Favorite Sports Moments in Person

[Slipknot]

Yes Larry, seen all the home playoff games since 2001 except the snow game/Oakland, but my brother was there atleast, then he and his wife went to New Orleans for superbowl 36 the lucky bastard.
The Titans in 03 divisional playoff was the coldest ever, 2 degrees at game time , beer was frozen. The next week saw the Colts get beat and JohnR and Clammer were there before the game with us, it only snowed and was not as cold that game.
Any Jets/pats playoff game is always great lots of their fans there to jaw with.



Mike, they sure did go downhill after he quit on the team
Glad they got it together with a real good owner and coach now.

[Bigcat]

I was only 12 years old, sitting first row box seats first base line.
Watched Ted Williams last at bat home run to center field.
We used to go to 30+ games a year my big sister worked for the Sox

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

Mike, they sure did go downhill after he quit on the team
Glad they got it together with a real good owner and coach now.

I'm trying to remember the details. I think that Billy Sullivan originally wasn't going to let him coach the game, but somehow Fairbanks wound up on the sidelines anyway. Maybe the players went to bat for him. I remember that Sullivan got a standing O when he walked out onto the field, while Fairbanks was booed--roundly.

When you think of the talent on those Fairbanks teams--how they never went beyond the first round of the playoffs is beyond me

[BigFish]

A few photos I took during Yaz last season! The color photo is his last Opening Day......the others were taken during the season.....the one of Yaz waving was taken during his infamous "Yaz Day" farewell lap around Fenway! I snapped the picture and gave him a high five......quite memorable! The ticket stubs were from his last 2 games! Notice the prices!! $8..00 reserved in the front row for "Yaz Day"!!!

Note about his last game......I was on the Red Sox side of the field standing in the aisle next to the dugout as Yaz came off the field for the last time. He came to the side of the dugout, took off his last game cap and handed it to a young boy in the stands. Quite a nice gesture I thought......and a great memory!

Who is the player in the Bruin uniform???

[Squid kids Dad]

Bourque

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Squid kids Dad

Bourque

Yup--early on before they retired Esposito's number. I remember the ceremony--Bourque came out wearing #7, and when Espo came out to be honored, Borque took off the jersey to reveal that he was wearing 77 under it.

[basswipe]

Best being at the '99 Daytona 500 and watching Jeff Gordon win.

I can also recall the worst.Being the '01 500 and Earnhardt Sr.'s death.

[striperman36]

Lakers - Celtics Game 7 1984 - the humidity was 100 pct, the temp was about that in the garden that day. My clothes were trash after that

Bobby Clarke, slices his face in the first period requiring over 30 stitches, he took shifts in the 3rd period

Bobby Clarke's Flyers vs the Central Russian Army in 1984 at the Spectrum

[justplugit]

1959 ,Yankee stadium Giants vs Cleveland.

My friend had tickets in the end zone and at the end of the game we jumped out on the field which was the usual at that time.

I was 6'4" about #220 at the time and as a i went down the field Jim Brown with his helmet on and a bloody gash over the bridge of his nose was walking toward me.
He looked like a towering giant, and when i saw the size of his legs, the size of telephone poles, i said to myself how could you ever tackle this guy coming at you full speed when you couldn't even wrap him up.

Just the pure size and power of this man was awe inspiring.
Prolly small by today's standards, but a moment frozen in time i could never forget.