OT: Greatest Sports Meltdowns

[RayClay]

Rayclay, omg, that link was too friekin funny.
That can't be real, can it?

I'd always thought so (my brother gave me a cassette of this about 15 years ago). I started to wonder after a while and I started searching as this became more well known due to the net.

This youtubers explanation sounds more plausible.

"Yes it was a joke, but you have your facts wrong. The guy interviewing Earl was the actual O's play-by-play announcer at the time, and currently hosts a talk show on WCBM in Baltimore. He's told the real story before. Before each game, they taped a pre-game show called Manager's Corner. They were joking around before a game one night in Seattle back in 1979. The questions were actually real, but Earl gave a phony answer for the first question and the host played along."

"BTW, it never aired, but the tape was so funny they made copies for a few people, and it snowballed from there."

 

[Pats fan in Vikes land]

Tried to find it, but no luck: George Brett's blowup after the Pine Tar Incident was one of the classic meltdowns of all time, no question-- dude needed a straightjacket!

 

[RayClay]

Tried to find it, but no luck: George Brett's blowup after the Pine Tar Incident was one of the classic meltdowns of all time, no question-- dude needed a straightjacket!

It's the closer here with lots of meltdown goodness on this video!!!:rocker: :rocker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jemP5UhYyqQ&mode=related&search=

 

[Frezo]

How about Don Zimmer attacking Pedro clear across the infield. I never laughed so hard!