What Was the Most Exciting Moment in Sports That You Did or Saw?
What Was the Most Exciting Moment in Sports That You Did or Saw?
The Miracle on Ice - Against the backdrop of the Cold War, the story of the gritty underdog U.S. hockey team and their unlikely defeat of the powerhouse Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics will live on in the hearts of Americans forever.
I can tell you that Canadians (who ARE the world's greatest hockey fans) were as excited by that last game of the Olympics held at Lake Placid, New York, in 1980.
There are many very exciting moments in sports, and I'm sure that most of us have a favourite moment that we saw or was personally involved in. I can tell you mine. I was sitting in Toronto's Skydome watching the sixth game of the 1993 World Series. The Jays had already won 3 and the Phillies 2. The Blue Jays had already won the 1992 World Series in Atlanta, and this time it was the bottom of the ninth, with the Phillies 1 run up on them. Paul Molitor, who had just joined the club, was on base, and Joe Carter was at bat. When Joe hit a homer, winning the game and the World Series you could have heard the Skydome fans in Philadelphia. That was the most exciting moment I ever had in sports.
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Now, what was YOUR most exciting moment in sports - one you saw or were involved in?
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The article about the World Series got me going with this. So now, what was YOUR most exciting moment in sports - one you saw or were involved in?
The Immaculate Reception:
I couldn't open that, but I checked it out - great choice.
Damn, I'm sorry I forgot you couldn't view youtube video.
It's okay, you gave the title of it so I could still check it out. My problem is when I see nothing but a blank comment.
There are so many from the 1975 World Series to Secretariat's Belmont Stakes victory.
I'm going with something I can't show. In the early 70's a horse named Roman Sonnet won a cheap claiming race at the long-departed Suffolk Downs racetrack in Boston. He crossed the finish wire first before snapping off a leg. He was declared the winner, and his owner collected the winner's share of the purse along with the corpse.
I'll bet I am one of a very few, or maybe the only one who might remember.
Probably. It wasn't exactly Seabiscuit.
The first fight between Smokin’ Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali.
That was boxing! I was young, but I still remember all the hype. Their 3rd match in '75 - the Thrilla In Manila was the one I was old enough to remember watching on TV. Frazier's trainer asked the ref to call the fight in the 14th round.
Mohammad Ali can figure into more than one great fight.
The whole, improbable, great postseason run for the 2019 Nats. The one scene I'll never forget is Clayton Kershaw, Game 5, 8th inning, curled up in a fetal position after Rendon and Soto homered on consecutive pitches.
A pitcher's nightmare.
In the 2016 world series , game 7, the Cubs' Dexter Fowler led off the top of the first inning with a home run. It was the first and only time in baseball history that the first batter in a game 7 of the world series hit a home run.
I was in a bar with about 80 other people watching the game and the place immediately went bananas and stayed that way throughout the game.
I think a couple years ago ESPN put out a list of the greatest game 7's in baseball history, and the 2016 game 7 between the Cubs and Indians was ranked 2nd.
When I thought about most exciting times in sports you can be sure that a 10 inning game 7 win by the Cubs had to be something to behold, first World Series win since 1908. The fans had to go as wild as they did when Carter hit the home run I described in the article.
Definitely the night of April 7, 1979 at the Astro Dome in Houston when Astro Ken Forsch pitched his no-hitter against the Atlanta Braves...
I am going to be able to attend at least one World Series game this year at Yankee Stadium. Go Yankees!
There are such great baseball stories I remember the first time a pitcher from another team pitched a no-hitter against the Blue Jays, and all the fans kept cheering until he came back out of the dressing room and tipped his hat to the crowd that cheered even louder. The Toronto fans aren't homers, their real ball fans.
1980 winter Olympics Miracle on ice. I was lucky enough to be there.
The lead item on my article above. That had to be an incredible moment, college kids against professionals who lied that they were amateurs.
Going to bed now but keep the ball rolling everyone.