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What's the best sporting event/game you ever attended

bristol rises said:
Game 7 of 1986 ALCS between the Sox and Angels. It was a blowout W for the Sox but unforgettable. Kenmore Square was madness with people hanging from street signs (before this was a thing).

It was a crazy series. In Game 5, the Angels were one strike away from eliminating the Sox but Dave "Hindu" Henderson hit a HR off Angels closer Donnie Moore who sadly never recovered emotionally.

Considering everything that happened versus the Mets in WS, this series understandably is overshadowed.
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I couldn't get tickets to the game so watched from Cask 'N Flagon which was a pretty good place to watch the game as well. Was this the game where Clemons got on the police horse to celebrate the victory?
 
bristol rises said:
Game 7 of 1986 ALCS between the Sox and Angels. It was a blowout W for the Sox but unforgettable. Kenmore Square was madness with people hanging from street signs (before this was a thing).

It was a crazy series. In Game 5, the Angels were one strike away from eliminating the Sox but Dave "Hindu" Henderson hit a HR off Angels closer Donnie Moore who sadly never recovered emotionally.

Considering everything that happened versus the Mets in WS, this series understandably is overshadowed.
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IMHO, there has never been another postseason like 1986. Both playoff series were extremely dramatic and the WS did not disappoint.
 
1. Joan Joyce and the Raybestos Brakettes with Joan, a catcher and 4 fielders beating a full compliment men's softball team
2. Eduard Charpentier The Flying Frenchman carrying me around the rink at Crystal Arena after defeating Haystacks Calhoun on my birthday
3. Derek Lowes no hitter
4. George Brett pine tar bat game
But best of all sitting with Clemson fans watching The Pass from Scotty to Tate
 
storrsroars said:
IMHO, there has never been another postseason like 1986. Both playoff series were extremely dramatic and the WS did not disappoint.
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It did disappoint and sting Sox fans like me, but it made 2004 even sweeter. It was tragic that Donnie Moore could not recover from that failed save opportunity.
 
Pedro beating Clemens 2-0 in Yankee Stadium. Great recap here:

May 28, 2000: Pedro Martinez, Red Sox defeat Roger Clemens, Yankees in a game for the ages – Society for American Baseball Research

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It's one of the greatest pitching duels of all time, albeit a regular season one. But what makes think so fondly of it was what happened immediately afterward. As a Sox fan living in NYC in the pre-2004 era, when you went to a game in Yankee Stadium, you knew you were going to be subjected to "1918!" chants all game long.

So when, as we were leaving our seats in the bleachers, I heard this rumbling come from inside the stadium, I said to myself, "ah, crap, 1918." But no! As I entered the corridor, I realized that the chanting I'd heard was "PEDRO! PEDRO! PEDRO! PEDRO!" Every single Red Sox was jubilantly chanting it, fists pumping. And Pedro was so dominant that Yankee fans couldn't even say anything. (This was 4 years before the "Daddies" comment.) No trash talk at all; they just silently shuffled out.
 
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My family and I went to Belmont on June 9th, 1973 to watch Secretariat run for the Triple Crown. Granted I was an infant and don't remember a thing about it but I was there. I even have the ticket stub and the uncashed $2 bet that my Mother made on Secretariat to win.

The best sporting event that I was at that I actually remember was the "tuck rule" game. I think it took us 5 hours to drive 80 miles home but it was such an incredible game.
 
1986 NFC Championsbip Game, Redskins/Giants at Meadowlands. Cold as hell, and one of the most exciting games that I ever witnessed in person.
 
UConn beating Mich St at MSG to go to final 4(Sat in a MSU section, very lonely at end)

Mickey Mantle walk off 3run HR against Tigers at the Stadium in twilight of his career

Pele scoring one of last career goals before 77000 at Meadowlands while playing for Cosmos(Beckenbauer, Chinaglia, Werner Roth)
 
Flipside said:
St John's 1pt win over Duke @ Cameron, 2000
Winter X Aspen, 2010-16
Lebron/Heat buzzer beater over Indiana @ Eastern Conference Finals, 2013
Notre Dame over Penn State @ Orange Bowl, 2025
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I also went to notre dame Penn st this year. Was my first ever big cfb game. Not sure if it was just because I’ve never attended one or not, but the atmosphere was absolutely incredible. Great game but maybe I’m hyping it too much because of the circumstances of it being the Semis
 
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husky8273 said:
  • Tiki Barber's 200 yard game following Wellington Mara's passing
  • Giants 41-0 playoff thrashing of the Vikings
  • Mets 2015 World Series game 5 loss to Royals with Matt Harvey
  • #2 Marquette - #11 Fordham at MSG in 1971 during Digger Phelps' only year at Fordham
  • Bob Moose no hittter vs. Mets in 1969
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I saw Bob Moose's no-hitter too. Thought the game was boring until I realized late in the game that a no-hitter was on the line.
 
nomar said:
Pedro beating Clemens 2-0 in Yankee Stadium. Great recap here:

May 28, 2000: Pedro Martinez, Red Sox defeat Roger Clemens, Yankees in a game for the ages – Society for American Baseball Research

sabr.org sabr.org

It's one of the greatest pitching duels of all time, albeit a regular season one. But what makes think so fondly of it was what happened immediately afterward. As a Sox fan living in NYC in the pre-2004 era, when you went to a game in Yankee Stadium, you knew you were going to be subjected to "1918!" chants all game long.

So when, as we were leaving our seats in the bleachers, I heard this rumbling come from inside the stadium, I said to myself, "ah, crap, 1918." But no! As I entered the corridor, I realized that the chanting I'd heard was "PEDRO! PEDRO! PEDRO! PEDRO!" Every single Red Sox was jubilantly chanting it, fists pumping. And Pedro was so dominant that Yankee fans couldn't even say anything. (This was 4 years before the "Daddies" comment.) No trash talk at all; they just silently shuffled out.
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Six of us went down to the Bronx, I drove. Only one of us had tickets, the Red Sox fan. We were drinking in the parking lot all afternoon and the rest of us got shut out by scalpers. We agreed to meet our friend when the game got out and if he wasn't at the meeting spot he went back to his college buddy's house across the river in Jersey.

We spent a couple hours in Manhattan and got back a little late after the game ended and the parking lots were clearing out and our friend wasn't in the meeting spot. We stayed there until everyone from the lots was gone and we looked in every lot to make sure before driving the 2 hours back home.

We get a phone call the next morning and it's my friend's dad saying he had so much fun driving down to the Bronx at 2 in the morning. Apparently our friend was stumbling around the Bronx decked out in his Red Sox gear hours after the game ended and a Yankees employee saw him and brought him into an office.

Things were so much more difficult when we didn't have cell phones.
 
Could be 1975 World Series game 6, Fisk walk off homer. Cincinnati had a lineup of Hall of Famers. The walk back to the car after the game was one of the greatest walks ever taken by anybody that did so. Anything that could make noise , made it. Church bells were ringing....it was a little after 1:00 AM. My tickets were $6.

Game 7 was also a great game. The Red Sox thought they had it. The vendors that sold food in the aisles were throwing out free food to anyone after the 7th inning.

Notre Dame vs Miami in 1988 at Notre Dame. #1 vs. #2. Catholics vs Convicts game. I still have the T-Shirt. Lou Holtz vs. Jimmy Johnson.
The hype for the game was unreal, but the game was even better. Saw Dick Vitale in the book store.

Sports can sure bring back some great memories with your Dad and family!
 
2014DualCs said:
I also went to notre dame Penn st this year. Was my first ever big cfb game. Not sure if it was just because I’ve never attended one or not, but the atmosphere was absolutely incredible. Great game but maybe I’m hyping it too much because of the circumstances of it being the Semis
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not hyping too much, I had a similar experience ... was my 1st big time cfb game too, although I did go to Miami/Oklahoma 2009 @ Land Shark Stadium when they were both Top20 --- and UConn @ FIU in 2022 (that was huge! :) ) ... this was something different

bought a ticket on game day at pennies on the dollar, and ended up hanging w/ both Penn State & ND friends
 
I’ve been very fortunate having worked in sports for a good bit which simply means I’ve seen a lot of games in someone else's dime.

The Leyritz homer to best the Mariners in the 15th in 1995 was incredible.

Denver kicking the Chiefs ass at Arrowhead and Derrick Thomas absolutely losing his mind. 1998 MNF loudest I’ve heard a stadium.
 
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2019 Calif. state championship hoops... Aidan Mahaney, then a frosh, leads my fabulous Campolindo Cougars to a Div. 2 state title.

Might not be all that big to you guys, but it sure was to me....
 
Kitaman said:
What is the most memorable sports moment/game you attended? I'm talking non UConn, for obvious reasons.

I've seen one hitters (late 7th inning), Devin Booker scoring 60+, player hit for the cycle and a few others but no Championships, records broken or other historical moments/milestones (and I've been to dozens of pro games). :(

I know someone here has some interesting stories to tell, while I'm still waiting for mine.
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Reggie 3 dingers in 1977
Stadium was shaking
 
Hey Adrien! said:
In terms of best games recently, the 2024 Ivy Championship was incredible. First title game I got to cover in-person and Yale’s Matt Knowling hit the game-winner.



As a kid, my first Giants game was actually in Philly when Strahan won the game in OT with a pick-six against a then-rookie Donovan McNabb. Even though I was 12, my dad’s GF warned me “if the Giants win, don’t make a move and try not to cheer at all.”
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Priceless! That's a stadium wide silence you can relish for the rest of your life.
 
Mine is more obscure. I saw Sox/Seattle in Fenway. John Valentin was at SS and turned an unassisted triple play, one of the rarest plays in baseball. I think at the time it was the 9th one ever turned and now there may be 11-12?

Also it was the first major league game for the opposing SS. Alex Rodriguez.
 
Waquoit said:
I saw a no hitter in person once. But it was at Yankee Stadium and I’m a Sox fan. Horrible day. Two and a half hours of misery plus a sunburn.
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Had a ticket to that game (Righetti's no hitter). My brother's college roommate was a Sox fan from the eastern part of the state. I gave him my ticket (kind of guilted into it) and went to a July 4 party (weekend long blowout).

As far as games I attended, game one of the 2000 world series belongs at the top. Yanks tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, won in extra innings.
 
Kitaman said:
What is the most memorable sports moment/game you attended? I'm talking non UConn, for obvious reasons.

I've seen one hitters (late 7th inning), Devin Booker scoring 60+, player hit for the cycle and a few others but no Championships, records broken or other historical moments/milestones (and I've been to dozens of pro games). :(

I know someone here has some interesting stories to tell, while I'm still waiting for mine.
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I root for the Red Sox against all but the Mets. Was at game 6. That game 6.

Kind of like being (wasn't) at the Miracle on Ice Olympic game in 1980 ...
 
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I already answered then thought of one more. Mariano Rivera’s fifth game as a starter but this was his break out game in Comiskey Park July 4, 1995. I lived in Chicago from 1993-2010. He gave up two hits both to Frank “Big Hurt” Thomas. Struck out 11 but his stuff was electric. I remember the WhiteSox just flaying away swinging way late. Then later in the game there were shadows. They started the game like two hours late because they were having fireworks after the game.

When the shadows came into play you would swear the White Sox hitters were not seeing the ball. He was dominant and I looked at my first wife and said we may have witnessed the beginning of a great player. She said thats nice can you get me another beer! Yeah the first wife did not work out.

It’s ok met my second wife about 7 years later had two great boys with her and still happily married. She played basketball in college. Very good all conference player for Bristol Central. Trust me athletes over cheerleaders is my secret advice way less maintenance involved.

To all the BY fathers, hope you have a great day!
 
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Hunt for 7 said:
When the shadows came into play you would swear the White Sox hitters were not seeing the ball. He was dominant and I looked at my first wife and said we may have witnessed the beginning of a great player. She said thats nice can you get me another beer! Yeah the first wife did not work out.
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I don't know, she likes beer and doesn't bother you with a lot of stupid questions during a ballgame. Sounds like a keeper to me.
 
1976 Game 5 Royals Yankees to go to the WS. Brett hit a homer to right to tie the game late but that was the Chambliss walk off homer game. I’m not a Yankee fan but it was fantastic being there. The stadium was crazy. The fans were all over the field after the HR and took everything they could. Patches of grass and even some of the big blue padded outfield panels were off. I don’t know who thought they were going to take them anywhere.

But UConn at the Trop tops my list obviously.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I don't know, she likes beer and doesn't bother you with a lot of stupid questions during a ballgame. Sounds like a keeper to me.
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Yeah….no not really…..I prefer conversation and some idea why I might throw the remote control over “ a stupid game”….I remember hearing that after we blew a 4 point lead with 8.9 seconds left to Miami. That one will forever be etched in my memory. Just for the restraint I showed in not completely losing it when that gem came out her mouth.

And thats after being married to me for ten years. We did not make eleven……

Timing is everything.
 
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