Greatest sports moment of your entire life?

Dr. Matt · #1 03-28-2007, 09:43 AM

I'm talking about any time you were playing a sport and made the greatest play or whatever and you'll always remember it.

For me, I was playing left field in varsity baseball in high school. Bases loaded (obviously)... Game depends on this small dude who gets up to bat, seemed weak so I was playing him mid-field. He got a really nice fast ball down the middle and got a good piece of it... Waay over my head between LF and center. I ran back as fast as I could and caught the ball over my right shoulder on the warning track... had just enough time to catch it then look to see where the metal fence was before crashing into it. I remember seeing the expression of the center fielder as if he was saying 'wow' to himself. Utter shock... felt really good. Turned around and saw that the base coaches for the other team had waved everyone around the bases because they thought there was no way I could get to that ball. Now everyone was scrambling to get back. Nobody scored as I threw it in. We then went on to win the game.

Los Feliz Slim · #2 03-28-2007, 09:57 AM

Dave Cowens Basketball Camp, mid-1980's. Other team is up by one with like ten seconds left and has the ball out of bounds near halfcourt. I deflect the inbounds pass off the passer, so our team gets the ball back. We get the ball downcourt and somebody takes a shot that misses. I grab the offensive rebound, spin, and hit a fallaway bank shot as time expires to win the game.

XXXNoahXXX · #3 03-28-2007, 09:59 AM

I couldn't decide which best exemplified the glory of my youth so I chose one from each sport

Baseball
Little League State Championships, we win we get to move on to the Regionals and perhaps almost as important, we secured our Taco Bell sponsor which meant free Taco Bell food for the duration of the tourney. Bottom of the final inning, we're up by one with the top of the other team's order up and men on second and third. I get called in to pitch because obviously I'm a sick lefty pitcher. I then went on to strike out the next three batters in a total of 10 pitches (damn that one foul ball). The team charged the mound, and later that night we dined on more Taco Bell than you can imagine.

Soccer

Invitational tourney. The team I am on is of people only from my town, organized by one of the kid's fathers that played pro in Ireland or something for a while, really intense coach. All the other teams were club teams, the kind that have people from all over the state and people are paying like like 10k for their kids to be on them. We paid $50 for jerseys and the tourney fee.

Anyway, we are in the championship and down by 1 into the stoppage time. We get a corner kick and know this is our last chance. We pull the goalie up to kick the corner kick, so this really is it. He bends it right at the back post, I push one kid out of the way just in time to dive and head it in to the back of the net. We then went on to win it in a shootout (I scored on mine, but not as dramatic as the tying goal.)

Basketball

Again, like twelve years old in the championship. Game had been close the whole time, other team is down by one with like twelve seconds left. We move it up the court and while they're trying to foul, our PG dribbles it off his knee right to one of their guys. 8 seconds left. They had been pressing so they had tons of guys down the court, so the kid who got the loose ball passes it up to them, and they basically have a 3 on 0 breakaway, down by 1 pt. 4 seconds left. I sprint as fast as I've ever run down the court, and just as the kid slows to take the layup I foul the absolute [censored] out of him. He missed both free throws. We won the championship. lol.

gisb0rne · #4 03-28-2007, 05:42 PM

Rowing - I don't even know how we did in this regatta but it was on the Chicago River in autumn and it was below freezing and snowing. My whole body was so damn cold but that's rowing for you.

Soccer - I was always a scrub 2nd place goalkeeper but one time during a summer league I had one glorious game subbing for the "B" team which included some great saves including a penalty shot. What a rush. For a brief moment in time there were people who actually thought I was good.

Magisastar · #5 03-28-2007, 05:48 PM

Cricket
A few years ago for my local 2nds, in the grand final. We went the season undefeated, and smashed all teams along the way.

In the Grand final we made a paultry 130, the other team were 4/118, needing 13 to win with 6 wickets in hand.

Me and my best mate took 6 for 3 to win the game, including my 4 for 1 in my last 2 overs. All bowled.

BigSoonerFan · #6 03-28-2007, 06:02 PM

I don't consider any moments really great (I guess fatherhood does that to you), but the two I most enjoyed are:

In high school I'm playing in the conference championship with the three guys who are all trying to improve their position in getting scholarships to D1 schools. They're all dressed up in team shirts, hats, matching golf bags, etc (quite "preppy"), while I'm wearing blue jeans and tennis shoes. I quite enjoyed the looks on the faces of those guys and their teams as I was handed the first place trophy.

Another was in college when my girlfriend (now my wife) and my best friend were in the coed intramural championship match against a loaded fraterity/sorority team with six solid players. They had quite a superior attitude towards us. We only had four players, with one player barely having played volleyball before and she volunteered to stay out of the way in the corner of the court (minimum players was four, so she had to play). The three of us proceeded to pummel the other team with great jump serves and back-row kills (as only the men were allowed to do). I doubt any of us has every played as well as that day. Most satisfying with I've had.

findingneema · #7 03-28-2007, 06:15 PM

High School Freshman Football team

Started at center and inside linebacker, not too much chance for glory. But one game, up four scores, coach pulls most of the first-teamers, which includes letting some scrubs play lineman. He asks me if I want to the run the ball, and I'm like "Hell yeah!" First play is a sweep left, I get taken down in the backfield (due to scrubs non-existent blocking). I get back in the huddle, tell them I've been blocking all year, now it's their turn to show me something (I was also a captain). We go left side off-tackle, I bust through, stiff arm the safety and score a 20 yard touchdown. Every lineman's dream.

djoyce003 · #8 03-28-2007, 10:03 AM

Playing golf at my local course. I hit a titanic drive on a par 5. I go for the green in two, the ball is heading STRAIGHT for the hole, but then just disappears. It looks like it went over the green. We go looking for it, can't find it. Someone on the green looks in the hole and there it is. I holed it out straight from the air. Double Eagle....rarest of the golf shots.

Dr. Matt · #9 03-28-2007, 10:05 AM

wow nice... it's those kind of golf shots that make me spend too much money on the game.

DrewDevil · #10 03-28-2007, 10:06 AM

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Playing golf at my local course. I hit a titanic drive on a par 5. I go for the green in two, the ball is heading STRAIGHT for the hole, but then just disappears. It looks like it went over the green. We go looking for it, can't find it. Someone on the green looks in the hole and there it is. I holed it out straight from the air. Double Eagle....rarest of the golf shots.

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This one will be hard to top.