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Favorite sports memories

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June 19, 1988 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The first Major League Baseball game I ever attended at 10 years old. My dad and I went on Father's Day. It was a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon. The Indians beat the Yankees in a game that featured a grand slam home run, a diving catch in center field and a bench clearing brawl. I still have the ticket stub.

The first and to this day the best baseball game I have ever attended.
 
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April 8, 1997
Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

This was Mario Lemieux's last regular-season home game the first time he retired. At the time, nobody knew if he'd be able to play again. When entering Mellon Arena, everyone was given posters that said "Merci!" on one side, and "Mario" on the other. Between two whistles, Mario skated out on the ice and acknowledged the fans during a five minute or so standing ovation. I'll never forget that.. he was my favorite player.

I still have those posters. They're on my bedroom wall, actually.

My first night game at the 'Shoe would be high on this list, except for the fact that it was last year against Illinois. :(
 
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Watching Arizona State with Jake "The Snake" score what looked like a winning TD and summarily using the tv remote to customize the hotel room wall, only to see the glorious Joe Germaine led Rose Bowl comeback in the final seconds. :oh:
 
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April 2006 I was invited to a golf outing in Atlanta. It was the Atlanta chapter Ohio State Booster club who put it on at a very nice golf/country club just outside Atlanta in Decator. Beautiful place. I went with a good buddy of mine, who goes to this event every 5 yrs. He meets about 6 of his close high school buddies from Carey , Ohio. It was a 4 day event, and everyone stayed at my buddies cousin's house . His cousin , by the way is a Buckeye Alumni, and he organizes golf outtings for a living( for various clubs, buisness's, etc.) . Cool career ehh? At any rate I got the very great pleasure in meeting some former Buckeye greats. One in particular.......Archie Griffin. What a wonderful, humble human being. Keith Byers was also there, that guys hands can palm a 16 lb bowling ball( thier huge). The golfing itself for me was a challenge, because it was the 1 st time I had ever played in steep elevations ( there are no hills in Florida). I could not believe one par 3 was close to a 40 ft drop from tee to green, that was crazy. After golfing, the clubhouse was full of various Alumni, boosters, and former players. But I wanted to get a photo with Archie, and I ended up getting one, he also signed a football for me and my visor I wore that day. All in all it was a wonderful experiance. They had various prizes and give aways throughout the outting. And I cannot forget the hot females they had riding through the course selling beer and other drinks( that was cool). I will never forget that weekend..............

Go Bucks!:osu:
 
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I remember being at my grandma's on a somewhat nice day; I believe it was novemeber 9th, 2002.... on saturday's and sundays most of my extended family go down their for breakfast or lunch; she just wakes up every morning on the weekends around 6am and starts cooking. 99.9% of the time - we show up throughout random spurts of the day.

Well, my dad and I arrived in the earlier afternoon I believe. After some talking I recall going into the living room where my one of my uncle's had the OSU game on.

It was late in the 4th quarter and he was jumping around very nervous...
little did I know what would happen next would most likely be forever burned into my memory.



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRyh6Esnh5U]YouTube - Holy Buckeye[/ame]
 
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1. 2002 NC
2. Return of Super Mario Lemieux.
3. I had a great sports weekend in 2001 whilst in Nashville. Friday Night: Penguins vs. Predators, Saturday: Watch Ohio State beat Michigan, Sunday: Steelers vs. Titans.
4. Going to my first game at Ohio Stadium, and watching Ohio State destroy Indiana 44-3.
5. Going to PNC Park for the first time. Unfortuantely, winning doesn't come with a new ballpark.
 
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Game 1 of 1990 world series Reds vs. A's


"Davis stuns Goliath" game.

I was in the last row under the scoreboard...but I was in the building!

From Wikipedia:
When Oakland Athletics pitcher Dave Stewart entered to pitch Game 1, he had a six game postseason winning streak going (it ended after four innings of work).

The Reds got out of the gate quickly with a two-run blast (that that nearly hit the CBS television studio where anchor Pat O'Brien was sitting in left-center) from Eric Davis in the bottom of the first inning off A's ace Dave Stewart. Billy Hatcher helped out offensively in a big way by starting his streak of seven straight hits in the series (after a walk in the first inning). Jose Rijo settled in after the early lead and cruised to a surprise Cincinnati victory. The following day, the headline of the Cincinnati Post newspaper captured the city's surprise with the headline, "DAVIS STUNS GOLIATH."
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My sister went to game 2 with my dad....I was set to go for game 5. Alas, game 5 was not meant to be.
 
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Personal level--Hitting a buzzer beater in college to tie the game and then going to the line to complete the 3 pt play with no time left on the clock to win it.

Buckeye level--2002 National Championship game. I went to my parents house to watch the game with my dad (who never watches a game from start to finish because he gets too nervous). We watched the whole game together and couldn't stop screaming when it was over. The euphoria of it was just amazing...we couldn't stop watching all the post game stuff. I think we were up til like 2am just watching all the interviews and highlights...unbelievable night.
 
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buckeyes_rock;1160110; said:
How do you know that? Something tells me there may some very exciting Buckeye games in the future! :biggrin:
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Although we're all hoping for more memorable games in the future, there's a pretty good chance his statement is accurate. This is from BP's preview for The Game in 2006:

College football has had several bowl games that have decided the national championship, including 1-vs-2 matchups after the 1968 and 2002 seasons that resulted in Buckeye victories. But since the AP Poll started in 1936, how many regular season games in the history of college football have been as meaningful and as eagerly anticipated as this 2006 version of The Game?​
All Games between AP #1 and AP #2 as regular season-ender for both​
12-06-1969 - #1 Texas 15, #2 Arkansas 14 (ranked 1/2 for only 2 weeks; President Nixon named Texas NC after the game)​
11-26-1988 - #1 Notre Dame 27, #2 Southern California 10 (ranked 1/2 for 4 weeks, ND won the NC)​
11-18-2006 - #1 Ohio State ??, #2 Michigan ?? (tOSU #1 all year, TSUN #2 for 4 weeks)​
All Regular Season Games between AP #1 and AP #2, both with perfect records past midpoint of season​
11-20-1943 - #1 Notre Dame (8-0) 14, #2 Iowa Pre-Flight (8-0) 13 (ND lost next game and still won NC)​
11-09-1946 - #1 Army (7-0) 0, #2 Notre Dame (5-0) 0 (ND won 3 more games and the NC, Army won 2 more games)​
11-19-1966 - #1 Notre Dame (8-0) 10, #2 Michigan State (9-0) 10 (ND won at USC and won NC, MSU was done)​
12-06-1969 - #1 Texas (9-0) 15, #2 Arkansas (9-0) 14 (Texas won NC with bold 4th down pass from James Street)​
11-25-1971 - #1 Nebraska (10-0) 35, #2 Oklahoma (9-0) 31 (Nebraska won NC, OKlahoma won 1 more game and bowl)​
11-21-1987 - #2 Oklahoma (10-0) 17, #1 Nebraska (9-0) 7 (Oklahoma lost NC to Miami, Neb. beat Colo. & lost bowl)​
11-26-1988 - #1 Notre Dame (10-0) 27, #2 USC (10-0) 10 (ND beat WV for NC, USC lost Rose Bowl to TSUN)​
11-16-1991 - #2 Miami (8-0) 17, #2 Florida St. (10-0) 16 (Miami ended 12-0 with NC, FSU lost to Florida)​
11-13-1993 - #2 Notre Dame (9-0) 31, #1 Florida St. (9-0) 24 (ND lost to BC the next week, FSU won NC over Neb)​
11-30-1996 - #2 Florida St. (10-0) 24, #1 Florida (10-0) 21 (Florida beat Bama in CCG, won NC in rematch with FSU)​
11-18-2006 - #1 Ohio State ??, #2 Michigan ??​
Which of those matchups were the most anticipated? The 1943 game wasn't ND's last, so it falls short. The 1946 game featured the teams that had won the last 3 NC's, as well a player that had won a Heisman (Doc Blanchard) and 2 other players that would also claim the award (Glenn Davis and Johnny Lujack). The 1966 game wasn't a clear-cut deciding game even without the tie, since Notre Dame still had to play at a #10 USC team. The 1969 game became truly major only after #1 tOSU lost the first game of the "10 Year War" in Ann Arbor, but it was a season-ending battle against traditional rivals. The 1971 game was huge, the teams had been 1-2 in the poll for 7 weeks, and lived up to the "Game of the Century" billing. The two teams in 1987 had shared the #1 spot all year, but ended up #3 and #6. 1988 was huge since it was a season-ender for the top-ranked traditional rivals who had been 1-2 in the polls for 4 weeks, just like this year; but there had been 3 other teams that held the #1 ranking earlier in the season. The 1991 game was great because Florida State had been #1 all year, and rival Miami had been #2 for 10 weeks. The 1993 game was the start of College Gameday, but lost some luster when ND lost to BC the very next week. In 1996, Florida and Florida State were 1-2 only for the week before the game; and Florida had to play Alabama in the Conference Championship Game before earning the rematch.​
It's clear that this week's game is one of the 10 most eagerly anticipated games in the history of the regular season, and most historians would place it in the top 5.​
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