become the oldest heavyweight champion in history - bsak16 7 - Ali KOs Foreman in The Rumble In The Jungle, 1974 - tanglewood 8 - Super Bowl III, Jets 16, Colts 7, final seconds - digamma 9 - NC State's Lorenzo Charles dunks the ball to win the 1983 NCAA Title game - Schmidty 10 - Final seconds tick down in Chaminade's 77-72 victory over Virginia - larrymcg421 Record Breaking 1 - Hank Aaron hits Home Run # 715 to break Babe Ruth's all time home run record - larrymcg421 2 - Roger Bannister breaks the tape at the Iffley Road track to break the four minute mile - digamma 3 - Peter Rose hits his 4,192nd career hit to break Ty Cobb's all-time hit record - sabotai 4. - Wayne Gretzky scores a goal to break Gordie Howe's career scoring record in a third of the time - bsak16 5 - Bob Beamon shatters the long jump world record, 1968 Olympics in Mexico City - tanglewood 6 - Mark McGwire's 62nd Home Run in 1998 - Radii (would rate higher without the medical help) 7 - Cal Ripken celebrates with fans after breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak - Schmidty (at the end that record was a foregone conclusion no matter how badly he was hurting his team by playing) 8 - Nolan Ryan's 7th no hitter, at age 44 - the final out - Crapshoot 9 - Final out in Cy Youngs 511th win - Lathum (not really a record breaker, just the end of a record) 10 - Joe DiMaggio grounds out with the bases loaded, ending his 56-game hitting streak - Maple Leafs (see comment about number 9) Speed 1 - Secretariat down the stretch at the 1973 Belmont Stakes - digamma 2 - Michael Johnson's 19.32s in the 200m 1996 Olympic final - tanglewood 3 - Bo Jackson blows by the Seattle defense for a 91 yard TD Run on MNF - sabotai 4 - Willy Mays over-the-shoulder catch in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series - Schmidty 5 - Tony Dorsett breaks a 99 yard run on Monday Night Football vs the Minnesota Vikings in 1983 - Radii 6 - Affirmed defeats alydar in the 1978 Belmont to be the last horse to win the triple crown - Lathum 7 - 1964 Olympics 10,000 meters, Billy Mills outkicks his rivals to win the Gold Medal - larrymcg421 8 - Rickey Henderson steals the 939th base of his career, one more than Lou Brock - bsak16 9 - Dave Roberts steals second base off Mariano Rivera to start the Red Sox comeback in game four of the 2004 ALCS - Maple Leafs 10 - Michael Owen scoring against Argentina - Crapshoot Power 1 - Mike Tyson flattens Michael Spinks in the first round - larrymcg421 2 - "Down goes Frazier. Down Goes Frazier." George Foreman knocks down Joe Frazier while winning the World Heavyweight championship - sabotai 3 - Hulk Hogan becomes the first person to slam 520-pound Andre The Giant - bsak16 4 - Henry Cooper knocks down Cassius Clay for the first time in his career - tanglewood 5 - Rulon Gardner defeats Alexander Karelin in the 2000 Olympics - Lathum (would have really cleaned up in the upset category, even done well in emotion) 6 - Reggie Jackson takes his 3rd swing in game 6 of the 1977 World Series and hits his 3rd home run - Radii 7 - William the "Refrigerator" Perry plows across the goal line in Super Bowl XX - digamma 8 - Bill Mazeroski - Hr to end the 1960 world series - Crapshoot (drama or emotion?) 9 - Lance Armstrong crosses the finish line in 1999 and yells "I'm in Shock" as he wins his first Tour de France two years after almost dying from testicular cancer - Schmidty (This could be a good emotion one, or maybe now controversy) 10 - Lawrence Taylor breaks Joe Theismann's leg on MNF - Maple Leafs (leverage) Controversy 1 - USSR defeats USA for the Olympic Gold Medal in Basketball after officials give them three chances to inbound the ball at the end of the game - larrymcg421 2 - Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal, Argentina vs England 1986 World Cup Quarter-Final - tanglewood 3 - Immaculate Reception December 23, 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers vs Oakland Raiders - bsak16 4 - "The Tuck" - 2002 AFC Divisonal playoffs - Lathum 5 - Colorado Scores on 5th down to beat Missouri in 1990 - Radii (a play brough tto you by the creators of Maximum Football, Customizable Baby!!!) 6 - Richard Steele stops the Julio Cesar Chavez-Meldrick Taylor fight with 2 seconds left in the 12th round, giving Chavez a TKO victory - sabotai 7 - "No mas! No Mas!" Roberto Duran quits in the midst of 8th round of his 2nd bout versus Sugar Ray Leonard - Schmidty 8 - Ben Johnson destroys the field in the 100-meter final at the 1988 Seoul Olympics - Maple Leafs (controversy was more about him and not about the actual event) 9 - George Brett Pine Tar incident - digamma 10 - The 2003 ALCS - Grady Little leaving Pedro Martinez in - Crapshoot (I've seen plenty worse moves by a baseball manager, and that's just since Charlie took over the job in Philly  )Totals - lower is better sabotai - 43 larrymcg421 - 49 Lathum - 49 digamma - 51 Radii - 56 tanglewood - 58 bsak16 - 59 Schmidty - 60 Maple Leafs - 60 Crapshoot - 64 I'll be back later with my comments. Last edited by EagleFan : 05-28-2007 at 02:11 PM. |
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05-29-2007, 05:50 AM
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I think one of the biggest steals was the Hand of God at 1.6, and in any worldwide draft, it would have been a default number one consenus pick, and tangle got it low, imo. It's like drafting Michael Jordan with the sixth overall pick in an all time basketball draft.
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05-29-2007, 08:48 AM
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I wasn't sure who to vote for in this, so decided to break down each category and determine who I thought did best in each with a similar scoring system to what others used. In effort to stir up conversation about some of the choices, here is what I based my vote on.
clutch 1 - Joe Carters walk off homerun game 6 1993 world series - Lathum 2 - "The Catch" - Joe Montana to Dwight Clark touchdown to win the NFC Championship for San Francisco- Radii 3 - Adam Vinatieri kicks a 45 yard FG in a snowstorm to tie the game vs. Oakland in the 2001 Playoffs - sabotai 4 - Luis Gonzalez singles off of Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the ninth of game seven to win the 2001 World Series - Crapshoot 5.5 - Freshman Michael Jordan sinks a jumper with 15 seconds left to lift North Carolina over Georgetown in the NCAA Championship Game, 63-62 - digamma 5.5 - Christian Laettner's shot to beat Kentucky with 2.1 seconds to go in the NCAA Regional finals in 1992 - bsak16 7 - Jordan's "final shot" beats the Jazz to win his sixth title - Maple Leafs 8 - Adam Vinatieri kicks a field goal to win Super Bowl XXXVI - Schmidty 9 - Larry Bird's steal and pass to Dennis Johnson for the last second victory in the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals - larrymcg421 10 - David Beckham's free kick takes England to the 2002 World Cup - tanglewood The #1, 2 and 3 picks all could have been #1 in my book probably. I can't tell you alot about Joe Carter's career, it doesn't stand out to me like many others did who played at the same time. Any time a discussion on whether or not there was such a thing as a "clutch" baseball player however, Joe Carter came out as the poster child. If there was one moment in sports history that I could point to and say that is when my pain and agony started, it would be "The Catch". I doubt there are many people who don't remember the Sports Illustrated cover, and to this day every time I see it, I hurt inside. That play kickstarted a 49ers dynasty that would run all over my poor Falcons for a decade. For #3 I chose the kick that to this point has been the defining moment in Adam Vinateri's career. some may wonder how you pick this kick as more clutch than the one that meant more in the following superbowl, but all things considered the kick against Oakland in the snow had a big part in setting into motion two different franchises moving in complete opposite directions. Oakland to abysmal failure, and the Patriots to being the most recent NFL dynasty. choke 1 - Bill Buckner's error costs the Red Sox Game 6 of the 1986 World Series - sabotai 2 - Scott Norwood's missed FG at the end of the 1991 Super Bowl - Crapshoot 3 - Chris Webber calls a timeout he doesn't have in the 1993 NCAA Championship game - Schmidty 4 - Greg Norman hugs Nick Faldo after blowing a six-stroke lead in the final round of the 1996 Masters - Maple Leafs 5 - Florida State, Wide Right 1991 - larrymcg421 6 - Jean Van de Velde's second shot on the last hole of the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie - tanglewood 7 - 1986 Western Conference Semifinals, Steve Smith scores the Series Clinching goal, for the wrong team - bsak16 8 - Andres Escobar scores and own goal in 1994 world cup, helping the USA win the game 2-1 and eliminate Columbia from the tournament - Lathum 9 - Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels picks up a fumble in the 1929 Rose Bowl and returns it 65 yards....the wrong direction - digamma 10 - Steve Bartman foul ball play begins the downfall of the 2003 Chicago Cubs - Radii #1 here was easy to pick. The 2003 World Series win for the Red Sox may have helped remove more than just Babe Ruth's ghost. For many life long Sox fans, it removed the constant reminder of Bill Buckner letting the ball trickle between his legs from their mind. Every time the Red Sox would make it to the playoffs, that play was a reminder to them why they could not win the big game. It was not Buckner who missed that ball, it was Babe Ruth's ghost who pushed it through his legs! I couldn't tell you who the kicker was for the giants that day, I even had to go back to look to see who the MVP of the superbowl was. (Otis Andersen if you were wondering). To this day, when you ask me about the 1990s Bills, the first thing that jumps out is Scott Norwood and "Wide Right". I guess it tells you something, when one of the three most known players of a team that went to 4 super bowls is a kicker who failed at his job. For everything that Adam Vinateri has done to be remembered for being "Clutch", Norwood did to be remembered as the goat. |
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05-29-2007, 08:56 AM
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Location: Mass.
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Comeback
1 - The final out of game 7 of the 2004 ALCS - Lathum 2 - Wolfgang Funkel's penatly kick in the 81st minute gives Bayer Uerdingen the win over Dynamo Dresden, capping a five-goal comeback - sabotai 3 - Down 38-3 in the late 3rd quarter, Michigan State scores the winning points against Northwestern in the greatest comeback in NCAA history - Schmidty 4 - After having trailed 30-7 in the 4th quarter, John Hall kicks a FG in overtime to complete an amazing comeback by the Jets vs Miami on Monday Night Football in 2000 - Radii 5 - Steve Christie kicks a field goal in overtime to cap the Bills rally from a 35-3 deficit - digamma 6 - 1994, Dan Marino's Fake Spike completes a comeback against the rival Jets - larrymcg421 7 - "The Play" - Cal returns a last second kickoff through the Stanford defense and their band - Maple Leafs 8 Justin Leonard sinks 45 foot putt to cap off the greatest comeback in Ryder Cup History - 1999 Ryder Cup - bsak16 9 - Bob Willis bowls Ray Bright to win the test for England after being asked to follow on - tanglewood 10 - Jerzy Dudek's penalty save from Shevchenko to seal the Champions League - Crapshoot I barely even remember much from the 2004 World Series. I know the Cardinals played (supposedly). I know the Red Sox won... however it almost seemed like that was already assumed to be the outcome after the Red Sox overcame the Yankees that year to win the ALCS. At the time it happened, I remember people constantly saying over and over that no one had ever come back from a 3-0 game deficit to win. This comeback is more than just that game 7 however, its more than just that ALCS.. this come back was #1 because it was a come back from the previous 80+ years of the Yankees beating the Red Sox when it mattered. Emotion 1 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play in the MLB as he steps on the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers - bsak16 2 - Dale Earnhardt killed in crash on final lap of Daytona 500 - Lathum 3 - Dave Dravecky's arm snaps during a pitch, ending his comeback from cancer - Maple Leafs 4 - Bo Kimble Shoots his first free throw of the 1990 NCAA Tournament left handed in memory of Hank Gathers - Radii 5 - Jason McElwain, an autistic 17 year old senior hits his 6th 3-pointer as the game ends in his high school basketball team's last home game - sabotai 6 - Kerri Strug lands a vault on one leg, helping the US win the Olympic gold medal over Russia for gymastics in 1996 - Schmidty 7 - Hail Mary! Doug Flutie to Gerard Phelan lifts BC over Miami - digamma 8 - Smarty Jones gets run down at the end of the Belmont Stakes - larrymcg421 9 - Aryton Senna's crash at Imola 1994 - tanglewood 10 - Joe Louis TKO's Max Schmeling - Crapshoot Its hard to measure emotion of something that occured decades before I was born, something that I have never seen video footage of.. the reason why Jackie Robinson is #1 however is the emotion it still drives to this day. Now I'm not a nascar fan, I've never even watched a race, but the day Dale Earnheardt died, even I knew who that was. I remember driving all around Atlanta and seeing those Red number 3s (and later Black number 3s) everywhere. In fact in all the years of Nascar, the only two racers I even knew the names of was Awesome Bill from Dawsonville and Dale Earnheardt. It almost seemed like that crash killed a family member for several hundred thousand fans. #3 and #4 were both pretty close for me. I remember all of the feel good stories that came out about Dravecky's recovery, how we all waited to see him pitch, and then the horror that occured afterwards. To this day, I can still remember vividly him holding his arm with his other hand when everything fell apart for him. |
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05-29-2007, 09:04 AM
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Location: Mass.
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Drama
1 - Don Larsen perfect world series game 5 1956 final out - Lathum 2 - Kirk Gibson walk-off homer Game 1 WS win in 1988 - Schmidty 3 - "The Shot Heard 'Round the World", Bobby Thompson's homerun off Ralph Branca on the last day of the season to give the Giants the pennant - digamma 4 - "The Music City Miracle" - Incredible Kickoff Return by Tennessee to win the Wild Card playoff game vs Buffalo - Radii 5 - Francisco Cabrera hits a single to left field and Sid Bream runs to the plate for the winning run in game 7 of the 1992 NLCS - larrymcg421 6 - Willis Reed running onto the court during Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers in Madison Square Garden - bsak16 7 - The OT touchdown in the 1958 NFL title game - Crapshoot 8 - Jesse Owens humiliates Adolt Hitler by winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics - Maple Leafs 9 - Al Unser Jr. beats Scott Goodyear by 0.043 seconds to win the 1992 Indianapolis 500 - sabotai 10 - Solskjaer's injury time winner, Bayern Munich vs Manchester United 1999 Champion's League Final - tanglewood I still don't like the yankees, but Don Larsen's performance was perhaps one of the best days anyone has ever had. Kirk Gibson was a strong choice as well, and I think could have done great in the Emotion field as well. I remember Kirk hobbling up to the plate and you just knew if he put the ball into play anywhere he was a goner. At that point Gibson was kind of like the girls in kickball that you used to have a substitute runner for after the kick the ball. You wanted to just look around and try to figure out why John Shelby wasn't there standing next to Gibson at the plate to take off running for him once he made contact. Gibson ended up putting the ball the one place he couldn't be thrown out however. Upset 1 - "Do you believe in Miracles?", the final moments of the US/USSR 1980 Olympic hockey game - Maple Leafs 2 - James "Buster" Douglas knocks out Mike Tyson in the 10th round on Feb 11th, 1990 - sabotai 3 - Texas Western defeats KU in 1966 Champioship game - Lathum 4 - Time expires in the 1985 NCAA Championship game, Villanova plays the perfect game to beat Georgetown - Radii 5 - Super Bowl III, Jets 16, Colts 7, final seconds - digamma 6 - Clay Beats Liston - Crapshoot 7 - George Foreman's Punch to Knockout Michael Moore to become the oldest heavyweight champion in history - bsak16 8 - Ali KOs Foreman in The Rumble In The Jungle, 1974 - tanglewood 9 - NC State's Lorenzo Charles dunks the ball to win the 1983 NCAA Title game - Schmidty 10 - Final seconds tick down in Chaminade's 77-72 victory over Virginia - larrymcg421 #1 seems like a complete no brainer to me. To this day, if you asked most random people on the street who the U.S. beat in the gold medal round that year, they would say Russia, not even realizing that wasn't even the gold medal game. You would be hard stretched to find even non-sports fans who didn't know about that victory though. At the time, it wasn't only just a win for one hockey team over another, it was the "good guys" beating the "bad guys" when the cold war was at its peak. I can still remember where I was when Mike Tyson lost to Buster Douglas. I still remember the Still photos shown on the news of it. At the time, there wasn't much that was a sure thing in life... Death, Taxes and Mike Tyson knocking the living snot out of anyone in under 2 minutes. The fact he lost was just unimaginable... and anyone who says they called that fight before hand is lying to you. |
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05-29-2007, 09:15 AM
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Record Breaking
1 - Hank Aaron hits Home Run # 715 to break Babe Ruth's all time home run record - larrymcg421 2 - Wayne Gretzky scores a goal to break Gordie Howe's career scoring record in a third of the time - bsak16 3 - Final out in Cy Youngs 511th win - Lathum 4 - Bob Beamon shatters the long jump world record, 1968 Olympics in Mexico City - tanglewood 5 - Roger Bannister breaks the tape at the Iffley Road track to break the four minute mile - digamma 6 - Mark McGwire's 62nd Home Run in 1998 - Radii 7 - Joe DiMaggio grounds out with the bases loaded, ending his 56-game hitting streak - Maple Leafs 8 - Peter Rose hits his 4,192nd career hit to break Ty Cobb's all-time hit record - sabotai 9 - Cal Ripken celebrates with fans after breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak - Schmidty 10 - Nolan Ryan's 7th no hitter, at age 44 - the final out - Crapshoot This was a tough field for me to figure out which were better. Do you reward more someone who had an entire career of dominance, or someone who had an outstanding season or game? In the end, the "biggest" record of my life, and one which unfortunatly looks like it will fall in the near future is the Home Run Record. For #2 I had a tough time choosing between a record that boggles my mind and Gretsky's career reaching its highpoint. It probably can be said due to him the NHL really took off in the States Speed 1 - Bo Jackson blows by the Seattle defense for a 91 yard TD Run on MNF - sabotai 2 - Michael Johnson's 19.32s in the 200m 1996 Olympic final - tanglewood 3 - Tony Dorsett breaks a 99 yard run on Monday Night Football vs the Minnesota Vikings in 1983 - Radii 4 - Secretariat down the stretch at the 1973 Belmont Stakes - digamma 5 - Affirmed defeats alydar in the 1978 Belmont to be the last horse to win the triple crown - Lathum 6 - Willy Mays over-the-shoulder catch in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series - Schmidty 7 - 1964 Olympics 10,000 meters, Billy Mills outkicks his rivals to win the Gold Medal - larrymcg421 8 - Rickey Henderson steals the 939th base of his career, one more than Lou Brock - bsak16 9 - Dave Roberts steals second base off Mariano Rivera to start the Red Sox comeback in game four of the 2004 ALCS - Maple Leafs 10 - Michael Owen scoring against Argentina - Crapshoot I'm not really sure how you measure horse speed vs human speed. All I know is that Bo knows Speed. To this day I am still miffed that we never got to see what could have been. If only Bo had stayed healthy, it might have ended up being one of the greatest ever. Instead we are left only with the memory of him running over Bosworth , and this run where he kept running and running and running. Every time I see Forrest Gump, I think of the Bo Jackson run and just assume they stole that part of the movie from Bo. |
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05-29-2007, 09:22 AM
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Location: Mass.
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Power
1 - "Down goes Frazier. Down Goes Frazier." George Foreman knocks down Joe Frazier while winning the World Heavyweight championship - sabotai 2 - Mike Tyson flattens Michael Spinks in the first round - larrymcg421 3 - Hulk Hogan becomes the first person to slam 520-pound Andre The Giant - bsak16 4 - Henry Cooper knocks down Cassius Clay for the first time in his career - tanglewood 5 - Rulon Gardner defeats Alexander Karelin in the 2000 Olympics - Lathum 6 - Lawrence Taylor breaks Joe Theismann's leg on MNF - Maple Leafs 7 - William the "Refrigerator" Perry plows across the goal line in Super Bowl XX - digamma 8 - Reggie Jackson takes his 3rd swing in game 6 of the 1977 World Series and hits his 3rd home run - Radii 9 - Bill Mazeroski - Hr to end the 1960 world series - Crapshoot 10 - Lance Armstrong crosses the finish line in 1999 and yells "I'm in Shock" as he wins his first Tour de France two years after almost dying from testicular cancer - Schmidty The power category seems to be where the boxers shined the most for me. WHen I think of Raw power, I think of the Russian from Rocky IV (or was it Rocky III?) just demolishing Apollo Creed. I almost put Tyson for #1, but at the last minute my better senses got control over me. Controversy 1 - USSR defeats USA for the Olympic Gold Medal in Basketball after officials give them three chances to inbound the ball at the end of the game - larrymcg421 2 - "The Tuck" - 2002 AFC Divisonal playoffs - Lathum 3 - Colorado Scores on 5th down to beat Missouri in 1990 - Radii 4 - Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal, Argentina vs England 1986 World Cup Quarter-Final - tanglewood 5 - Immaculate Reception December 23, 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers vs Oakland Raiders - bsak16 6 - Richard Steele stops the Julio Cesar Chavez-Meldrick Taylor fight with 2 seconds left in the 12th round, giving Chavez a TKO victory - sabotai 7 - "No mas! No Mas!" Roberto Duran quits in the midst of 8th round of his 2nd bout versus Sugar Ray Leonard - Schmidty 8 - Ben Johnson destroys the field in the 100-meter final at the 1988 Seoul Olympics - Maple Leafs 9 - George Brett Pine Tar incident - digamma 10 - The 2003 ALCS - Grady Little leaving Pedro Martinez in - Crapshoot Not really one of the biggest controversial sports moments ever for me, it sure would win if a category had been called "Funniest foreign sports moments to imitate" To this day I still love calling out "No mas, no mas" if losing badly at a video game, sporting activity, cards, board game, or whatever. So with all of the categories judged, I ended up with the following score sheet: Lathum - 31 Sabotai - 38 Radii - 48 Bsak16 - 52.5 Larrymcg421 - 54 Digamma - 59.5 Maple Leafs - 60 Schmidty - 63 Tanglewood - 66 Crapshoot - 78 (points = bad) I think those who ended up getting the most points at the end had more to say about myself than their choices. Unfortunatly I just don't know much about soccer, or international sporting events. I did enjoy reading everyone's draft picks and reasons, and in many cases learned alot that I didn't know about some sports. I'll wait breathlessly for Sean's FOFC curling moments draft which I know is destined to come any day. |
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05-29-2007, 09:25 AM
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That's what you were saying when we use to kick your ass in NCAA football online. Now it all makes sense Great breakdown Alan. |
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05-29-2007, 09:41 AM
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Congratulations to digamma, who edges out Schmidty to take the title.
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