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Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 1:46 pm
by doug rr
verb_to_trust wrote:Shawn Green
he hit 4 once..
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 1:52 pm
by Bammer
Love this thread concept.
If your personal event was truly famous just post a pic and we’ll recognize it.
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 1:53 pm
by Bammer
E.H. Ruddock wrote:I was at the 1992 Duke/Kentucky game where Laettner hit "the shot".

Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 2:06 pm
by ghost
doug rr wrote:verb_to_trust wrote:Shawn Green
he hit 4 once..
That's the guy. I guess it was 4.
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 2:10 pm
by Chris_H_2
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 2:16 pm
by Monkey_Driven
2012 Ryder Cup - Epic US meltdown on Sunday
2018 PGA Championship - Tiger comes so close to winning his first major since the scandal/injuries
2007 Mizzou/Kansas football game at Arrowhead - Craziest college football season of recent history
Not much, really.
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 2:19 pm
by doug rr
that reminds me...2008 US Open at Torrey Pines final 2 days..TIger wins with broken leg over Rocco Mediate..
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 2:37 pm
by Chris_H_2
depending on your perspective, my last golf tournament was more infamous than famous (sunday at the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah where the US team completely melted down).
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 3:03 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Bammer wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:I was at the 1992 Duke/Kentucky game where Laettner hit "the shot".

I've never experienced anything as loud as the crowd when the shot dropped. That includes getting nearby bombs exploding in the military
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 3:18 pm
by Monkey_Driven
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Bammer wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:I was at the 1992 Duke/Kentucky game where Laettner hit "the shot".

I've never experienced anything as loud as the crowd when the shot dropped. That includes getting nearby bombs exploding in the military
That's incredible you were there.
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 3:19 pm
by Chris_H_2
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Bammer wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:I was at the 1992 Duke/Kentucky game where Laettner hit "the shot".

I've never experienced anything as loud as the crowd when the shot dropped. That includes getting nearby bombs exploding in the military
there definitely were a lot of f'bombs dropped where i was watching that game
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 5:40 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
every Alabama football game I’ve attended
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 5:50 pm
by verb_to_trust
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:every Alabama football game I’ve attended
Half their schedule is against D3 schools
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 5:52 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
verb_to_trust wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:every Alabama football game I’ve attended
Half their schedule is against D3 schools
your mom is a D3 school
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 7:08 pm
by numbers
The 1999 All Star Game if we are talking real sports, but I did go to the Monday Night Raw when Mick Foley won the championship for the first time.
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 7:09 pm
by Norah
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 7:49 pm
by Bammer
Ruddo’s will be hard to top unless Dev happened to witness this:

Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 8:02 pm
by verb_to_trust
Can't imagine Dev likes a boring sport like baseball
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 8:05 pm
by 50 Million Feet of Earth...
I was at Game 3 of the Giants/A's 1989 World Series, which is the one that was postponed because of the Loma Prieta earthquake.
Re: Your most famous sporting event
Posted: Wed July 08, 2020 8:15 pm
by verb_to_trust
Did you feel the rumble?