Best game/event you've ever attended

[duhpunk]

I think mine was last Friday when I saw the Tampa Bay Devil Rays play the Toronto Blue Jays. A bottom of the ninth comeback is always exciting.

[DaveFeelsRight]

2005 world series. game 2.

[Smithers]

rutgers 28.
louisville 25.

[xbrokendownx]

Game 7, 2003 Stanley Cup Finals

Devils 3, Ducks 0




also Nova-BC sweet 16 game in minneapolis last year was fuckin awesome. i was front row

[we are cured]

toss-up - gretzky's last game or mike richter's number getting retired...leaning towards richter

if we're including non-sports events, the mars volta's two may 05 concerts at roseland ballroom

[STSakaTRUTH]

Rockland Town League Basketball

Black team- 75
Blue team- 72

Blue team put it into OT with a 3/4 court shot .

If we are talking professional,
Pats-Dolphins- Snow game

[Gabe Borquez]

WWE Summerslam 02'

[livethesounds]

haha, ive been to plenty of mavs-spurs games that went down to the buzzer.

[+thecalisonme]

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[tambo41187]

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and game four, Buffalo/Dallas back in 99.

[LeftWideOpen]

the sox-yankees game where Sheffield got into it w/ a fan was pretty cool. I had seats right behind the dugout too, cause my roommate was filthy rich and his brother is a "ticket broker".

washington vs buffalo, eastern conference finals back in the late 90's was cool too.

[ESundy36]

The Habs/Leafs 2 game series in Montreal March 23 and 25 last year. Those games were simply nuts.

[The Matt Kaufman]

Most of you are going to know my answer..but this video pretty much sums it up.

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[Broken Parachute]

The greatest performance by a pitcher ever.

Dae Sung Koo > Randy Johnson

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http://ultimatemets.com/jpeg/KooSafeAtHome.jpg

[The Matt Kaufman]

that was the best thing he ever did lol

[thejetstolehome]

Clemens/Pedro @ Yankee Stadium. i can't remember what year but it was amazing. Boston won but shouldn't have. still, the best game i've ever been to.

[Broken Parachute]

When I saw him running home I almost pissed myself. The guy sitting next to me almost had a heart attack.

[thejetstolehome]

oh and the Phillies/Mets marathon i went to about a year ago was great, too.

[bigmike]

oh and the Phillies/Mets marathon i went to about a year ago was great, too.
I loved watching the Phillies marathon in Washington I think it was, late in the year last year. It was down to virtually all phillies fans and they showed them dying in the extra innings with every pitch. Great television.

[Broken Parachute]

I also went to the Sunday night Mets/Yankees last year where Delgado and Wright hit back to back bombbbbbbbbs. That was exciting.

[bigmike]

I saw a Rondell White walk-off HR back in 05 I think. Disappointing year as we finished a game worse then we did in 04, and 05 was supposed to be the breakout year. I was sitting on the 1st base side box seats and looked directly down the LF line and crushed it out to LF and all like 15,000 in the 43,000 seat park went nuts.

Then my first game at Comerica was on my birthday (don't go to tigers games in Detroit in April or even May, unless you get tickets on gameday, or else chances are it'll rain) and I was stoked to see Cal Ripken play, but he got the day off completely.

[Smithers]

Clemens/Pedro @ Yankee Stadium. i can't remember what year but it was amazing. Boston won but shouldn't have. still, the best game i've ever been to.

the trot nixon HR game. one of the best i've ever watched.


some sorta sports-related events of note i've been to:

red sox victory parade.
SI swimsuit premiere party w/ the models.

[The Matt Kaufman]

I loved watching the Phillies marathon in Washington I think it was, late in the year last year. It was down to virtually all phillies fans and they showed them dying in the extra innings with every pitch. Great television.

Yeah I remember that..it was in september..I either watched it or saw clips..not sure which one I did..but I remember seeing all the fans.

oh and the Phillies/Mets marathon i went to about a year ago was great, too.

16 innings with a walkoff Beltran homerun. I was mad because I went to bed in like the 13th because I had to get up at 7 the next day..I was happy to see they won though.

[soundofthebrown]

ohio state vs. michigan
november 18, 2006.

great game. great atmosphere.

[andrew4045]

ohio state vs. michigan
november 18, 2006.

great game. great atmosphere.


ohio state 42 michigan 39

breathtaking

[smokedsanity]

1993 Auburn-Florida. I know that I was just a kid, but I can clearly remember the electricity in the stadium as an Auburn team with a new head coach, probation, and low morale to that point in the season, beat the 4th ranked Gators.

[thejetstolehome]

ohio state 42 michigan 39

breathtaking

breathtaking? hardly. that was the biggest 3 point win ever. if i remember correctly, Michigan never had the lead and was never really that close until the end. also, Ohio State pretty much had the game under wraps the whole way through.

[allisterkid]

Reds - Mets at New York.

The particular moment in the game made it all.

Reds are my team and I was in Jersey and my uncle took me to see them. We had pretty good seats to begin with, but had been eyeing some seats that were right behind the dugout and decided to go down there and take a couple pictures before the game of Larkin and Griffey warming up together. We then decided to stay in the seats till someone came to them, but no one did so they were ours.

Anyhow, this was not long at all after Griffey got traded to the Reds and the Mariners had been doing well. Griffey grounds out and coming back into the dugout the guy says, "Hey Griffey, Seattle's really missing you, they've won 12 straight."

Griffey replies simply to the man with, "Yeah, your wife's missing me too."

[LeftWideOpen]

breathtaking? hardly. that was the biggest 3 point win ever. if i remember correctly, Michigan never had the lead and was never really that close until the end. also, Ohio State pretty much had the game under wraps the whole way through.

be careful, or him and his nazi friends will take their angst out on you after they leave the rodeo.

[tambo41187]

breathtaking? hardly. that was the biggest 3 point win ever. if i remember correctly, Michigan never had the lead and was never really that close until the end. also, Ohio State pretty much had the game under wraps the whole way through.

Did you even watch the game. Michigan was a late hit call away from having the ball down 4 (or 3 i dont remeber correctly) with 4 minues to go. It was a third and 15 and OSU threw an imcomplete pass, but Mich was flagged for a late hit on Smith. OSU got the automatic first down and then scored to put them up 11.

The game was harly under wraps untill their were about 2 minutes left to go.

[preppyak]

Lacrosse Final Four...particularly last years (2005) when every game but the second semifinal game was decided by 1 goal. That included the first semifinal, and the D-I, II, and III championships, including a crazy win by Hopkins with 10 seconds left to send it to OT, and then the game winning goal

[aloneatlastnj]

rutgers 28.
louisville 25.

i was there as well.

i was also at that classic July 1st game Halsey vs. Pedro. greatest game ever for me, unless i go to a world series win for the yankees.

[duhpunk]

i dont want to start another sport vs. non-sport debate, but another breath holder was the NASCAR race at Atlanta a few years ago where Harvick beat Gordon in a photo finish.

[looksthatkillbn]

umm. i'm not gonna pick. but candidates:

when the browns beat the patriots in 2000, and every commercial timeout included chanting "belichick sucks!"

when wily mo pena hit a walk off homerun on his bobblehead night

when randy keisler came in in long relief, pitched 6.1 ip, 2 h, 1 er, 0 bb, 2 k, 2-3 2b, hr, 2 rbi, 2 r

and when ohio state beat michigan 42-39

[andrew4045]

breathtaking? hardly. that was the biggest 3 point win ever. if i remember correctly, Michigan never had the lead and was never really that close until the end. also, Ohio State pretty much had the game under wraps the whole way through.


dude i am a buckeye for life. i was simply saying the game was amazing. best ive ever seen. i cant wait for this season so they can prove all the haters wrong like they do every year!!

[hailthewarrior]

I think mine was last Friday when I saw the Tampa Bay Devil Rays play the Toronto Blue Jays. A bottom of the ninth comeback is always exciting.

As someone who lives in Tampa... I snorted extremely hard at this. I've been to a few games, but most exciting? Wow.

For me, either:

Tennessee - Alabama (2004)
17-14

Tennessee had a goal line stop for four downs, next 'Bama possession with twenty seconds left, Tennessee intercepted. My migraine lasted for three days, it was so loud.

or

Tennessee - Ohio State (1996)
20-14

Tennessee spanked #2 OSU in one beautiful game.

[SePaMc]

Nov 18, 2002.

Magic @ Kings.

I was in like row 13. T-Mac went off in the final 2 minutes to make it a tie or one point game, and then Chris webber hit a game winning layup/hook thing with 1.6 left.

Too bad I hate chris webber :(

It was also the day after my birthday.

[nateisawesome]

Kentucky and Arkansas football game that went into I think 7 ot's

final score I think was 77-69 and the game lasted like 6 hours. Didnt end up the way I would have liked, but its pretty cool to have been at the longest game in college football history

[hailthewarrior]

Kentucky and Arkansas football game that went into I think 7 ot's

final score I think was 77-69 and the game lasted like 6 hours. Didnt end up the way I would have liked, but its pretty cool to have been at the longest game in college football history

dang. OT's always give me migraine's and get me all hyperventilated. Always good games, but, I hate them. The tension'll kill me.

Another good game I was at:

Lightning vs. Red Wings

Year the Lightning won the Stanley Cup, it was intense.

[duhpunk]

As someone who lives in Tampa... I snorted extremely hard at this. I've been to a few games, but most exciting? Wow.

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were you 2nd row, 3rd baseline? maybe that had something to do with it.

[hailthewarrior]

were you 2nd row, 3rd baseline? maybe that had something to do with it.

yeah, probably. i was midsection, in between home and third. we lost, spectacularly.

[duhpunk]

yeah, probably. i was midsection, in between home and third. we lost, spectacularly.


also, it was the home opener. so the place was just about full. that usually adds some bit of excitement to it.

[AshesAshes]

The 1998 finals game six would be the worst but also the most memorable game i've been to.I'll remember that game untill death or untill the Jazz when a title which death will probally come first.

[odelay]

Mets-Braves game on Fireworks Night in 2000.
The Mets were down 8-1 in the 8th inning. I was in the Upper Deck, so everyone I was with stopped paying attention to game and started paying attention to a massive fight that broke out a few rows over. The next thing we know it's, like, 8-4. It was two outs and the Braves just kept walking runs in. Fonzie singled a few in, and then Mike Piazza homered to make it 11-8. Sooo amazing.

[Flags of Dawn]

probably one of my favorite sports pictures ever, and i was there for all of it. the look on brian elliot's face says it all:
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[iwasahero]

3/26/2005
Illinois vs. Arizona
Elite Eight

We were down 75-60 with 4:00 left.

I broke down into tears when Adams missed that three.

[Yankees' #1 Fan]

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also:

2003 ALDS - Game 3 - Trot Nixon HR
2002 NFC Division Playoffs - Eagles vs Vicks - McNabb comeback game
1998 - Syracuse vs Va Tech - McNabb game winning drive

[marrost]

3/26/2005
Illinois vs. Arizona
Elite Eight

We were down 75-60 with 4:00 left.

I broke down into tears when Adams missed that three.That was some fucking game.

[iwasahero]

That was some fucking game.
In my biased opinion, it is the greatest comeback in the history of the tournament.

[marrost]

In my biased opinion, it is the greatest comeback in the history of the tournament.Yea it was a great game, but you're 16 how much tournament experience do you honestly have?

It was much prettier cause they kept raining all those 3s, not to take anything away from it.

[kshtoinks12]

Probably 1996 Game 6 of the world series. Its not every day you see your team win a world championship. Watching Boggs on horseback was great, I think I was 6, but I'll never forget it. What a vivid night.

Another great game was David Wells' perfect game.

Most recently, probably the game where the Yankees scored 12 runs in one inning against the D-rays, they did it again later that year.

Outside of baseball, I watched the Jets Tromp the Colts 41-0 in the Playoffs.

[+thecalisonme]

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also:

2003 ALDS - Game 3 - Trot Nixon HR
2002 NFC Division Playoffs - Eagles vs Vicks - McNabb comeback game
1998 - Syracuse vs Va Tech - McNabb game winning drive
hahaha i forgot about that one

[kbauer]

I seen 2 fun games back to back last season, Tigers and the Astros. The first game the Tigers won a 7 to 5 slug fest but what made that good was Phil Garner got pissed argued a call to death, got tossed then threw a chair onto the field from the dug out, it dosent get much better than that. I aslo caught a home run that ex-Tiger Eric Munson hit and threw it back.

Next night I finally got to see Clemens pitch against Verlander and the Tigers won 2 to 1. Clemens and Verlander both pitched gems ofcourse but just getting to see Clemens pitch after years and years of trying and then see him toss the beauty he did was something I'll never forget. He got pulled after only 80 some pitches in the 7th and at that point he only allowed 2 hits, I think struck out 5, walked 1 or 2 and no earned runs. They pulled him for some reason and Granderson hit a homerun first at bat against whoever came out of the bullpen.

Another game I'll always remember was going to see the Wings play the Maple Leafs in '99. Yzerman who is by far my childhood sports hero, scored in the first and that was cool enough for me. Then the Wings were down 4 to 2 with about 10 minutes left in the 3rd and Yzerman scored on a bad angle power play wrist shot, so he had 2 goals we were back in the game, I was going nuts. With about 5 minutes left, Yzerman stole the puck from the Maple Leaf defensemen at the point, went on a break away and pulled Joseph about 5 feet out of the net and roofed a back hand under the cross bar, scoring I think his last career regular season hat trick and tying the game. It was the loudest Ive ever heard JLA and I was in complete awe....Then in overtime Larry Murphy gave the puck away to Sundin and that was the game, the Leafs won but still that moment was increadible.

Oh and I also went to the last Lions game at the Silverdome.....
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we beat the Anthony Wright lead Cowboys for our epic 2nd win of the season.

[kbauer]

i dont want to start another sport vs. non-sport debate, but another breath holder was the NASCAR race at Atlanta a few years ago where Harvick beat Gordon in a photo finish.

I could list a Nascar races Ive been to....:blush:

[jaimej]

The Yanks/Sox game last year when Melky robbed Manny's homerun.

[MIKEY_HORROR]

a few cool games/events i attended

UFC 68- that was a blast, just because i've always wanted to attend a fight, and that was my first one.

I went to an Indians/ Royals game a few years backa nd got to see KC go back-back-back-back (i am almost positive it was 4, but maybe 3) homeruns agaisnt us..sucked..but not something you see everyday

I also went to a Lebron James HS game which was cool, just to see all the hype and crazyness that was surrounding SMSV at the time.

and lastly i got to see Barry Sanders (my all time fav. NFL RB) in action a while back at the old browns stadium!!

[dai the flu]

i was at the 10 inning combined no-hitter for the pirates when some guy hit the walk-off homerun to win it. you can tell it wasn't that big of a deal to me, since i can't remember who it was that did anything. the pitcher i think was fransisco cordova. not sure the reliever or the homerun hitter.
exciting at the time, but 8 years or so later, i dont care.

[handrawn]

tie between david cone's and david well's perfect games. its amazing to see one perfect game let alone two especially considering one of the pitchers was overweight and hungover

[thejetstolehome]

tie between david cone's and david well's perfect games. its amazing to see one perfect game let alone two especially considering one of the pitchers was overweight and hungover

my friend and his family had tickets to both games but couldn't go to either.

[we are cured]

i amend my answer to game 4, rangers sweep atlanta

[joeag1985]

The Leinster Football Final between my beautiful County of Kildare Vs the Royal County of Meath in Croke Park (The Mecca of Gaelic Games), Dublin on August 2nd 1998. It was the first time that we won the Leinster Championship since 1956, the year my father was born. It was a totally amazing day. Its the most memorable sporting memory i have as a fan. It was an awesome breakthrough performance by a team who wanted to win so badly, Good times!

[NJUNDERDOG]

i was at david cone's perfect game. something ill never forget.

[zizou1790]

ive been to the past two AFC championships in pittsburgh those were pretty fun

[JezisHChrist]

I was at the Wings game where Jiri Fischer's heart stopped. That wasn't that fun really.

[mht]

Watching Kobe play at Martz Hall in Pottsville during PIAA High School basketball playoffs.

[thatwasamoment]

Cubs double header vs. the Mets was a lot of fun.

[chokeychicken]

game 7 of the stanley cup last year in carolina. fucking incredible.

[TheAtticusFinch]

2004 EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway
Elliott Sadler flips his car right in front of me while im screaming for my driver (Kevin Harvick) to beat Dale Earnhardt Jr. to the line for the win. Traveled 1,200 miles to see that race. Worth every penny.

[we are cured]

i should also add the jets' 41-0 massacre of the colts in the 2003 playoffs. we waited overnight outside a ticket vendor to learn at 8am that they would be raffling off the tickets at 10. so we went back to sleep, woke up 2 hrs later and got in line for tickets, and my friend won the fucking raffle. 14th row, 50 yard line, boo yah.

[AshesAshes]

Jazz/Warriors on monday is up there on my list

[Chris289]

The 2006 Pepsi 400 at Daytona in July. Might not have had a great photo finish but everything surounding event was amazing. I've been to NFL games, I've been to MLB games and NOTHING compares to that weekend. It felt like a 3 day party! Helped that a buddy of mine from high school worked security at the track so I got into a lot of VIP areas. :-)

[ForlrnPerplxity]

2006 World Series Game 4

The tickets were good for Game 5, but because of the rain out they thought it would be a good idea to switch it around and let people who originally purchased Game 5 tickets hoping for the clincher now have Game 4 seats.

It was an unbelievable experience and something that I will never forget, but I can't even imagine if they just let Game 5 tickets be good for the actual Game 5 clincher. I would have been celebrating in St. Louis all weekend.

[ActorInThisPlay]

it was a while ago cause it was at Candlestick Park but Bonds hit a walk off home run on what I think was like a 4th of July type night cause there was a great fireworks show after the game. seemed to be the perfect ending.

also the Clippers playoff games I went to last year against Denver and then PHX were some of the most fun games I have been to.

[hammer_king]

ive been to the past two AFC championships in pittsburgh those were pretty fun

yeah i went to those, werent so bad

[Kman223]

I was at the 1996 MLB All Star game in Philly. I sat in a box with Hank Aaron for the entire game. I was only 8 at the time so I didn't realize how much of a great it was, but it was still awesome.

[rcrook]

when i was 5 i saw Nolan Ryan's last game ever in anaheim. now i realize how amazing that really was, i wish i was older so i could appreciate it so much more.

[Smithers]

when i was 5 i saw Nolan Ryan's last game ever in anaheim. now i realize how amazing that really was, i wish i was older so i could appreciate it so much more.

i know how you feel. i got to see larry legend play once, but i was only 7 or 8. i do remember being right by the entrance to the floor and watching him run by to the locker room. awesome.