2 Sports Questions For You

Submitted by xtramelanin on

Mates,

These two questions are for you and relate to events that you personally participated in, not just things that you attended or maybe watched on TV.   This is a pretty biased blog in that most of the folks that post here are sports junkies and played some level of sports relative to the overall population.   All of us (or nearly all) at some point participated in athletics.  It might have only been in gym class up to 9th grade, but for many it was high school at least and for many it was beyond that.  

The questions are closely related and are as follows:

1.  What was your most disappointing or embarrassing sports moment?

2.  What was your favorite, most memorable sports moment?

XM

 

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FatGuyTouchdown

June 26th, 2017 at 10:37 AM ^

You're my new favorite user. Is there any chance you're old enough that you could be my pretend dad? 

 

EDIT: Goddamnit he got banned as soon as I posted. 

Joined: 09/07/2014

MGoPoints: 14126

McFarIin

June 26th, 2017 at 12:58 AM ^

I don't have a clue what your profile pic is, but I have always wanted to tell you it's embarrassing. I just thought about trying to justify what I said further, i.e., how it's embarrassing, and then I was like, nah, self-explanatory.

Joined: 06/25/2017

MGoPoints: -201

McFarIin

June 26th, 2017 at 12:19 AM ^

I appreciate the response. I guess the difference is I am about as athletic as any non-professional is and I'm not going to deny it just for the sake of humility. I know many men out there are insecure about their athletisicm, or body, etc., and while I understand that, I don't feel as if I should deny my own superiority. Honestly, it's just a law of nature. Some people are more talented and good looking and better educated than others. Usually, those people don't go to a state school like UofM, but that turned out to be my only option. I don't judge the fat, ugly, and stupid for being so. I just want nothing to do with them.

Joined: 06/25/2017

MGoPoints: -201

evenyoubrutus

June 26th, 2017 at 3:34 PM ^

You didn't miss as much as you think you did. Some guy, whose username was similar to yours, coincidentally, (but had a "joined" date of yesterday) posted his finest sports moment as being a really great golf score, then said something smug like "I generally win at life." Then when he saw that his comment was getting downvoted, he replied to it and whined about the downvotes. Then I replied with some light-handed snark, and he lost his shit and started throwing 7th grade insults at every user in the thread (my sarcasm, by the way, went completely over his head). It really was an entertaining end to an unusually boring Sunday evening.

Joined: 11/04/2008

MGoPoints: 178349

cali4444

June 25th, 2017 at 10:03 PM ^

Worst:  Getting benched in my final high school baseball game.  I'd led our league in hitting the first half of season but went into a horrible slump the 2nd half. Last baseball game I ever played. Crushed it in slow pitch for many years after but.... a former baseball player really shouldn't brag about that.

Best:  Earlier that season my girlfriend and her parents showed up to a game, I went 3 for 4 with a homer, two stolen bases and a couple difficult catches in centerfield.

Joined: 05/08/2009

MGoPoints: 765

umbig11

June 25th, 2017 at 10:07 PM ^

Worst moment first. Missed a key shot to win a game in the H.S. BBALL regionals. Claim to fame: hit two homeruns in the same inning of a LLWS tournament game for 7 RBI's, grand slam and a 3 run homer. Record still stands in the LLWS.

Joined: 07/21/2010

MGoPoints: 115573

TrueBlue2003

June 26th, 2017 at 2:25 PM ^

records, there are seven players tied with the single inning HR record at two. They don't have a record for single inning RBIs here: http://www.littleleague.org/worldseries/pdf/recordsfull.pdf

Four of those seven were from Chinese Taipei, two were from the DR.  Oddly, five happened against Canada, two supposedly in the same game.  The one from the US was Andy Rios from Chula Vista in 2009.  He was attending JC in 2014 as a baseball player so I'm pretty sure that's not umbig11.

These records are almost certainly not well kept and incomplete and little league admits as much:

"In more than a half-century of Little League play in more than 100 countries, at least 50 million Little League games have been played.

Because there is no way to obtain or compile the statistics from these games, there is no way to conclusively determine the all-time records in any category."

It's a very specific claim, but impossible to verify as the record and difficult to find any documentation of without knowing the game/team/player.

Joined: 01/05/2010

MGoPoints: 38075

bacon1431

June 25th, 2017 at 10:10 PM ^

Embarrassing: In high school, I got chosen to do a home run derby for local area high school players at the Toledo Mud Hens stadium. I failed to hit any home runs. What made matters worse is that there were fireworks after the game, so a decent amount of the fans stuck around for my failure. And booed me. Greatest: Was three time defending floor hockey champions in intramural in undergrad. One of my friends, a film major, made a mockumentary about it. Which was pretty funny and a good memory.

Joined: 07/26/2008

MGoPoints: 25294

UMAmaizinBlue

June 25th, 2017 at 10:11 PM ^

1) Most embarrassing was when I played in goal for an indoor soccer team with college buddies. I'd never played soccer before...ever. One game I let in 7 goals, but 2 we're particularly embarrassing because they hit me in the face, knocked me on my ass, and then went in the net. 2) Winning the broomball championship in intramural at UM for the first time. This time I was also playing in goal but we'd made it to the semis or finals 3 times before without winning it all. We finally won in sudden death overtime against the team that's won the last 2 seasons.

Joined: 09/23/2009

MGoPoints: 36258

House Mother

June 25th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^

Worst:  Not sticking a landing on a flip in an all-school pep rally  my  sophomore year (cheerleader). So humiliating for a high-schooler.

Best:  Sticking the very next one to redeem myself and assure myself that I wasn't forever jinxed.

Joined: 11/05/2016

MGoPoints: 7884

Jasper

June 25th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^

Sorry -- this will be long-winded.

Most memorable:

Game-winning grand slam in Little League. This was the ultimate "blind squirrel finds an acorn" moment. I was probably below the Mendoza line for the summer and I barely got around on the pitch (thrown by a pituitary case), but I hit a beautiful line drive that stayed just inside the right field line and rolled way past the right fielder, who was (wisely) playing up on me. There were no fences, so it was a "stand up" affair. I reached home with time to spare.

Most embarrassing (and a true story):

A couple of summers later I was on a summer-league swim team. There were no divers in my age group, so I got drafted to do that. I was worse at diving than Little League, but you got points for showing up. One warm evening I was on the board waiting for the announcer (who'd misplaced my scorecard) and I started to get wood. Completely random (in a 14-year-old kind of way) ... no visual stimuli in the area. When I finally got clearance I just about ran off the board. I honestly don't know if anyone noticed (despite the pitched tent) and I sure wasn't going to ask ("Hey, did you see my boner?"), but I've never been so happy to hit the water.

Joined: 12/30/2010

MGoPoints: 3591

DCAlum

June 25th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^

So I play ultimate frisbee pretty seriously (yeah it seems like an oxymoron, but it's real). So these moments are all from one particular tournament.

Best: Regional finals, playing for about the 10th best team in the country (yes, there is a national ultimate frisbee league, it's pretty legit) against the 5th best team. We were down 14-13, game to 15. I was playing defense on one of their star guys. Long pull, deep in their end zone, they are trying to work the disc out of it. Throw it to my guy, I dive full extension and catch the disc in front of him. We were still in their end zone, so I got the D in front of him and scored a point simultaneously. (It's called a Callahan). Mobbed by teammates.

Most disappointing: we then lost the game 15-14 on the next point.

Most embarrassing: after the games, I was getting food at a food truck on the field, chatting with a couple of ladies who had watched the game. OMGShirtless at that point because it was hot. One of my friends walked up behind me and fully pantsed me - so I was essentially fully naked with my pants and underwear around my ankles.

Joined: 01/30/2012

MGoPoints: 3428

Chuck Norris

June 25th, 2017 at 10:20 PM ^

Best moment: While working bar at a frat party, I "celeb shot" from behind the bar, hitting the last cup on a beer pong table across the room.

Worst moment: Not really a "worst" moment, but my junior and senior years of high school I suffered season ending football injuries during summer workouts (torn meniscus jr year, herniated disc sr year).

Or I guess I took part in a brawl during an IM soccer playoff game and was part of the reason that my fraternity got banned from IM sports for the rest of the year, but I'm actually kinda proud of that.

Joined: 07/15/2010

MGoPoints: 16151

scanner blue

June 25th, 2017 at 10:37 PM ^

Worst- two months later broke my arm throwing a baseball in the second practice of the year. I had a bone cyst in my right humerus, basically an egg shell. Doc said no contact sports - football , basketball ,and of course no throwing. Finally had a bone graft freshman year of high school but my sports career was pretty much over. Honorable mention best- the last two weekends working the tunnel at the football camps. Talked with most of the coaches ( Drevno threatened to have me moved to the elevators for broaching compliance questions) and asking names/ shaking hands with about 2/3 of the football players ( I don't know who's who without names and numbers on jerseys) . For UofM football junkies nobody had it better than me.

Joined: 07/14/2014

MGoPoints: 10319

boliver46

June 25th, 2017 at 10:22 PM ^

Doing the Ladder drill in shorts and a helmet during 2-a-days after eating Taco Hell for Lunch. Not good. Soon thereafter picked up the moniker of the "Phantom Shitter". Ugh. #Memories

Joined: 09/14/2012

MGoPoints: -3374

YakAttack

June 25th, 2017 at 10:25 PM ^

lost to a girl in wrestling. She outweighed me by 20 pounds, so it was an exhibition. I weighed 80 pounds and they had nobody in my weight class.

Joined: 01/20/2009

MGoPoints: 54386

WichitanWolverine

June 25th, 2017 at 10:26 PM ^

Can't think of a worst moment right now. I guess I was pretty lucky to avoid anything too embarrassing on the field growing up.

Best moment: I scored a hat trick while playing for the University of Michigan!

Joined: 09/30/2009

MGoPoints: 34351

carolina blue

June 25th, 2017 at 10:27 PM ^

Senior year state soccer playoffs playing arch rivals on our home field. It 0-0 and went to OTwhen our striker hit one that looked like, from our bench that it went in. We erupted. It didn't as it actually hit the outside of the net. We had to be pulled off the field by our coach back to bench. Five mins later we lose. Gut punch to end career. Most memorable? Pitched a perfect game in 8th grade.

Joined: 02/12/2014

MGoPoints: 30259

BlueWolverine02

June 25th, 2017 at 10:28 PM ^

Worst: has to be either my last HS football game (regional finals) or my last HS wrestling match (regional tourney).  Not because of anything I did wrong personally, just... I/we lost.  My career was done and I would never really play those sports competitively again.

Best: this one won't resonate if you don't know wrestling.  Jr year in district tourney, i'm wrestling the kid from Brother Rice.  I'm down two with less than a minute left and he's on top.  He starts running a half or a chicken wing to put me on my back.  I distinctly remember thinking I can let him roll me on my back where I can rest for 4 seconds, only giving up two back points which will put me down by 4.  Then I can reroll him and hold him on his back for a 5 point move to finish up the match.  Flawless execution.  That one sticks out just because it was such a ballsy move.

Joined: 09/20/2014

MGoPoints: 18480

Qmatic

June 25th, 2017 at 10:33 PM ^

Best Moment: Scoring 48 points and grabbing 18 rebounds on senior night. Hit 8 3 pointers in an exciting 102-75 game to end the regular season as league champs (we only averaged around 68 points as a team) Worst moment: Missing a pretty much wide open shot from the block in the following game in the first round of districts along with missing a 3 down 2 with about 15 seconds left. The team hit both free throws and went on to win. Their D was a work of art, as they won the game 48-44 and I scored only 13 points. The school we lost to ended up being state runner-up.

Joined: 01/09/2013

MGoPoints: 32795

OwenGoBlue

June 25th, 2017 at 10:40 PM ^

Worst: dropped a sure pick six in a close loss because I took a moment to gaze into the vast clear grassland ahead. Best: strip sack TD in 4th quarter of a high school game we won 6-3. I was talking to some friends and we all realized the bad sports memories are more clear for some reason. I had more ups than downs but had a lot of the bad come right to me in vivid detail.

Joined: 04/03/2016

MGoPoints: 31529

Robbie Moore

June 25th, 2017 at 10:41 PM ^

Would have to be playing third in High School and having a hot shot one hopper hit me directly on the cup. Went down like I was shot. Puked. Had to be helped off the field. My teammates couldn't stop laughing. Nobody has ever let me forget it.

Joined: 12/01/2008

MGoPoints: 46210

mgowill

June 25th, 2017 at 10:46 PM ^

Best and worst moment all in one.

Tournament game in baseball when I was 13.  Game was tied and the pitcher was feared by all.  I wasn't very good at baseball and I was up with a runner on second.  First pitch went by and I didn't even swing - strike.  Second pitch went by and I watched again - strike.  It was the same pitch as the first.  He couldn't be bold enough to throw this same pitch again, could he?  Well on the third pitch he indeed threw it in the same location and I swung.  I'm pretty sure my eyes weren't open when I connected on my swing.  The ball went straight back at the pitcher and he tried to glove it in an awkward motion, as he did he put his ankle in the hole next to the rubber on the mound.  The ball went past him and slowly dribbled into center field.  The runner on second came around to score and I stayed at first still in shock of what just happened.

So then as the game was over, the pitcher was clutching his ankle and couldn't stand up.  We were wanting to celebrate our victory but instead we had our helmets off watching as the coaches tended to him.  Shortly thereafter, an ambulance arrived to take him to the hospital.  I guess his ankle was pretty bad.  I'll admit that as I ran to first base, I was envisioning people giving me high fives and the like.  The shock of teenage kids seeing someone with that kind of injury sort of ruined any celebration I might have thought would come.  He was fine and he didn't die, which is cool, but I'd never seen an ambulance at a baseball game before.

Joined: 08/31/2011

MGoPoints: 18545

UMgradMSUdad

June 25th, 2017 at 10:45 PM ^

High school cross country team.  This was back when running events were measured in yards and miles, and for cross country it was a three mile race. This other kid and I were the only freshmen on the team, and our first meet was away.  

Neither of us paid any attention to the explanation about the course in the walk through that the captain of the home team provided.  It was a course that had a lot of trees, hills, and turns. We fell so far behind everyone else that we had no idea which way to turn, and we took an inadvertant short cut. It didn't make any difference in the meet outcome, because we were still behind most of the other runners but did not finish dead last.  

Our team lost the meet, and on the bus ride back, the coach was chewing out some of the upper classmen for their lackluster performance.  He was really laying into them  Then he added that at least the two freshmen showed some spirit and effort.  

One of the slow, plodding seniors on the team talked to me and the other kid later, saying he knew we were behind him and didn't remember us passing him.  We fessed up. The whole team found out (but I don't think the coach ever did).  As the season wore on, it became a story to laugh about, but it was embarrassing and uncomfortable for a while.

Joined: 07/02/2011

MGoPoints: 13185

HenneGivenSunday

June 25th, 2017 at 10:48 PM ^

Most Embarrassing - junior year in a 1st round playoff game, our star RB/CB got injured and I came in at corner. Proceeded to get torched 3 straight plays before the half (luckily, they didn't score). At halftime, our assistant coach is in my ear getting my head out of my ass.. moments later the head coach announces to the entire team that I'm benched, they'd reconfigure the D to move someone else there. Luckily, we still won the game. That one stung for me personally.

Proudest moment - Had the game and conference championship sealing INT exactly 1 week before the biggest disappointment.

Joined: 10/24/2011

MGoPoints: 10983

dmac24

June 25th, 2017 at 10:56 PM ^

Favorite: dropping 47 points on a team (Basketball) the night after my grandfather passed away when I was in college (Small Christian school). I told him I would play for him and was just unstoppable. Most emotionally satisfying night.

Close 2nd was senior night (basketball again) in high school. Overtime with a rival. Stole the inbounds pass and got it to a friend who hit a fade away three at the buzzer to go to the first overtime (His only points of the night). In overtime we were consistently down two until I hit a deep three with about 30 seconds left. Stole the inbound again and hit the free throws to ice the game.

Joined: 07/25/2009

MGoPoints: 1080

We are back

June 25th, 2017 at 11:08 PM ^

Most embarrassing wasn't actually me, my ex made a basket on her own net in high school, smh I had to dump her the next day.

Favorite: Hit two grand slams in 1 inning vs Stoney Creek, granted at the time they were a new school and the second pitcher had one hand (true story) before the at bat I prayed I wouldn't hit him with a line drive, I've had a tendency to hit pitchers since T ball.

Joined: 12/17/2015

MGoPoints: 13338