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What is your most memorable sports moment as a player or teammate? Any All State/American awardees? Any champions?

I have 2 memories:

Played HS football on a freshman team that was undefeated, unscored upon and beat the HS varsity team (who also didn't score). 12-0

Won an MVP award for basketball during a summer tournament. Was hot as hell hitting bombs from deep. Trophy award felt great, nice crowd outdoors in a public park.
 
i was watching a football game once and said “look for a pass here” to no one in particular.

as i had predicted, the team subsequently passed the ball.

the rest of the room acted indifferently, but i was quietly very pleased with myself.
 
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My most memorable plays were in rec softball when I was in my twenties. I made a great catch from right center with my back to the plate to win a playoff game in a morning modified league I was in at Mill Woods in Wethersfield.

I also started a two out rally when we were down by 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th on another team. We ended up winning the game and others said if I could get a hit, then they knew that they could. That team was 24-1. Unfortunately, we played in some tournaments against big bashers and got smoked. We were good but we didn't have enough homerun hitters for tournaments.

I sure miss playing softball.
 
Threw a rain shortened (4 inning) perfect game vs Glastonbury High sophomore year (JV).

Got called up to in pitch the next game vs East Hartford (back in the early 2000s when they were a baseball powerhouse) and got ROCKED. Those dudes were not impressed with 75 mph “heat” and a predictable curve.
 
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Kitaman said:
Played HS football on a freshman team that was undefeated, unscored upon and beat the HS varsity team (who also didn't score). 12-0
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temery said:
As a coach - three state championships, three state finalists. Overall 20 + trophies added to the school's trophy collection. Actually had to build two new cases :)

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You should have seen if you could have bought a used one from Rutgers. They aren't using theirs.
 
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Player (I'm a 5'9 "glue guy" and went to a high school w/ 3000 kids so 0% I could make the team. Played in a town rec league from grades 5-12. Below are my high school basketball memories:
  • Broke my nose warming up before a basketball game. Got blood all over the court.
  • Got hot one game, led a 9-0 run in the last 90 seconds of the game, including the game winner. Hit the first two threes, took the final three but didn't see it go in, thought I missed it. A kid on the other team said nice shot so I got in his face, but only when my teammates were around me did I realize I made the shot. Felt like a jerk and apologized to the kid after the game.
College player memories during UConn Intramurals/pick-up games:
  • Was the leading scorer in an intramural game. Scored 3 points.
As an adult:
  • Hit a three against the Harlem Wizards.
Coaching
  • Cross-country:
    • Dozens of conference champions. Nothing due to my coaching, but just fun to have coached a lot of talented runners.
  • Basketball:
    • Was the 5/6 coach for a team that eventually became an undefeated a 7/8 squad. One of those kids is currently playing D3.
    • A recent graduate entered our program as a 5th grader with no experience. Now, he's starting in high school and often mentions how I helped start his love for basketball. Feels awesome.
  • Baseball/softball:
    • Coached against Mariano Rivera and Allen Houston's sons. Allen's son was very good but Mo's son was awful, go figure.
    • Went 7-1 in softball one year where literally none of my players had game experience. Just a bunch of super athletic soccer players who adjusted to the game super quickly.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
I once got dominated by one of the Women's team walk-ons while playing pickup basketball at the rec center. I still have nightmares of her splashing three pointers from every spot on the floor with me right in her face.
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Yeah yeah at least you didn't get beat in a road race by Oprah and some guy dressed like a lighthouse.
 
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My most satisfying was a softball game at Club Med at Turks and Caicos. Our team played a bunch of loudmouth NYers. I was the catcher and a guy named Ira tried to take me out at home on a relay from short. I was only about 180 at the time but was blocking the plate. I lowered my shoulder and knocked him back. He didn't look too good after that as he went to lay under the palm trees.

I also won the beer drinking contest with some people in the audience yelling "no fair, he's a pro". good times
 
HCCForever said:
My most satisfying was a softball game at Club Med at Turks and Caicos. Our team played a bunch of loudmouth NYers. I was the catcher and a guy named Ira tried to take me out at home on a relay from short. I was only about 180 at the time but was blocking the plate. I lowered my shoulder and knocked him back. He didn't look too good after that as he went to lay under the palm trees.

I also won the beer drinking contest with some people in the audience yelling "no fair, he's a pro". good times
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Someone tried taking out the catcher at a Club Med pickup softball game? I would have been going base to base with a margarita in one hand.
 
4 on 4 touch football game, 1970. three of my best friends, including a Trinity offensive lineman and his girl friend, and I defeated 4 guys from Trinity's football team, including the starting middle linebacker. I threw the winning pass to Holly. The next week they played us again, and we won again. Passing game only.
 
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Deepster said:
Someone tried taking out the catcher at a Club Med pickup softball game? I would have been going base to base with a margarita in one hand.
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That is the part that I couldn't understand. Club Med is usually pretty laid back but I was blocking the plate.
 
Senior year (HS) basketball team MVP. At 5'7, my coolest non-award accomplishment was being able to throw down a couple dunks, mostly off alley-oops.

Ended up not playing in college, but played in a summer league against a bunch of D1-D3 players, and my team, which had zero college players, beat the best team in the league on a 3/4 court buzzer beater. I threw an alley-oop to one of my teammates off a bad outlet pass as I was falling out of bounds. Teammate caught it and tomahawked it. Entire place went nuts.
 
The one year I played little league I was one of the youngest players in the league. I usually played 2nd base or left field. I didn't feel well, but still showed up for the game. I was on the bench and started feeling better, so I asked the coach if I can play catch with my dad, and he said sure, but stay just behind the dugout.
In the 3rd inning, we had a 4-2 lead with one out. Then out pitcher just completely lost it. He walked the bases loaded. My coach came out and asked if I wanted to try pitching, and I was a nervous kid so I said 'no'. Our pitcher then walked the the tying run in. My coached poked his head around the corner and said if Scotty walked the next batter I was going in. 4 pitchers later, I pitched for the first time. I just remember I was scared to death. My 1st pitch was a strike but it bounced off the catcher's mitt. I covered home and we got the runner there for the 2nd out. I struck out the batter and went on to strikeout the last 9 batters and we came back and won.

This is more funny, but one time at an open gym I threw a over the shoulder, bullet no-look pass. I heard a loud smack, because my teammate wasn't expecting it at all. I slowly turn around to see Chuck Aleksinas rubbing his eye and nose. I felt so bad, but he was cool. He told me it was a great pass and he should have been ready for it.
 
1. Started a game for Bristol Red Sox vs the West Haven Yankees at beautiful Quigley Stadium, jk, in 77'. First pitch of game, homer to Damaso Garcia. Second pitch, double by Domingo Ramos. Third pitch, homer to Mike Heath. Fouth pitch, ball one, followed by fifth pitch that Jerry Narron hit about 400 feet over the right field fence. Five pitches, four runs and 3 homers. At least all of the guys who tattoed me made it to the big leagues.

My manager, J.K. Kennedy walks to the mound and asked me if I actually warmed up before the game. I said I did and he just turned around and walked back to the dugout. Pitched the rest of the game and we ended up winning 5 to 4.

2. Gave up a homerun to Dale Murphy that went over the light tower in left field at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket. Longest ball I have ever seen hit, it was beautiful.

You always remember the screwups in life in much greater detail than the victories.
 
After school Pickup coed tackle football game. 8th grade. 7 on 7. Everyone took a Quaalude before the game and was making out inside of the first 10 plays. my partner was the best looking girl on the opposing team.

was better than a superbowl trophy.
 
I won the Junior Olympics State Championship in Track and Field when I was 15 or 16. I went on to do the 4x100 relay, long jump, triple jump and high jump and scored the most points on the team as a Senior in high school. I won the conference meet in the triple jump and think I came in second in the long jump. Got to UConn, walked onto the track team and quickly figured out that I would never be better than mediocre at best (probably worse than that) at the college level. Joined a fraternity, drank lots of beer and had moderate success with some good looking co-eds.

Once made 20 free throws in a row, and 29 out of 30. Played pickup behind the jungle against Earl Kelley,. lost 11-7 but loved every second of playing against a guy that good. Played 2 on 2 against John Bagley and Mouse McFadden at a charity event that Manute Bol had organized in Cape Cod. Those guys absolutely demolished us and Bagley was hitting threes over me like I wasn't even there.
 
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