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Ruusan_Roulette
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Date Posted:
2/12 7:10pm
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RE: ESPN's Greatest Highlight
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Maybe I just don't get it, but what is the big freaking deal about Carlton Fisk "willing" his home run fair? He hit a home run on a big stage and made an animated gesture indicating his desire that the ball be fair. Big deal. Should this even be on the list of the potential "greatest highlight" (whatever that is) of all time?
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KnightWriter
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2/12 8:26pm
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Ruusan_Roulette posted:
Maybe I just don't get it, but what is the big freaking deal about Carlton Fisk "willing" his home run fair? He hit a home run on a big stage and made an animated gesture indicating his desire that the ball be fair. Big deal. Should this even be on the list of the potential "greatest highlight" (whatever that is) of all time?
It was the climactic moment of possibly the greatest baseball game ever played. It rendered Game 7 an afterthought, just as the Red Sox would eleven years later.
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George_Roper
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Date Posted:
2/12 8:43pm
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I'm not sure if ESPN would have shown it but Ryan Giggs' winner in the 1999 F.A. Cup semi-final replay between Man U and Arsenal would be my pick if it was. Perfect way to decide the greatest game that I've ever seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrOyedpeZnk
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Rogue...Jedi
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2/12 10:04pm
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My bias would like to see Laettner's shot win. But it won't.
Cal-Stanford has a shot, so does Hank Aaron and a couple others as well.
Buckner should be taken off, in favor of any of a number of highlights, including that Prothro catch. That was ridiculous.
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JMJacenSolo
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How about Robert Horry's three pointer vs. the Kings in the 2001 WCF
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George_Roper posted:
I'm not sure if ESPN would have shown it but Ryan Giggs' winner in the 1999 F.A. Cup semi-final replay between Man U and Arsenal would be my pick if it was. Perfect way to decide the greatest game that I've ever seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrOyedpeZnk
Definitely a great play. Another one I'd have considered would be Michael Owen's spectacular goal against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup. But ESPN is only concerned with 'American' sports, so soccer is little more than an afterthought.
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rechedelphar
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George_Roper posted:
I'm not sure if ESPN would have shown it but Ryan Giggs' winner in the 1999 F.A. Cup semi-final replay between Man U and Arsenal would be my pick if it was. Perfect way to decide the greatest game that I've ever seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrOyedpeZnk
On the subject of football goals what do you think of Cantona's goal vs Sunderland?
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George_Roper
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rechedelphar posted:
George_Roper posted:
I'm not sure if ESPN would have shown it but Ryan Giggs' winner in the 1999 F.A. Cup semi-final replay between Man U and Arsenal would be my pick if it was. Perfect way to decide the greatest game that I've ever seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrOyedpeZnk
On the subject of football goals what do you think of Cantona's goal vs Sunderland?
His reaction was even better than the goal. 
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Rogue...Jedi
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Whats up with the "replay" video of Boise State-Oklahoma being a series of still shots, without actually showing the play itself?
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yankee8255
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To me the highlight for the 1980 olympics wasn't the Eruzione goal, but the last seconds ticking off the clock as Al Michaels asked "Do you belive in miracles." Still remember it vividly, and get goosebumps every time. A close second was the medal ceremony, when Eruzione waved the rest of the team up onto the podium.
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JMJacenSolo
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How did the Boise State Statue of Liberty beat Michael Jordan's game winner vs. the Jazz? Oh well.
I voted for Bird's steal in today's. The Gibson home run is as much about the radio call than the highlight.
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That Gibson home run drives me crazy. A low off-speed pitch to a guy who has no legs? Eck, how could you? 
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KnightWriter
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2/16 11:38am
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Scully's call is overplayed, and in my opinion, overrated. It's nice enough, but Jack Buck's call is the superior and more memorable one.
"... this is gonna be a home run! Unbelievable! The Dodgers have won this game, 5-4, and I don't believe what I just saw!"
Buck's tone changes on a dime as he realizes that the ball is going out, and it's a magical moment.
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JMJacenSolo
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KnightWriter posted:
Scully's call is overplayed, and in my opinion, overrated. It's nice enough, but Jack Buck's call is the superior and more memorable one.
"... this is gonna be a home run! Unbelievable! The Dodgers have won this game, 5-4, and I don't believe what I just saw!"
Buck's tone changes on a dime as he realizes that the ball is going out, and it's a magical moment.
That's the one I meant.
Actually, I don't think I've ever even heard Scully's call, or I have and it's not that memorable.
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DarthTunick
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2/16 12:13pm
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KnightWriter posted:
Scully's call is overplayed, and in my opinion, overrated. It's nice enough, but Jack Buck's call is the superior and more memorable one.
"... this is gonna be a home run! Unbelievable! The Dodgers have won this game, 5-4, and I don't believe what I just saw!"
Buck's tone changes on a dime as he realizes that the ball is going out, and it's a magical moment.
Pfffffffffffffffft. Overplayed (as compared to clips shown with the audio of Buck)? Perhaps. Overrated. Not a chance. Regardless, Gibby's home run happend on my birthday (it being my 2nd birthday in '88 ), something that makes the moment even that much more meaningful for me.
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