The most memorable plays in sports history....name yours!

[SearchMaster]

i am playing first base and this fat kid hits a line drive over my head, out into right field. i nonchalantly turn around and see that our right fielder is barreling towards the ball. i'm like "what the heck?", so i look back up towards home plate and notice that the fat kid has only made it about halfway to first.

so i'm like "there is NO way this will work", but i scoot over to the bag and face out towards right field. our right fielder fields the ball cleanly on the first or second bounce and heaves the ball towards me with all he's got. the sun is setting out in right field so it's darn near impossible to follow the ball but i manage to keep an eye on it. it is coming in hot and low so i streeeeeetch out as far as i can and grab at the ball as it bounces right in front of me...

... and i managed to snag it and hold onto it JUST before the fat kid made it to first. the ump didn't believe i held onto it so he didn't call out right away, but i turned around and showed him the ball and his eyes got real big and he called the out. the fat kid was shocked and out of breath. our right fielder was jumping up and down and pumping his fist like he'd just won the pennant. the rest of our team was either screaming or laughing or both.

it was just another out in just another meaningless hot stove game, but that is the most memorable play i have witnessed or been involved in in any sporting event.

That's VERY common in Little League. Happens at least once a game in my experience, and I've seen a ton of LL games with three sons. My oldest son is a very gifted baseball player (will be representing the USA in Australia next month) and he's thrown a few kids out that way from center field.

I've even seen it happen a few times in MLB if the right fielder is playing shallow.

 

[rudeguy]

Probably Bama getting shit on this last Saturday.

My God that was glorious.

That was one of those plays that will be talked about...well...forever.

Johnny going pro next year?

 

[jaedaliu]

That's VERY common in Little League. Happens at least once a game in my experience, and I've seen a ton of LL games with three sons. My oldest son is a very gifted baseball player (will be representing the USA in Australia next month) and he's thrown a few kids out that way from center field.

I've even seen it happen a few times in MLB if the right fielder is playing shallow.

Way to pop his bubble!

I'm surprised that there's only 1 personal experience in this thread so far.

Mine's from my 1st grade AYSO team. We had a bad team that year, We lost every game, and scored only 1 goal all year. The goalie had the stop, but was laying on the ground and the ball was bouncing away from him, so I kicked/ dribbled the ball over his arm, and it trickled into the goal!

What makes this memorable, was 5 years later in Jr High, one of my teammates from that year was talking about our year with 1 goal and how I blasted it in. Guess he wanted to make our 1 crappy goal seem a lot better.

 

[spacejamz]

As a former Dallas Stars season ticket holder (from 1998 to 2004), there were several memorable moments for me...

The one that stands out the most to me was when Darrien Hatcher rearranged Jeremy Roenick's jaw right before the 1999 playoffs...Roenick had taken a cheap shot and injured Mike Modano in a previous game so it was payback time...Roenick was behind the net near the glass and Hatcher plowed his shoulder into JR's jaw. Since the blow was cushioned by the glass, it broke his jaw in four places...He skated back to the Coyotes bench but right before he could step in through the door, he spit out a bunch of blood on the ice. Since this happened in the first period, the Coyote players had to step over this puddle every time they completed their shift for the rest of the game...The place went nuts after this hit...there was definitely some bad blood (no pun intended) before that game happened...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsc41szSwLM

Another memorable play was the one punch fight between Aaron Downey and Jesse Boulerice...I just returning to my seat and saw the action on the video screen as I entered in from the concourse area...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PlNzARV0XM

Last one was a Jamie Langenbrunner shot from center ice in overtime to beat the Detroit Red Wings in Game 5 Western Conference Final.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK7Mq5zaKfk&t=403

 

[Retro Rob]

Too lazy to read the entire thread so if someone mentioned this, my bad, and this made NFL Films though probably low on the "all-time" list:

It was the play Stafford made maybe 3 years ago after suffering a dislocated left shoulder on the play before. After getting buried, he told he linemen to "get the *bleep* off me", ran the next play, and threw a game winning TD.

Since I am a Lions fan, I want to give us some love....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q01821q-Hg

 

[JujuFish]

Bah, big deal, a 380lb guy can plow through people to gain 1.5yds, check out my link above where a 350lb guy runs a kickback 71 yards, it's quite a feat..

If you liked that, I'm sure you loved this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nyFGYDYVFw#t=117

DT Sam Adams intercepting Brady and returning it 37 yards for the score.

The video is pretty crappy, but it's the only one I could find of the pick-6.

 

[momeNt]

For me personally...

Jordan's game six steal off Karl Malone, takes the ball down the court and sinks the final shot.

Youtube I can find quickly of it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyL0FxS-F6E

 

[JM Aggie08]

That was one of those plays that will be talked about...well...forever.

Johnny going pro next year?

He'll most certainly try.

Personally, I can't wait for him to be off the team. Fuck that arrogant little prick.

 

[rudeguy]

He'll most certainly try.

Personally, I can't wait for him to be off the team. Fuck that arrogant little prick.

Yea I think a few NFL grade ass kickings will do him good. He's a hell of a player but his attitude sucks. Let Clay or Suh or some of those guys take him down a couple notches and he will be ok.

 

[darkewaffle]

Ray Allen's 3pt during Game6 of the NBA finals earlier this year is probably the only one I've seen live, but it was a pretty crazy one.

 

[Pantoot]

Game 7, 2001...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_bPT0cSQEE

Actually almost even better is when they brought Randy Johnson out in relief after pitching game 6 the day before. The place was going nuts even before that, but when he walked out of the bullpen it went to 11.

 

[momeNt]

Game 7, 2001...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_bPT0cSQEE

Actually almost even better is when they brought Randy Johnson out in relief after pitching game 6 the day before. The place was going nuts even before that, but when he walked out of the bullpen it went to 11.

That's the last world series besides home town White Sox winning in 2005 that I watched. Baseball has lost its luster for me of late.

 

[brianmanahan]

That's VERY common in Little League. Happens at least once a game in my experience

well i only ever saw it happen once

but then our team wasnt that great :awe:

farthest we ever got was 3 games into the hot stove playoffs, that would have led to the state 64 team playoffs if we had won it

we did play a good team one time - 14-15 years old and their pitcher was throwing about 80 on his fastball. i managed to slap a single off of him and still consider that one of my best hits ever, lol. we lost that game 9-2... and the other team got marched out to center field and chewed out for 5-10 minutes because they allowed runs and couldnt slaughter rule us after 5! definitely the most satisfying loss ever.

 

[Childs]

Some "Oh you mother bleeper" moments that I've seen live (well, on TV while it happened):

Kirk Gibson hitting that homerun against in A's in the World Series.
Michael Jordan hitting that shot over Ehlo in the playoffs.
USC getting stuffed on the 4th and 1 vs Texas in the BCS title game.
Brady tuck rule. I could probably make a list of just Brady. Bastard.

Great moments I've seen live:

Marcus Allen running that 73 yard TD against the Redskins in the Super Bowl.
Manning to Tyree in the Superbowl. And in their second meeting Welker dropping that pass.
Magic Johnson running hook against the Celtics in the Finals. He also banked a last sec jumper against them in one of the finals in Boston and just ran off the court.
I want to say the the Auburn runback of Alabama because of the stakes involved, but its so fresh in my mind I might be giving it more consideration than it deserves.

 

[sactoking]

Since we're talking memorable, lots of people tend to think of game-winning stuff. One thing that I will always remember that wasn't game-winning, but just a "Holy shit, did that just happen?!?" moment, was Randy Johnson blowing up a dove with a fastball.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

There are many, but the one I remember most is when Clint Malarchuk got his throat cut.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR-wA4SmbO4

NOT FOR THE FEINT OF HEART AND FOR GOD SAKE NOT SAFE FOR WORK

 

[rudeguy]

Since we're talking memorable, lots of people tend to think of game-winning stuff. One thing that I will always remember that wasn't game-winning, but just a "Holy shit, did that just happen?!?" moment, was Randy Johnson blowing up a dove with a fastball.

oh man!

 

[zinfamous]

Since we're talking memorable, lots of people tend to think of game-winning stuff. One thing that I will always remember that wasn't game-winning, but just a "Holy shit, did that just happen?!?" moment, was Randy Johnson blowing up a dove with a fastball.

Heh, that was actually the first thing that came to my mind.

SO for me, the first of these moments that I got to watch, that I remember, was Laettner beating Kentucky--though a lot of people forget the bomb that Grant Hill tossed to get him that ball. Such an awesome play.

I was too young at the time to recall having seen this when it happened

but those games were always on in the days, so I can only imagine we were watching it at home...or, well, maybe I was asleep.

 

[KeithTalent]

Oh yeah I also will always remember watching Van Gundy attach himself to Mourning's leg during the Johnson-Mourning fight. So Classic.

KT

 

[zinfamous]

Oh yeah I also will always remember watching Van Gundy attach himself to Mourning's leg during the Johnson-Mourning fight. So Classic.

KT

OH yeah, that was great! Especially being a Knick's fan!

.... :hmm: actually, that was embarrassing.

And I think he was grabbing PJ Brown, wasn't he? I think PJ Brown went after Johnson; dude was such a thug.

 

[KeithTalent]

OH yeah, that was great! Especially being a Knick's fan!

.... :hmm: actually, that was embarrassing.

And I think he was grabbing PJ Brown, wasn't he? I think PJ Brown went after Johnson; dude was such a thug.

Ah, I may be remembering incorrectly. I have it as Zo-LJ in my head. :hmm:

Anyway, I did watch that one live and it was awesome.

KT

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

probably not the most memorable but i always like the bo jackson spider-man catch.

 

[Brian Stirling]

For me, growing up in NY and being a Yankees fan, it just might have to be Reggie Jackson's three home runs in game 6 of the world series clinching the title. In all 3 home runs he hit the first pitch and it was three different pitchers. Now, other than October Reggie was terrible and just never tried very hard, but when it mattered he raised his game big time. It's hard to overlook the 95% of the time he was bad, but for this one game alone...

Baseball isn't what it was 75 years ago -- it is no longer the biggest game in town and hasn't been since the 60's, but of all the skills required in sport hitting a baseball is right at the top of the list of most difficult things. On that day Reggie was a god...


Brian

 

[JD50]

Mile High Miracle, by far.

 

[Via]

Anyone remember this bare handed catch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0MzrYPm4w