OT - One hit wonder?
Slow day at work...exhausted of the OSU stuff...and was watching a great video on Youtube of the 2002 Red Wings playoff run. Noticed a couple names on the team that I thought would be great, but didn't quite pan out. I thought of framing this question as the closest thing to Al Bundy in sports, someone who is still bragging about that one game...or one season..but one hit wonder seems to encompass that. So ..any athletes come to mind that could fall under the one hit wonder category?
I guess it could be a play or a game even. Maybe a streak in baseball? A season gets dicey because who is Tressel without his title? or Lloyd Carr? Still good coaches, but I could see an argument being made.
Growing up in the DC area, I'd vote Timmy Smith or Doug Williams from Super Bowl 21.
My honorable mention: Trent Dilfer
As a Cubs fan... Tuffy Rhodes and Jerome Walton.
The Oneders, later known as The Wonders and their smash hit, That Thing You Do!
I am Spartacus!
I love that movie so much, except for the last scene when Guy "Shades" Patterson says to Faye, "when was the last time you were good and kissed?" One of the most awkward movie lines in history. I assume it was supposed to be an homage to older films, but I usually turn the movie off right before that line and pretend it never happened.
August 7th, 2018 at 11:05 PM ^
Love that line and love the kisses right after. Sweet movie I can watch over and over.
Man, I love the One-ders!
August 8th, 2018 at 12:05 AM ^
From the film's soundtrack, the title song written by Adam Schlesinger of the rock band Fountains of Wayne and sung by Mike Viola who fronted a band called Mike Viola and the Candy Butchers.
I thought the were the Oh need hers.
Agree, Good movie, shitty ending.
I wish I could like this comment a thousand times. Such a good movie
I love that The Bass Player's name is T.B. Player.
I thought this was another Zach Smith post.
No silly! There was more than one hit from Zach.
Too soon?
Winner. Unfortunately.
mark fidrych (kind of)
tony mandarich - juice is the word, is the word, is the word!
brian bosworth - same as mandarich
katrina and the wave - walking on sunshine
I was with you all the way, even with the "kind of" comment on Fidrych because I totally get that, but then you got to that horrible song and I just tuned out.
goggles, nobody said anything about having actually like the one-hit wonder, just name them.
August 7th, 2018 at 11:49 PM ^
Chatster, +1 to you for having a video for every occasion.
Kinda like MGoUser "ShruteBeetFarms" used to be when it came to having a gif for every thread on MGoBlog2.0
Also Mark Fidrych for me.
What could have been...
One hit and Bosworth got "retired" by Bo Jackson.
Chris Shelton after the first week of the '06 season. Think he was hitting like .650 or .700, 5 home runs, ridiculous OPS etc etc.
Then the rest of the season happened.
I seriously thought he was the right-handed version of Rusty Staub.
It was more like the first 8 weeks of the season. He went into June with crazy numbers and it fueled our run to the WS. Even though his luck ran out that run made that team believe it could win. Dont forget they were only 2 seasons removed from 119 losses. By the time he cooled off the Tigers had the best record in baseball.
Great one I hadn’t thought of in a long time.
first thing popped into my head was another Tigers performance, this one a single glorious game: Armando Gallaraga’s perfect game (that wasn’t). I think it was in ‘08 or ‘09. For those not familiar, tigers starter had a so so season going with some performances that showed flashes, think it was his second season on the roster and maybe 4th in the bigs. One game he was pitching a Perfect Game, the 27th batter hit an infield roller that was handled and thrown to first to beat the runner by almost half a step.....and the umpire called the runner safe. (No replay rules back then). Pitcher was just in awe. Said nothing to ump, just looked at the sky showed nobody up. Right after game ump admitted he blew the call and felt so terrible. Tigers even bought gallaraga a corvette to commemorate his “perfect game”
And that’s about the last great day he had in a baseball uniform as far as I know.
Yes, and since it was a grounder to the right side, the pitcher Gallaraga covered first base (a little awkwardly). The ump totally botched the call. I think he expected the pitcher to drop the ball or miss touching the base, but when neither happened he called him safe anyway. It was a damn shame. And the umpire owned it, he blew it and everyone knew it but Gallaraga got screwed out of a perfect game, which almost never happens!
Chris Shelton was the first name I thought of too. That start to the season was ridiculous.
I remeber that! And the year Brandon Inge made the home run derby.
Tubthumping by Chumbawumba.....wait, am I doing this right...oh that reminds me - Right Said Fred's I'm too sexy...those cheeky Europeans
I don’t think you’re doing it right, but I don’t want to knock you down.
Because he’ll get up again, you’re never gonna keep him down
A special two-hit wonder: Frank Reich. Career NFL backup who engineered what was for many years the biggest comeback in college football history (Maryland over Miami in 1984) AND the biggest comeback in NFL playoff history (Buffalo's immortal ambush of Warren Moon's Houston Oilers).
I remember he must’ve gotten into some trouble and was sentenced to playing for the Lions...one game while trying to lead a Lions comeback, he spiked the ball to stop the clock. On 4th down. It worked!
LOL, I had forgotten that. It was in a playoff game against the Buccaneers. Those Lions helmets must short-circuit any brain cells in their vicinity.
Reich also was part of one of my favorite Norm MacDonald jokes on Weekend Update:
"Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly is out for the season. His replacement, Frank Reich, said this week that he vows to rally the Bills and get them into the playoffs. He further promised his team would win the AFC Championship Game and go on to the Super Bowl where they will be crushed."
That Buffalo game is absolutely classic, but he played 13 years in the NFL and was a solid backup. I guess in terms of fame it works.
He’s also an NFL head coach now.
RG3. As a Skins fan, it still hurts - seemed like an insane talent his rookie year.
Good one.
That one was sad to watch because he was so much fun to watch. Plenty of blame to go around between bad luck with injuries, and both Shanahan and RG3 being st fault for not making it work.
August 7th, 2018 at 11:00 PM ^
I was at the Seahawks game where it all came crashing down on that horrible, chewed-up field. What a waste.
Brandon Herron's two-touchdown performance from his LB spot against WMU that resulted in being a career backup.
Kenny King of the raiders.
Donnie Iris with Ah-Leah
Good one, but Donnie Iris also had "Love Is Like a Rock"
Rock stations between Pittsburgh and Morgantown still have both songs in heavy rotation.
Antonio Bass :-(
Joe Flacco... hmm Ravens seem to have a knack for this.
James "Buster" Douglas. Still don't know how he beat Mike Tyson, but he did, and that's all he did.
Great one. Tyson was invincible in the '80s. When the '90s hit, he turned into a pumpkin.
If we're talking boxing I'm going with Hasim Rahman knocking out Lennox Lewis in 2001, nobody saw that coming.
Phil Brabbs, definitely
Tate Forcier vs. Notre Dame, maybe
John O'Korn? We'll always have Purdue.
Tate’s performance against ND all the way. Matt Millin even stated a Star was born in AA...I want to say I saw him at a car wash in San Diego once. Didn’t give a shit enough to ask
Gene Chizik won a *National* *Championship*