Biggest Choke Job in Sports

[Scoe]

Every team vs UVA in this years NCAA tournament

 

[Scoe]

Gotta sa

Has someone mentioned the 2011 Texas Rangers? Game 6 of the World Series, they had the Cardinals down to their last strike not once, but twice.

It's really hard to choke on defense, but Nelson Cruz managed it. Up by 2 runs, with 2 outs in the 9th, runners on 1st and 2nd, including the lead-footed Lance Berkman at 1st. David Freese hits a line drive towards the right field wall.
- If Cruz catches the ball, the game is over and they win the World Series
- If Cruz turns around to play it off the wall, he keeps the tying run at 3rd, still with 2 outs and a ~70% chance to win

Instead, he manages to do the one thing that would give up the lead: flails embarrassingly at the ball, lets it bounce off the wall and roll 20 feet past him, allowing Berkman to score from 1st and tie the game.

Thats why teams have defensive replacements or should at least.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Gotta sa


Thats why teams have defensive replacements or should at least.

The amazing thing was, Cruz didn't even need to make the catch. All he had to do was say "forget this, I'm not catching it", play it cleanly off the wall, and hold the runner at 3rd. Then all they would have to do is retire Yadier Molina -- or even intentionally walk him and face Daniel Descalso -- to win the World Series.

Forget skill, it was a stunningly low-IQ play in a pressure situation. He choked.

 

[David 76]

They blew a 12 game lead in late August! If that’s not choking, I don’t know what is? My Sox friends were so upset they celebrated when Munson died in plane crash in 79, real classy...

they played the Yankees 7 times during the Yankees comeback and got scorched by a combined score of about 118 to 1. Red Sox fans were dying.

 

[David 76]

The pattern is obvious. The Red Sox have a good run once every turn of the century. Then the Yankees take the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s,60s, 70s and 90s.

 

[UConnNick]

The pattern is obvious. The Red Sox have a good run once every turn of the century. Then the Yankees take the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s,60s, 70s and 90s.

27 > 9

No one presently on this forum, nor any children or grandchildren of anyone here, will ever see the Sux equal or exceed the Yankees' 27 WS titles.

 

[zls44]

The current St. John's administration.

 

[Madmannsucks]

they played the Yankees 7 times during the Yankees comeback and got scorched by a combined score of about 118 to 1. Red Sox fans were dying.

I worked with a Red Sox fan who was rubbing it in all year long. The first 4 of those 7 games the Yanks pasted the Sox like 42 to 9 . We worked in the computer room. I filled out like 200 tab cards. Put em in his coat pockets, his briefcase his sleeves of his jacket, his desk drawers, etc, etc. He spoke with a heavy Irish accent...he was like "my God, they kept coming out every where, falling out on the bus"....ahhhh, THAT was fun.