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I had the Falcons 30-1 for a C note to win the NFC Title that year.Gary Anderson had one miss an entire season. One.
I was Dirty Birding all over the living room when that kick went wide.
I had the Falcons 30-1 for a C note to win the NFC Title that year.Gary Anderson had one miss an entire season. One.
This. This is the one. Was in college at Pitt. Had tickets to Game 1 of the World Series. Still hurts.
I figured the Byner fumble or The Drive....but that?You a Browns fan, and this is the sporting event that sticks with you?Think the title is pretty self explanatory...
Anyways, it really hit me yesterday, for no reason at all, that I far too often think about one sporting event that makes my blood boil. It's truly odd because 1) I was never a big fan of said player (but appreciated his greatness) and 2) never liked a team he played on until he came to my "hometown" team, but was pretty washed by then.
For some reason, and I've lived some insane sporting moments with clubs I support, this event sticks out to me and irks me to my core.
Terrel Owens HoF snubbing.
The NFL can eat a bag of soggy chips for eternity over this one - And you?
Yes, but that was no block. Punter just greased pigskin'd it into thin air.Also, msu blocking the punt against um and returning it for a score with no time left in the clock
Thank you.That’s a good one - or not so good if you’re a Sabres fan. While Hull’s skate didn’t really affect the goal, it was illegal at the time by the rules.Brett Hull's skate in the crease, 1999 Stanley Cup Finals
If they had handed it off to Marshawn Lynch, on that play or even the next one, Seattle would have almost certainly won consecutive Super Bowls, a franchise-changing moment.What made it even worse was the pass play chosen.Just hand the damn ball off to Marshawn!!
You never force a pass into the middle of the field on 2nd down with time for a couple plays left.
A safe pass to the corner of the end zone where it can't get picked would have been forgivable.
Worst play call I've ever seen in decades of the NFL.
I have family that went to Wisconsin that just compared the 2015 title game to the 2024 Big Ten title game saying Illinois got to do what Duke did. Funny things I remember about Wisconsin fans that year.2015 NCAA Championship game...Duke, specifically Grayson Allen and Coach K whining to the refs going into the half can bite me.
Still had the lead late in the game and with how Wisconsin could defend, thought I was witnessing a title in something other than Hockey.
I figured the Byner fumble or The Drive....but that?You a Browns fan, and this is the sporting event that sticks with you?Think the title is pretty self explanatory...
Anyways, it really hit me yesterday, for no reason at all, that I far too often think about one sporting event that makes my blood boil. It's truly odd because 1) I was never a big fan of said player (but appreciated his greatness) and 2) never liked a team he played on until he came to my "hometown" team, but was pretty washed by then.
For some reason, and I've lived some insane sporting moments with clubs I support, this event sticks out to me and irks me to my core.
Terrel Owens HoF snubbing.
The NFL can eat a bag of soggy chips for eternity over this one - And you?
Came here to post this too. Huge Sox fan as a kid. I remember crying over this.Bucky effing Dent
Bush push
Yes it was 4th down. They would have been better off if he just knocked it down.There are lots of painful moments in Chargers history, but...
Marlon McCree
I forgot about that. Wasn't that a 4th down interception as well? Ouch
Maybe he is actually a Pittsburgh fan and was sugarcoating the story because he couldn't bring himself to relive that pain.That was an awesome post and story. I loved reading it. Now I'm going to be the guy to tell you that the thread was about a sports moment and a guy that you'll never forgive
Good job, Dennis Castro. You bum.
Well, that explains all the negativity in this thread. Oops.That was an awesome post and story. I loved reading it. Now I'm going to be the guy to tell you that the thread was about a sports moment and a guy that you'll never forgive
Good job, Dennis Castro. You bum.
I remember calling the blocked fg for a td loss to the ratbirds, but only because this team is so ridiculous that thought entered my mind long before you know...winning.I figured the Byner fumble or The Drive....but that?You a Browns fan, and this is the sporting event that sticks with you?Think the title is pretty self explanatory...
Anyways, it really hit me yesterday, for no reason at all, that I far too often think about one sporting event that makes my blood boil. It's truly odd because 1) I was never a big fan of said player (but appreciated his greatness) and 2) never liked a team he played on until he came to my "hometown" team, but was pretty washed by then.
For some reason, and I've lived some insane sporting moments with clubs I support, this event sticks out to me and irks me to my core.
Terrel Owens HoF snubbing.
The NFL can eat a bag of soggy chips for eternity over this one - And you?
being a Browns fan has been consistent misery until very, very recently. I have become immune to events related to the Browns. thus, I dont think about them much aside from gametime.
was at my usual dive bar watching the draft that year and stood up, and yelled at the TV for a good 3 minutes
This game is number one on the list. The FG miss is the big point everyone remembers, but this, the taking a knee to end the half, has always gnawed at me. Just like you said, they had been slinging it all year.1) Why does Green take a knee in the first place? You have the Freak in Randy Moss, throw it up and let him get it like you have been doing all year.
We hosted ~30 people over the year we drafted Weeden. There are photos floating around somewhere of me with a paper bag over my head taking a bottle of Jamo to the face. I have never sports hated one of my own like that oaf and can't imagine I ever will again.Does the Bears moving up to draft Mitch Trubisky count?
I was at my usual dive bar watching the draft that year and stood up, and yelled at the TV for a good 3 minutes.
Kinda glad I didn't go to Buffalo Wild Wings or someplace like that 'cuz I probably would have gotten myself kicked out. I was livid. Still am.
Won't ever forget that one.
@PIK95 Wow, I’m on the same page with so much of this. My dad (d. 2015) grew up in Brooklyn and saw a ton of games at Ebbets Field (including Joe Adcock’s four HR game) from the owner’s box. His father was law partners with Walter O’Malley. I bought MLB Extra Innings just so I could listen to Vin Scully, Watching the Dodgers every night always made me feel closer to Dad, and my wife, who is blind, took in so much information from the picture Vin would paint with his narrative that she felt like she got as much out of the game as if she could actually see it..
Edit: As for a moment that I will never forgive, I’ll speak on behalf of Dad, who at the age of 8, cried after Bobby Thompson’s HR off Branca in what he would always refer to as the Miracle at Coogan‘s Bluff.
Speaking of college football and Notre Dame, the 1990 Colorado "national title" is one of the bigger farces. Rocket Ismail's game-winning punt return called back on a pretty questionable clipping call in the Orange Bowl. Plus they had an early loss and a tie that somehow voters disregarded. They also had a win again Stanford on a last second touchdown that seemed pretty clearly on replay to not have actually been a touchdown.Bush push (illegal at the time) ruined the best ND team Ive ever seen.
Also, Armando Galaragga's perfect game. Watched the whole game. Almost puked for him. My wife thought I was gonna break something that night.
I can remember being in Linder Business Center 'studying' while watching the game when Kenyon went down. Such a gut punch and you knew by his reaction it was something bad. That was OUR year. Dropped to a two seed, and out in the second round. What could have been...The obvious….
Kenyon Martin broken leg right before the tournament with the loaded bearcats team
Logan Wilson penalty to decide the super bowl
Pacman v Jerry Porter
Probably just me…. 2009 B12 championship game. Bearcats needed a miracle loss by Texas to likely play in the National Championship. They add a second back on the clock after Nebraska had obviously won so Texas could kick a gw fg. UC is relegated to the Sugar Bowl. Brian Kelly doesn’t even stay to coach it and everything unraveled eventually leading to them not being in a BCS league for a while.
I saw him play his last game at March Madness at Long Beach Arena. I was amazed how he was double teamed all game and still got shots of easily. SO sad.Len Bias. Had no connection to him, his team, but still gutted about how he went.
I couldn't believe the other umps didn't overrule him. By that time EVERYONE knew he blew the call. There was time before the next batter for them to huddle.Also, Armando Galaragga's perfect game. Watched the whole game. Almost puked for him. My wife thought I was gonna break something that night.
OK, this is another one the league should have just stepped in and "gotten right" (along with my earlier post about the untimed down owed the NY Giants in the playoff game). But this one is even more egregious in that it's so much simpler to fix. It was the dead last play of the game. Period. Just say he made the out, they reviewed it, the ump was wrong. Erase the next batter and give him the perfect game. Nothing after the 27th out in the record, fix it and move on. If MLB had just done it an hour after the game ended, it wouldn't have been an issue.
I get when it's not the last play of the game and you can't rewind and go back (even though MLB has done it in the past, like in the Pine Tar Incident). It's just you can't always go back easily and it becomes an issue of how hard it is to fix. Like, OK, the Pine Tar Game, they made the teams go back out months later and finish it next time they played each other, even despite not having the same rosters anymore. Why not make the same call here? But no need for the teams to even have to go back and meet again. It was the last play of the game. Just say it ended.
So frustrating.
That seems to be one thing the umps and refs have forgotten. Their egos and wanting to be a part of the action have left them incapable of asking their team for help. And their team has become incapable of overruling a teammate as to "not make him look bad".I couldn't believe the other umps didn't overrule him. By that time EVERYONE knew he blew the call. There was time before the next batter for them to huddle.Also, Armando Galaragga's perfect game. Watched the whole game. Almost puked for him. My wife thought I was gonna break something that night.
OK, this is another one the league should have just stepped in and "gotten right" (along with my earlier post about the untimed down owed the NY Giants in the playoff game). But this one is even more egregious in that it's so much simpler to fix. It was the dead last play of the game. Period. Just say he made the out, they reviewed it, the ump was wrong. Erase the next batter and give him the perfect game. Nothing after the 27th out in the record, fix it and move on. If MLB had just done it an hour after the game ended, it wouldn't have been an issue.
I get when it's not the last play of the game and you can't rewind and go back (even though MLB has done it in the past, like in the Pine Tar Incident). It's just you can't always go back easily and it becomes an issue of how hard it is to fix. Like, OK, the Pine Tar Game, they made the teams go back out months later and finish it next time they played each other, even despite not having the same rosters anymore. Why not make the same call here? But no need for the teams to even have to go back and meet again. It was the last play of the game. Just say it ended.
So frustrating.
The reason this one doesn't bother me is:Also, Armando Galaragga's perfect game. Watched the whole game. Almost puked for him. My wife thought I was gonna break something that night.
OK, this is another one the league should have just stepped in and "gotten right" (along with my earlier post about the untimed down owed the NY Giants in the playoff game). But this one is even more egregious in that it's so much simpler to fix. It was the dead last play of the game. Period. Just say he made the out, they reviewed it, the ump was wrong. Erase the next batter and give him the perfect game. Nothing after the 27th out in the record, fix it and move on. If MLB had just done it an hour after the game ended, it wouldn't have been an issue.
I get when it's not the last play of the game and you can't rewind and go back (even though MLB has done it in the past, like in the Pine Tar Incident). It's just you can't always go back easily and it becomes an issue of how hard it is to fix. Like, OK, the Pine Tar Game, they made the teams go back out months later and finish it next time they played each other, even despite not having the same rosters anymore. Why not make the same call here? But no need for the teams to even have to go back and meet again. It was the last play of the game. Just say it ended.
So frustrating.
This is for sure the biggest part of the problem. They are more worried about their own self interest than actually getting a call correct.Their egos and wanting to be a part of the action have left them incapable of asking their team for help. And their team has become incapable of overruling a teammate as to "not make him look bad".
I agree with your first two points. And #1 is why they should have changed it.The reason this one doesn't bother me is:Also, Armando Galaragga's perfect game. Watched the whole game. Almost puked for him. My wife thought I was gonna break something that night.
OK, this is another one the league should have just stepped in and "gotten right" (along with my earlier post about the untimed down owed the NY Giants in the playoff game). But this one is even more egregious in that it's so much simpler to fix. It was the dead last play of the game. Period. Just say he made the out, they reviewed it, the ump was wrong. Erase the next batter and give him the perfect game. Nothing after the 27th out in the record, fix it and move on. If MLB had just done it an hour after the game ended, it wouldn't have been an issue.
I get when it's not the last play of the game and you can't rewind and go back (even though MLB has done it in the past, like in the Pine Tar Incident). It's just you can't always go back easily and it becomes an issue of how hard it is to fix. Like, OK, the Pine Tar Game, they made the teams go back out months later and finish it next time they played each other, even despite not having the same rosters anymore. Why not make the same call here? But no need for the teams to even have to go back and meet again. It was the last play of the game. Just say it ended.
So frustrating.
1) It was a good ump who made a bad call. I hate that it has impacted Joyce for the rest of his life. That's sad to me.
2) Galarraga handled it with complete class. This brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it
3) Because of this, it is likely the most famous/memorable "perfect" game. It is to me. Not that there's a lot of perfect games, but if that doesn't happen, then it's "just" another perfect game. So, in that sense, there's actually some good from it.
So, I'll be the one that is actually glad that MLB hasn't fixed it.
Yet that ump was crying on TV for everyone to forgive him after that game. Awful.That seems to be one thing the umps and refs have forgotten. Their egos and wanting to be a part of the action have left them incapable of asking their team for help. And their team has become incapable of overruling a teammate as to "not make him look bad".I couldn't believe the other umps didn't overrule him. By that time EVERYONE knew he blew the call. There was time before the next batter for them to huddle.Also, Armando Galaragga's perfect game. Watched the whole game. Almost puked for him. My wife thought I was gonna break something that night.
OK, this is another one the league should have just stepped in and "gotten right" (along with my earlier post about the untimed down owed the NY Giants in the playoff game). But this one is even more egregious in that it's so much simpler to fix. It was the dead last play of the game. Period. Just say he made the out, they reviewed it, the ump was wrong. Erase the next batter and give him the perfect game. Nothing after the 27th out in the record, fix it and move on. If MLB had just done it an hour after the game ended, it wouldn't have been an issue.
I get when it's not the last play of the game and you can't rewind and go back (even though MLB has done it in the past, like in the Pine Tar Incident). It's just you can't always go back easily and it becomes an issue of how hard it is to fix. Like, OK, the Pine Tar Game, they made the teams go back out months later and finish it next time they played each other, even despite not having the same rosters anymore. Why not make the same call here? But no need for the teams to even have to go back and meet again. It was the last play of the game. Just say it ended.
So frustrating.
I wouldn't want them to fix it now, but they should have huddled up. As a retired catcher who has taken a lot of crap from umps over the years, it's hard for me to have empathy for any of them fwiw.The reason this one doesn't bother me is:Also, Armando Galaragga's perfect game. Watched the whole game. Almost puked for him. My wife thought I was gonna break something that night.
OK, this is another one the league should have just stepped in and "gotten right" (along with my earlier post about the untimed down owed the NY Giants in the playoff game). But this one is even more egregious in that it's so much simpler to fix. It was the dead last play of the game. Period. Just say he made the out, they reviewed it, the ump was wrong. Erase the next batter and give him the perfect game. Nothing after the 27th out in the record, fix it and move on. If MLB had just done it an hour after the game ended, it wouldn't have been an issue.
I get when it's not the last play of the game and you can't rewind and go back (even though MLB has done it in the past, like in the Pine Tar Incident). It's just you can't always go back easily and it becomes an issue of how hard it is to fix. Like, OK, the Pine Tar Game, they made the teams go back out months later and finish it next time they played each other, even despite not having the same rosters anymore. Why not make the same call here? But no need for the teams to even have to go back and meet again. It was the last play of the game. Just say it ended.
So frustrating.
1) It was a good ump who made a bad call. I hate that it has impacted Joyce for the rest of his life. That's sad to me.
2) Galarraga handled it with complete class. This brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it
3) Because of this, it is likely the most famous/memorable "perfect" game. It is to me. Not that there's a lot of perfect games, but if that doesn't happen, then it's "just" another perfect game. So, in that sense, there's actually some good from it.
So, I'll be the one that is actually glad that MLB hasn't fixed it.
This is probably mine as well (or Scott Norwood's missed field goal) but honestly don't think he could have dunked it as he started move to far away.Ewing not dunking and instead missed a finger roll that would have went in 99/100
Speaking of college football and Notre Dame, the 1990 Colorado "national title" is one of the bigger farces. Rocket Ismail's game-winning punt return called back on a pretty questionable clipping call in the Orange Bowl.