There's been some great sporting moments in our lifetimes. These two really hit home, so to speak.

Care to share your great sporting moments as well?

Probably the best set of saves by any goalie in the world!



We all love a good celebration in the end zone, but did this go too far?

Besides the Hawks SB win, the Sonics winning it in 79'.

Secretariat winning the Belmont. Ali beating Foreman in Ziare. DanicaS riding one of the Shelton cheerleaders. Had to be like watching someone in the PBr riding Bodacious

this was pretty cool too

I was there.

And here. This moment will never happen again. First championship in SF. 2 million people. We were right in the middle of the ceremony by city hall. SICK!!

Probably back when I used to live in town and we would hunt house cats with our hounds.

Too many sporting events in my younger years to actually crown just one...............Blahahahha. 2006 NFC championship................Superbowl 48. Good luck,

SZ

Watching my daughter's high school softball team win the state championship. Final day scores were 6-0 in the semifinal, and 14-0 in the final game against an undefeated, # 1 ranked team. We must have had more than a thousand hours of playing catch, pitching batting practice, coaching youth teams, hauling her and her team mates to practices and games leading up to that championship victory. Worth every minute.

Several game winning shots in crucial games during basketball tournaments in high school... Including a game winning 3 pointer at the buzzer to cap off a 12-1 run for a comeback win.

The Mariners beating the yanks is always a good one.



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I have many but one really stands out. not that I expected anything but a gold medal. I had both my 2 sons on my lap when Michael phelps won the gold medal by the width of a pencil erasure to keep on pace for all the gold medals he was swimming in. that final lunge won the race. just awesome.

The USA hockey team beating the USSR to get to the gold medal round.

She beat him and then he banged you?

I'm confused.

Fish on...

Todd

Notre Dame losing.....

Bruce Jenner bringing home the gold.

At 5 11' and always a bit heavy looking even when in great shape, my personal best may have been when I over head this ---"Watch out for white boy, he got hops..." I also timed my jump perfectly one time and pinned some 6' 6" foot dude against the board when he tried to dunk on me.

For someone else it was probably being there for Randy Johnson's first no hitter.

I was at that game! but not my greatest moment...

I was so drunk I didn't realize it was a no hitter till the 8th inning when everyone starting clapping after every pitch...

Great story. I had a similar friend an inch shorter, he went bald on top at 18 , had a pus gut and wore superman glasses. He looked like someone's dad. He could jump out of the gym and hit a shot from anywhere. When we would go out to green lake and play the brothers . they would all laugh until the first lob and two handed reverse dunk or he would drive and dunk. Best pure athlete I have ever met and the laziest individual at the same time. He could have played at any college with half a work ethic.

I used to be able to dunk. Now the mere thought of it causes back pain.

There are a lot of athletic things I was able to do back in the day that I can't do now, but the memories are fine...they have all been replaced or morphed into other things that I never could have done back then

The first time I dunked in competition (wasn't a "game", it was in practice, but while being defended)...my first home run as a tyke, my first home run in college, my first touchdown in high school...those are all pretty good memories.

Played a few innings of a baseball game in the Kingdome when I was a kid and went 3-3, pitched an inning with three strikeouts, and turned a double play on the shittiest astroturf ever known to man.

The first day I rowed a "real" river...Mill Drift on the Sauk without ever having been on the sticks ever before

Watching sports? I guess there are a few I remember that stand out, though not much. Watching Brian Holman in 1990 lose a perfect game with two outs in the ninth by giving up a home run to Ken Phelps...it's baseball season so I always remember that one in the summer, along with watching the 1995 Mariners improbable run.

Watching the Seahawks in their first Super Bowl against the Steelers...I was overseas and had to get up in the middle of the night to watch it, with soccer announcers who nothing about American football doing the commentating. That was a rough few hours.

Some of the ones I really remember of the Seahawks were back when they sucked...mostly some awesome trick plays, like Efren Herrera catching a pass on a fake field goal, or recovering his own onsides kick.

Watching the Sonics win the championship when I was a little kid after losing in the finals the year before...I recall very clearly seeing DJ throw the ball straight up in the air as time expired in the winning game.

Not too many of those...that's about it off the top of my head.

Fish on...

Todd

Going to the US National's for freestyle arials in 89. I was in way over my head but what a fun week that was!!!!
Going to the Seahawks / Denver game in our first wild card game in 84 I think, still have the ticket stub, HOLY CRACKERS it was loud!!!!
And of course the super bowl against Denver.

To all you washed up jocks.

You mean Caitlyn Jenner?

1977 World Series game 6 Reggie Jackson walks 1st AB then crushes 3 HR's in the next 3 AB's.

I remember that game Timber. Pitcher tried to quick pitch Reggie, he stepped out and then popped a homerun.

A couple weeks ago on Maui, I taught my oldest daughter to surf by pushing her into waves. The next day she was like, "don't push me anymore I want to catch my own", by the end of the trip she was; "rent me my own board" and spent the next couple of days just paddling out and surfing like she belonged there.

Here is an IG video of her just starting to get it.

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So, one of my best sports moments ever was a party wave with my daughter.

No...Caitlyn TransJenner

Nice work Red.

Probably never forget the 1st time I went under 5:00 in the mile (9th grade) or under 4:30 as a senior, wish I hadn't been sick at district.

Then the usual, 79 Sonics, 95 Mariners, Seahawks SB runs.

An AkKings sighting. Nice.

since this thread went all Al Bundy, I guess mine was trying out for the Atlanta Braves.

Ok, time machine time. I never lost a wrestling match in 7th-9th grade. High school was a different story, lot's of competion in my weight class of a H.S of 2K...didn't do so hot.

Made the final cuts for back up point guard in H.S sophomore year broke my ankle an hour later playing volley ball.....man did that suck.

On a side note my wrestling coach was the first person to beat Dan Gable, Gable is considered the best wrestler of all time. He won the Gold medal in 72' I believe.

Dunking for the first time in warm ups in 10th grade at 5'6

that is awesome!

awesome

Short people rock.

That kicks ass, Steelspanker!

I've had nothing but a blast coaching my son and his team(s). Would love to see him continue on with his baseball success and can't wait to see him progress over the years!

Your video also kicked ass, Rocket Red! Way cool!

Lastly, I nuked out a bunch of crap from two abusers here. You can try to mess up my post, but I'll win every time. Last warning to STFU here, on this or other PP forum. Talk to Bob to get your posting privs back, as I know you two can't help yourself and will be at each other's throats soon......



Hard to believe he's 10 already......

Sorry you're having a bad day, Paker.

Cool story, SS.

I could bore you guys with a long, drawn-out account of my sporting glories... wait... no I couldn't.

Carry on....

I like the accounts of watching kids realize their potential we see scattered throughout this thread. For my part, last year, it was cool seeing my daughter's soccer team obliterate the team that had beaten them for the district championship every year since she started playing. She scored two of the six goals and didn't stop smiling for a week.

Very cool stories fellas... Goes to show that you don't have to be a freak of nature to succeed at sports. Half the battle is having fun and enjoying it. Sounds like you guys aren't putting pressure on your kids to achieve certain goals like alot of parents do.

Like Twatskins, my baseball career ended as an epic failure too....but it was fun

Great picture Steel.
Gotta have the Mako bat!
I bought my 8 year old a Mako last year for his final All-Star tournament as a way of rewarding him for all his hard work through the season.
The little fart got 3 MVPs that weekend!!!
(Yes that is bragging for those that aren't sure.)

Here is a cool sequence of him going down after one.
I'm soaking in the current year and looking forward to his future ones.

What is he doing watching the ball and not pulling his head after he hit it?

Probably thinking about fishing.

I am sure the manures could use an extra hitting coach....just saying.

He kept that back foot planted!

He needs to choke up on that bat a bit.

My son was watching the Seattle Seaman last night.

I LMAO when he pointed out that he could hit the ball further than many of the M's hits.

It would suck to work in downtown Seattle and have to deal with the traffic the Seaman followers bring to the Hood.

Some of these posts sure bring back memories, especially the baseball pictures. It is good to see parents taking advantage of being involved and supporting their children’s endeavors.

I began coaching my twin sons youth baseball teams when they were 13, 14, and 15 years old. The team went undefeated as 13 year olds and since they won the league title as 14 and 15 year olds that automatically made me coach of our league all-stars each year.

Even though there were many more accomplishments, I was most proud of all these all-stars because in the next few years, they continued to work together and as seniors in high school, their baseball team was ranked as high as #1 in the state and #8 in the country.

Yes, not only kids seem to grow up way too quick but time has a way of passing by way too quickly also.

My best "sporting" moment ever was nailing Bendover Jill and her sister Jan....independently, but only about an hour apart.

Nowadays, it takes me all night to do what I used to do all night!

I would guess my personal best was the '74 AAU National Cross Country Championships. Ran my best 10K on a beast of a course.

That was probably topped, though, when our daughter's club soccer team won State. Having gone through the tournament with 11 players. Note to non-soccer fans-there are 11 players on the field.

Best game seen live was college football game where UCD scored 16 points in the last 30 seconds to win the game 30-29. The league title was the first of an NCAA record 20 consecutive.

Runner-up to that game was probably watching John Wooden lose for the last time in his career at Hec Ed.