I was too young for Secretariat and the Thrilla, but the others are all big time moments for me as well.Ones that just made you go Wow or were simply monumental in some way. Here's a few.
Miracle on Ice
Secretariat Belmont
Thrilla in Manila
Hagler - Hearns Round 1 U.S comeback in 1999 Ryder Cup
Your Kevin Maas story belongs on that list.I was too young for Secretariat and the Thrilla, but the others are all big time moments for me as well.
most of mine ill go with 1sts...
heres 2 that I was too young to have witnessed, but remember vividly...
1976 ALCS Chamblis Home Run. I remember my Dad telling me you have to watch the news to see this HR to send the Yankees to the WS, so we made sure to be done with dinner in time.
1977 Reggie Jackson 3 HRs again I was in bed and he told me all about the next morning. waiting all day for the damn 6pm news and then till 6:20 when they did the 5 minutes on sports was excruciating...
(1978 I stayed up for them all )
after that, the 1986 Giants was the 1st time 1 of my teams won when I was 100% invested in it. awesome.
the 1994 Rangers was the 1st time one of my teams won when I was living in NYC. best parade EVER. (what a day too...)
1996 Yankees was the 1st time they won when I could party like it was 1996
2003 Syracuse was unbelievable
2007 Eli takes down the undefeated patsies...my excitement and alcohol intake was probably equal to everything in my life combined.
Considering all the circumstances: World Series, bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, full count, down by 1, Gibson being badly injured, and a dominant closer on the mound, there's just no topping this. Even his celebration was perfect (you have no idea how many times I rounded the bases in the backyard and did that fist pump). The whole at bat was incredible, Vin Scully's commentary throughout the at bat, call of the HR, and silence afterwards just letting the the action and crowd tell the story was perfect too.
Ireland 1 - Italy 01. 03 national title
2. 94 Rangers Stanley cup, really the whole summer of 94 with the Knicks run, and the World Cup being in the Usa, I went to the Italy/Bulgaria game at Giants Stadium
3. The first Cowboys sb I got to see in 92.
4. The Mets World Series run a couple years ago.
I wish I could back and see the Miracle on Ice, and the 86 Mets team.
Boston Red Sox and the miracle in October
Followed by Eli Manning's first time taking down Tom.
I could start a new thread with this question for New York sports fans.So this means you're a Red Sox and New York Giants fan? If yes, wow.
"The Core Four"I could start a new thread with this question for New York sports fans.
Are Yankees fans invariably Rangers and Giants fans? (assuming here Nets aren't really competition to Knicks)
Are Mets fans invariably Jets, and Islander / Devils fans?
I could start a new thread with this question for New York sports fans.
Are Yankees fans invariably Rangers and Giants fans? (assuming here Nets aren't really competition to Knicks)
Are Mets fans invariably Jets, and Islander / Devils fans?
"The Core Four"
Yankees
Giants
Knicks
Rangers
"The Island 3"
Mets
Jets
Islanders
-Nets spent too much time in Jersey to continue to be grouped
you will get crossover Mets-Giants fans though and unless youre a frontrunner, the Knicks are universal.
anything else is basically an anomaly.
Well, he could.My personal favorites are:
03 Cuse
All the Giants SBs, especially 42.
94 Rangers (Messier's guarantee and subsequent hat trick and then eventual title basically made me think he could walk on water)
In general, throwing some out there that I didn't see (sorry if they had been). Not necessarily my top moments:
Tyson/Buster Douglas (just finding out that result floored me)
Michael Johnson's 200/400
Tiger's '97 Masters
3 winning his first Dayton 500