Best six-footer dunking over a seven-footer. Still my favorite dunk of all-time and I saw it live (on TV) and literally fell out of my chair in disbelief.
The Greatest ever...
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Here's something for the baseball fans here.
Steve Carlton's 1972 season for the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies finished the year with a record of 59 wins and 97 losses. The big lefthander won the Cy Young Award that year with a record of 27-10. 310 Strike Outs and an ERA of 1.97. He also had 30 complete games. Think how bad the Phillies had to be when the team was 32 and 87 in games Carlton did not get a decision. At one point he won 15 games in a row, with a horrible team playing behind him! One of the greatest single seasons a pitcher in the modern game could have.
Steve Carlton's 1972 season for the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies finished the year with a record of 59 wins and 97 losses. The big lefthander won the Cy Young Award that year with a record of 27-10. 310 Strike Outs and an ERA of 1.97. He also had 30 complete games. Think how bad the Phillies had to be when the team was 32 and 87 in games Carlton did not get a decision. At one point he won 15 games in a row, with a horrible team playing behind him! One of the greatest single seasons a pitcher in the modern game could have.
That season is highlighted in a Cooperstown book I have. I remember reading about it as a kid and just being dumbfounded by how absolutely dominant he had to have been to accomplish that considering this was the Maddux/Glavine/Smoltz era in Atlanta.
How about the 1971 Baltimore Orioles featuring four 20-game winners, only the second time in league history to date (1920 White Sox)?
Pat Dobson went 20-8 with a 2.90 ERA for the AL champion Orioles in 1971, rounding out a famous rotation that also included Hall of Famer Jim Palmer (20-9, 2.68), Dave McNally (21-5, 2.89) and Mike Cuellar (20-9, 3.08).
The Orioles went 101-57 (.639), winning the East by 12, sweeping aside Oakland in the ALCS 3-0, before losing an all-time great World Series to Pittsburgh 4-3 after blowing a 2-0 lead, then winning Game 6 to force a Game 7 at home (which they lost, the first team to do so). Game 4 featured the first ever WS game to be scheduled for a night start.
Pat Dobson went 20-8 with a 2.90 ERA for the AL champion Orioles in 1971, rounding out a famous rotation that also included Hall of Famer Jim Palmer (20-9, 2.68), Dave McNally (21-5, 2.89) and Mike Cuellar (20-9, 3.08).
The Orioles went 101-57 (.639), winning the East by 12, sweeping aside Oakland in the ALCS 3-0, before losing an all-time great World Series to Pittsburgh 4-3 after blowing a 2-0 lead, then winning Game 6 to force a Game 7 at home (which they lost, the first team to do so). Game 4 featured the first ever WS game to be scheduled for a night start.
Greatest ever moment to include pine tar...
You got two for the price of one there - the ball of the century and the best TV cricket commentator of all time, Richie Benaud. I miss Richie.
The outcome of this was even better. The league then reviewed the entire situation, ruled that Brett should not have been called out, therefore the game could not have been over at that point. A month later the teams got together at Yankee stadium to finish the Royal's top of the 9th and the Yankee half of the 9th.
But George Brett was one hell of a player, one of my favorites at that time. Flirted with hitting .400 in 1980. He was a joy to watch play, especially at the plate, a great hitter.
Absolute madnesshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_professional_baseball_game
33 innings featuring the Pawtucket Red Sox (top minor league club of the Boston Red Sox) vs. my home town Rochester Red Wings (then the top minor league team of the Baltimore Orioles). First 32 innings played on April 18 into the wee hours of April 19th 1981. Last inning completed on June 23rd 1981.
When Rochester took the lead in the top of the 21st inning, Wade Boggs then tied the game for the Red Sox, even his own teammates were pissed off at him. The continued until 4 AM when the league President was finally reached and he ordered game play stopped. It seems the Umpire may have had an outdated rulebook and so he did not have the rule in it that would have halted the game at around 1 in the morning. Dave Huppert caught 31 innings for the Red Wings (had to be a bit of hell on the knees). The teams avoided finishing the game the next day, because they had no idea how much longer it would go and were concerned about injuries, instead it was finished the next time the Red Wings visited Pawtucket.
Jim Umbarger pitched 10 innings in relief for the Red Wings.
Russ Laribi of Pawtucket went 0 for 11 including being struck out 7 times.
Two future Hall of Famers played in the game. Wade Boggs for the Red Sox and Cal Ripken Jr. for the Red Wings. A total of 23 future or former major leaguers played in the game, including Bob Ojeda, Rich Gedman, Bruce Hurst,
33 innings featuring the Pawtucket Red Sox (top minor league club of the Boston Red Sox) vs. my home town Rochester Red Wings (then the top minor league team of the Baltimore Orioles). First 32 innings played on April 18 into the wee hours of April 19th 1981. Last inning completed on June 23rd 1981.
When Rochester took the lead in the top of the 21st inning, Wade Boggs then tied the game for the Red Sox, even his own teammates were pissed off at him. The continued until 4 AM when the league President was finally reached and he ordered game play stopped. It seems the Umpire may have had an outdated rulebook and so he did not have the rule in it that would have halted the game at around 1 in the morning. Dave Huppert caught 31 innings for the Red Wings (had to be a bit of hell on the knees). The teams avoided finishing the game the next day, because they had no idea how much longer it would go and were concerned about injuries, instead it was finished the next time the Red Wings visited Pawtucket.
Jim Umbarger pitched 10 innings in relief for the Red Wings.
Russ Laribi of Pawtucket went 0 for 11 including being struck out 7 times.
Two future Hall of Famers played in the game. Wade Boggs for the Red Sox and Cal Ripken Jr. for the Red Wings. A total of 23 future or former major leaguers played in the game, including Bob Ojeda, Rich Gedman, Bruce Hurst,
Any confirmation that Wade Boggs managed to chug 37 beers and screw two women during the 33 innings?
12 light beers, a 77 year old retired lunch lady and a rabid goat
Aryton Sennas first lap at Donnington in 1993. Can't post the video for some reason but worth checking out for a sheer masterclass of driving in the rain. While everyone else is tip-toeing around Senna goes from 5th to 1st in one lap and strolls through the rest of the race.
This has to be up there with the greatest KOs of all-time. From 2:15 ish.
Jackson was way behind on points and in danger of the fight being stopped, and then he lands that missile of a punch. The likes of Ali's KO of Foreman, Tyson's destructions of Berbick, Holmes etc are greater when the historical importance of the fights are taken into account, but leaving aside the wider context this one takes some beating.
Jackson was way behind on points and in danger of the fight being stopped, and then he lands that missile of a punch. The likes of Ali's KO of Foreman, Tyson's destructions of Berbick, Holmes etc are greater when the historical importance of the fights are taken into account, but leaving aside the wider context this one takes some beating.
No idea who the feck those guys are but that was a brutal punch.
Yeah it's definitely up there. Marquez-Pacquaio IV, Hearns-Duran, Robinson-Fullmer. Marciano-Walcott and this.
Greatest opening round to a World Title fight.