Sports hero (for the other team) that ripped your heart out... ?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

The Pujols last strike/out homer last night made me think about this...

For me it's gotta include Willie Stargell on the freaking "We Are Family" Pirates in '79, I also seem to recall Dave Parker (?) making some unbelievable throw to save one of the early games for them...

Roger Staubach and Drew Pearson, Hill, Dorsett, Newhouse have gotta be in there somewhere, beating my 'Skins and keeping them out of the playoffs at least a few times, but for some reason I don't remember specific moments from those years...

Larry Bird on at least a few occasions, I remember him making a steal to win one of the championship games against my beloved Showtime Lakers (before they became my somewhat hated Shaq-fu Lakers).

[MN ChimpH8R]

1. Aas a Vikings fan

the Hail Mary from Staubach to Drew Pearson in 1975, IIRC, was the worst. Especially considering that Pearson clearly pushed off of the DB. Worst. Call. Ever. And one more reason to hate the Cowboys.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

4. Yeah and with Irvin, they made an art of the pushoff...

[kick-ass-bob]

2. Fucking Vinateri.

That bastard.
:grr:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

49. Come on now! Automatic Adam ain't that bad!

Besides, you should hate Brady more. He put Adam into position. :evilgrin:

[Beware the Beast Man]

3. The Braves' Francisco Cabrera- 1992 NLCS vs. the Pirates

Freaking bunted a single to bring two players home, winning the game for the Braves in game 7.

[kick-ass-bob]

5. Shouldn't that be the cement-footed Sid Bream

for actually scoring on that hit?

and wasn't he a former Pirate?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

6. I actually went to one of the games in that NLCS at 3 Rivers... I was

doing a 2 month rotation at Allegheny General Hospital at that time... Great times. Is that "Clark Bar" at the candy bar factory still open?

On edit... Pittsburgh sports fans are great.

[Beware the Beast Man]

9. Not anymore.

The Clark Bar & Grill is still open inside the building, but I believe the candy factory relocated.

[underpants]

7. CABRERA!??!?! THAT'S IT BOBBY COX HAS LOST IT!!

-Crack-

Sid Bream scores

OH MY GOD BOBBY COX IS A GENIUS!!!!

Verbatim, my friend on that play.

[Allenberg]

8. Thanks, jerk

:cry:

[underpants]

10. I will not speak his name

Clue:pigeon toed horse faced wife beater used car dealer

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

11. Hmmm... are we talking football here?

[MN ChimpH8R]

13. You got problems with John Elway? nt

[underpants]

14. If that were the name I do not speaketh then the answer is yes

I really should be pissed at Byner...but IT will do

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fumble

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

15. I really liked those Browns teams with Kosar too, always wanted one

to make the Super Bowl... even though I still would've rooted for my 'Skins that year. I remember that fumble...

I always felt there's no way the Browns would've made as bad a showing as the Broncs did in those early SB's against the Giants and the 'Skins. The best NFC teams were better then, though...

[underpants]

21. BERNIE!!!

I've ran across some old NFL films shows about that era of the Browns and it is amazing how easily history forgets really good teams.

Would they have done better? (the snipe remark is to say that they couldn't have done worse) who knows?

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

12. Bucky Dent. WTF.

Bucky Dent hits one over the monster to beat the Red Sox in a one-game playoff to determine division winner. Yaz popped up to make the last out.

[KamaAina]

30. followed by Aaron F'n Boone

ah well, all's well that ends well...

[Ptah]

16. Bill Mazeroski 1960 home run against the Yankees.

:cry: :cry:

[Tafiti]

17. Joe Montana.

For sure. I'm a huge Bengals fan, and many will remember the famous Super Bowl XXIII in 1989. 49ers vs. Bengals. Bengals were up 16-13 with around 2:00 minutes left in the game, and Joe Montana and Jerry Rice just tore apart the Bengals defense on a long drive that ended with Montana to Taylor in the endzone with :16 seconds left, winning the game 20-16. I've despised the 49ers (but not Joe Montana) ever since.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

18. Yeah, Bengals had good teams those years. I always pulled for

them against the 9ers in those years, mainly because the AFC was such underdogs. Wasn't Ken O'Brien the QB? Liked him too.

I would imagine if you were a Cowboys fan, "The Catch" probably was the heart ripper.

And the "immaculate reception" if you were a Raidazz fan...

[KamaAina]

31. Kenny Anderson QB'd those Bengals

Ken O'Brien was the Jets QB around that time.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

32. Anderson, that's right. I liked that guy.

[Tafiti]

34. My brother's a big Cowboys fan.

And he hates the 49ers just as much. However, he was too young to remember "The Catch". It was moreso because of those early-to-mid-90's battles they'd have in the playoffs all the time.

[hfojvt]

43. Raiders fans are still mad about 'the fumble that wasn't'

but it was only payback for the bogus roughing the passer call from earlier years Grogan vs. Stabler AFC championship.

For me, as an old Oilers fan, Rulon Jones of the Bengals was a nemesis. Many times my Oilers would be facing a third and one and Merlin Olsen would yell "Rulon Jones!!!" as he broke through the line and forced a fourth and four.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

19. On the plus side, things looking up for the Bengals. You actually have a

good and young QB now. I hope you guys do well.

[Tafiti]

39. Hell yeah!

The Bengals wouldn't be where they are without Palmer. Last week's 121 passer-rating performance tied Peyton Manning's NFL record 9 consecutive games with a 100+ passer rating. Impressive, eh?

Especially when you consider the fact that Palmer has only started 19 NFL games. That means after his first 10 games, he has achieved a 100+ passer rating in every game since.

I hope he gets the record - that would be awesome. But it'll tough. We play Pittsburgh this week. :scared: But we're at home, so that's a plus.

[trackfan]

20. OJ Simpson - seriously - when I was 7or 8 he made a game

breaking run against UCLA. I had just decided that I was rooting for UCLA, and I was so upset that I hated USC and OJ after that, and in fact ended up going to UCLA. So OJ was actually a major influence in the course of my life.

[XNASA]

22. The Padres Steve Garvey, game 4, 1984 NLCS.

:cry:

[kick-ass-bob]

24. I blocked that shit out.

Padres 7th inning, game 5.

:cry:

[motely36]

23. It a toss up

between the Yankee fan who interferred with the Orioles and the Cubs fan who caught the foul ball.

[bertha katzenengel]

25. Another 3-games-to-1, top of the 9th, 2 out homer: Dave Henderson

it won the game vs the Angels in '86 and sent the series back to Boston. :cry:

[GOPisEvil]

26. Derek Fisher, 0.4 seconds

x(

Buffalo Bills coming back from 35-3 against my Oilers. x(

1985 World Series - Cardinals get jobbed. x(

[bigwillq]

27. Keith Smart (Indiana Hooisers)

when his shot beat Syracuse in the NCAA National Title game :(

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

29. Ouch that one hurt me too. I wasn't so much a pro 'Cuse fan as an ANTI

Hoosier one...

[underpants]

36. Yeah (mockingly scratches his head) didn't that guy used to work at....

McDONALDS!!!?!?!?

:rofl:

[bigwillq]

37. Huge Syracuse fan here

I was crushed. But we finally won the Big Dance in 2003! :bounce:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

41. A toast to thee. It was great for me to see my Terrapins finally win one,

after so many crushing tourney losses, especially to Duke.

The funny thing is, the Terps team that won isn't even close to as talented as some of their most talented, it's just that Gary Williams is a much better big game coach than Lefty could ever dream of being.

Old Terps teams had NBA All Stars like Buck Williams on 'em, and potential All Stars like Len Bias...

:toast:

[bigwillq]

42. I was glad Maryland finally won too.

Although a Cuse fan, I was rooting for the Terps.

I hate DUKE. Love everytime they get beat.

To the CUSE and the TERPS! :toast:

[WeRQ4U]

28. Most Recently..........Josh McCown

I still hear Paul Allen's voice in my dreams at night.

"Touchdown.........NOOOOOOOOO, NOOOOOOOOOO. The Arizona Cardinals have knocked the Vikings out of the playoffs!!!!"

A piece of me died that day. LOL.

Also, Brett Favre has done it to me on numerous occasions. Such is Vikings Fandom I suppose.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

47. It's a sad day when Josh McCown is your team's nemesis.

But I guess it's better than the guy who caught half your team having an orgy in the middle of a lake! :-)

[WeRQ4U]

52. The hits just keep on coming.......................

And just today the Startribune reported that Onterrio Smith, the guy who is currently suspended for smoking dope, is now being named in a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a mentally handicapped girl in her apartment.

Wow. Just Wow.

[11 Bravo]

33. Clint Fucking Longley!

Thanksgiving Day, 1974. My Skins had knocked Staubach out of the game, and Longley came off the bench to throw two TDs, the last one to Drew Pearson with 28 seconds to go.

[underpants]

35. "the triumph of the uncluttered mind"

http://thefatguy.com/index.php?p=1976

“It was,” as Cowboys guard Blaine Nye told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, “the triumph of the uncluttered mind.”

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

38. I had ALMOST forgotten about that, LOL... sigh... Cowboys backup QBs were

ALWAYS a fricking nightmare. Seems like they had an infinite number of guys who could come off the bench and have a big game, whether it was this guy, Danny White, Hogeboom or whoever.

Of course, as a 'Skins fan, I only remember the ones where they killed US, like that...

[radwriter0555]

40. EDDIE THE EAGLE and the african swimmer in the olympics who trained

in hotel pools... I LOVE THOSE GUYS!

[Blue_Tires]

44. Jordan---numerous times

death is too good for that piece of shit

[taterguy]

45. Dean Smith

Orchestrated defeats of lots of my favorite teams. The weird thing is that he's got really good politics. He raises money for Dems and speaks out against the death penalty.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

46. Yeah it's pretty hard for me to hate him for beating Georgetown in the

NCAA tourney final, when he's such a solid Dem in a "red" state.

[taterguy]

50. Go ahead and hate

On the basketball court he was a villian. Four Corners was one of the worst "innovations" in sports history. I'm just glad his good deeds elsewhere prevent me from hating him as a person.

[Taverner]

48. All Red Sox fans should recoil in horror at the name "Mookie"

I wasn't even a Bosox fan and that one hurt!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

51. Paolo Rossi (Italian soccer player)

1982 World Cup. That was hard to swallow.