OT: The Greatest Baseball Game I Ever Saw

Super sky point to Hendu.

And Buckner.

Great Sox.

bormio said:

Actually the greatest baseball game I ever saw was South Carolina - Florida in the 2011 CWS finals. Florida led 1-0 until S.C. tied in the the top of the eighth. In the bottom of the 9th, Florida has bases loaded with no outs. Hit to the drawn in 2nd baseman was one out at home. Then a 4-2-3 double play got them out of it. 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th, Bucky Effing Dent’s son on second. Mike Zunino singles to left, and the Carolina LF throws the spawn of the devil out at home with a perfect strike in the air. Carolina won in the 11th on a horribly tainted run and won their second CWS in a row the next night. Jackie Bradley was on that team (and the 2010 one).

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A barnburner. Sorry the run was tainted.

Patjew said:

Super sky point to Hendu.

And Buckner.

Great Sox.

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Pats Fanatic said:

another one that I will always love.

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Best game I ever saw in person until Butler's int in Glendale 40 years later........

Patsfanin Philly said:

View attachment 27251 Best game I ever saw in person until Butler's int in Glendale 40 years later........

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Were you worried about the clock? Did you think the Seahawks would score?

Actual Pats Fan said:

Were you worried about the clock? Did you think the Seahawks would score?

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Yeah as did everybody there, except maybe BB..... Boy did it change in a hurry. There were a pair of Weebles ( wobble but don't fail down) who were talking crap the entire game. As soon as I stopped jumping up and down, I looked for them bu they were gone..

Patsfanin Philly said:

Yeah as did everybody there, except maybe BB..... Boy did it change in a hurry. There were a pair of Weebles ( wobble but don't fail down) who were talking crap the entire game. As soon as I stopped jumping up and down, I looked for them bu they were gone..

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The entire media press box was rooting for the Seahawks.

Absolute belief that DefameGate was legitimate and deserved was soaring, as it still soars today despite being totally debunked and the league exposed.

I really liked our defense that season. After Mayo went down, they responded very impressively, communicating with each other and playing with intensity and attention and animation.

That teamwork was highly evident in their preparation leading up to Malcolm's big play.

It was a team effort. I'm happy you got to see it.

One of the greatest moments in sports history.

Actual Pats Fan said:

The entire media press box was rooting for the Seahawks.

Absolute belief that DefameGate was legitimate and deserved was soaring, as it still soars today despite being totally debunked and the league exposed.

I really liked our defense that season. After Mayo went down, they responded very impressively, communicating with each other and playing with intensity and attention and animation.

That teamwork was highly evident in their preparation leading up to Malcolm's big play.

It was a team effort. I'm happy you got to see it.

One of the greatest moments in sports history.

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My wife was he one who convinced me to go, " you never know if they'll get back there". couple that with a sister who lived there so I had a place to stay and points for airfare and it was a no brainer, just the cost of a ticket... even when I was offered 4 times what I paid for my seat at game time... No second thoughts..... Got stuck in Atlanta on the way home due to a snowstorm on the East Coast and was never so glad to be stuck. Pats fans with lanyards still around their neck were high fiving each other... in Atlanta...most were pretty hung over or still drunk.. thin line.......!!!

Actual Pats Fan said:

A barnburner. Sorry the run was tainted.

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Not by the umps. Stolen base - catcher throws into center. CF bounces throw into stands trying to get runner at 3rd. Runner walks home. It is college baseball after all. But that South Carolina team could flash the leather.

Actual Pats Fan said:

Nothing lessens Dave's legacy and contribution to Boston sports.

He has a lot of company in guys who made championship plays, that did not lead to a title.

Like Bernie Carbo.

It is wrong to diminish - or as some in the media, like with the initials M.F. [how appropriate is that] - dismiss so many of the greatest Boston teams simply because they did not win it all.

The 1967 Red Sox are in my opinion the most significant team in their history. Led by Yaz, they took it upon themselves to put the Red Sox back on the map, and captured the hearts of New England.

Just like the 1976 New England Patriots.

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Like Wes Welker, who was lined up to be SB42 MVP before Tyree happened.

The Fisk game has been on twice on MLB Network the last two weeks. Carbo's entire AB was amazing. Just showing the HR by itself doesn't do him justice.

Regards,
Chris

bormio said:

A strike away from losing the ALCS and won, a strike away from winning the World Series the same year and lost. Damn. But Gedman getting hit by the pitch was key. He was hopeless otherwise against that guy.

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Gedman was sooooo overmatched. What an amazing stroke of luck that he got hit by the pitch.

Regards,
Chris

It wasn’t the greatest game in terms of drama, but no game will ever top G7 of the 2004 ALCS in terms of sheer joy.

Favorite Sox game I ever saw in person: WS clinching win at Fenway in 2013. A party atmosphere from start to finish.
Favorite Sox game on TV. Game 6 of 1975 WS. No other game is close. Watched at home In NH with my parents, both big Sox fans and when Fisk homered...“Our Carleton” according to my mom...unbelievable.

2nd best game I saw in person: my first game ever, in 1971... I was 10... went with my dad, and sat in the centerfield bleachers.

Minnesota... Jim Perry on the mound.

The Red Sox had just picked up a pitcher whose name I didn't know. It was his first start. Who the hell is this guy?

Luis Tiant.

Scoreless duel through eight. Then on to relievers.

Bottom of the 12th, 2 men on... Rico Petrocelli launches one over the Green Monster. 3-0. What a night.

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Best game in person: LAST game I saw... 1st game of the 2004 World Series, with my dad and my two sons. Jet flyovers, Aerosmith, James Taylor, and a wild 11-9 win with Bellhorn's homer off the Pesky Pole being the clincher. What a NIGHT.

chris_in_sunnyvale said:

Carbo's entire AB was amazing. Just showing the HR by itself doesn't do him justice.

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I'll show it anyway

chris_in_sunnyvale said:

Like Wes Welker, who was lined up to be SB42 MVP before Tyree happened.

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Marty Barrett in '86!

30 for 30 - Four Days in October is on ESPN2 right now. Roberts' steal right now.

Regards,
Chris

Pats Fanatic said:

another one that I will always love.

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Thank you. Cowboy up! Have not watched the Red Sox since they blew up that team.

Thanks.
Memories from a long time ago. I was on the Cape. Mid October my favorite time of the year there. Playing golf in the most beautiful fall weather possible. Didn't know that the days would be full of nights watching that series.
thanks again.