Red Mosquito

washing machine wrote:It's buried deep in the rough, under the weight of so many more interesting things, that we often find the shiniest diamonds.

Are you fucking serious?

I saw Biggio's 3,000th hit.

But I think the most mundane but famous sporting event I ever witnessed was May 23, 1999 - Ballpark in Arlington.

Orioles routed the Rangers 15-6 on Sunday Night Baseball. Cal Ripken, Jr. had a double.

I still call this one "famous" because it was during Cal's historic streak.

washing machine wrote:But I think the most mundane but famous sporting event I ever witnessed was May 23, 1999 - Ballpark in Arlington.

Orioles routed the Rangers 15-6 on Sunday Night Baseball. Cal Ripken, Jr. had a double.

I still call this one "famous" because it was during Cal's historic streak.

This is a fkn outstanding RM post.

Bravo

Twins/Tigers game 163.
It was the last time the Twins won at the Metrodome as well.
I was also in the building for my alma mater’s first two hockey national championships.

daft twat wrote:Twins/Tigers game 163.
It was the last time the Twins won at the Metrodome as well.
I was also in the building for my alma mater’s first two hockey national championships.

f%#k that game to hell

Norris wrote:

Norris wrote:Bruins vs Leafs game 7 comeback in 2013.

Besides this I was also at game 1 of the 2018 World Series. And of course who can forget the Red Sox 2006 Patriots Day morning game when Mark Loretta hit a walk-off home run over the Green Monster against "Everyday" Eddie Guardado of the Seattle Mariners.

Also the 2019 Red Sox home opener. They got their rings from 2018 before losing to the Blue Jays in an awful Chris Sale start.

Were u at any famous Patriots games

nope

Not much for me. A Roy Halladay 10-inning complete game was probably the coolest thing I've seen. And Manny Ramirez hitting one into the 5th deck at the Skydome.

philpritchard wrote:Not much for me. A Roy Halladay 10-inning complete game was probably the coolest thing I've seen. And Manny Ramirez hitting one into the 5th deck at the Skydome.

Ugh... I had never been to a baseball playoff game before, so when the Jays made it in 2015, I had Game 5 tickets in my cart, then decided to switch the one of the first three games to make sure I got to go, since there was no guarantee it would go to five. Turns out the game we went to was a loss and Game 5 was the Bautista bat flip game.

philpritchard wrote:Not much for me. A Roy Halladay 10-inning complete game was probably the coolest thing I've seen. And Manny Ramirez hitting one into the 5th deck at the Skydome.

Was it this one? I remember watching this on tv.

Went to a Ravens-Bears game in 2017 in which there were TD's scored on a kickoff return, punt return, interception return, and a running back threw a touchdown pass.

The best game was the 2010 Pinstripe Bowl. Syracuse beat Kansas State 36-34.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Pinstripe_Bowl

I was in attendance for a big Mets comeback win vs. the Braves in 2000. It's still replayed as a Mets classic to this day.
https://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/06/j ... blast.html

Football World Cup qualifier 2005 Australia vs Uruguay

First time Australia qualified since 1974.

How crazy would it have been to see India all out for 36 a few days ago? Josh Hazlewood's 5-8 was the most economical five-wicket haul by an Australian in 73 years.

Amazing. I was listening on the radio. If we include cricket then pretty much everything that happened at the SCG between 1992-2006.

But this one was truly amazing:

That Aussie team was just ridiculous. So many killers. I wish I could have seen Warnie and McGrath bowl.

Ello Sailor wrote:That Aussie team was just ridiculous. So many killers. I wish I could have seen Warnie and McGrath bowl.

They were phenomenal. Like the All Blacks throughout that period. It's a shame there weren't too many NZ tours during that period too.

Other highlights at the SCG:
Brian Lara hitting 277
Steve Waugh getting his century on the last ball of the day
Darren Gough hattrick
SA vs Eng rain controversy during semi final in 92

Rugby wise I saw a NZ/Aus match in the 80s but I don't remember it at all.