"The Catch" game (1982 NFC Championship game between the Cowboys and the 49ers).
The very-beatable Bengals were waiting to play the winner in the Super Bowl and I never wanted my team (Cowboys) to win a game more.
It hurts just thinking about it
A close second was the 1995 NFC Championship game (once again Cowboys vs. 49ers). The Cowboys were going for their 3rd consecutive Super Bowl and with the very-beatable Chargers waiting for them.
Troy Aikman opened the game with 3 INTs (which the 49ers converted into TDs and a 21-0 deficit). The Cowboys fought back courageously but came up short 38-28
All that was back in the day when I rooted for a TEAM. None of this "The Cowboys can win but they have to allow Warrick Dunn to run for 120 yds. and a TD and they can't score more than 20 points on the Atlanta defense...".
Good ol' Sid Bream. Francisco Cabrera knocked him in from second. For a while, TBS had commercials where Sid and "Franky" would drive around in a big Braves' helmet remembering that ALCS while promoting the Braves.
Yeah well suffer through the 2004 ALCS. I can remember screaming at the top of my lungs and having a fit when Torre decided to pitch to Ortiz instead on Mienkawitz.
Then there was that horrible 1995 ALDS against Seattle. Oh how I hated the Kingdome.
As a Braves fan, Game 7 of the 1991 World Series against the Twinkies was a tough loss to swallow. Lonnie Smith on first, Terry Pendleton puts one in the gap, Lonnie stops after rounding second, thinks it might get caught, makes a move back to second, sees ball drop, and only makes it to third.
I think it was 0-0 into extra innings, Braves loss.
Watching Hebert pull Gant off first pissed me off too. That ump should've been fired.
dabeave27 wrote:As a Braves fan, Game 7 of the 1991 World Series against the Twinkies was a tough loss to swallow. Lonnie Smith on first, Terry Pendleton puts one in the gap, Lonnie stops after rounding second, thinks it might get caught, makes a move back to second, sees ball drop, and only makes it to third.
I think it was 0-0 into extra innings, Braves loss.
Watching Hebert pull Gant off first pissed me off too. That ump should've been fired.
AMEN!!! My thoughts exactly!
“Never argue with a idiot, because first they will bring you down to their level. Then beat you with experience.”
One of my earliest memories (re: age 3ish) is Ernest Byner's fumble against the Broncos. I remember hardly even knowing what was going on, but the announcers said the Browns weren't going to the Super Bowl and I cried. I can't watch that game on TV, and it's a lucky thing I was too young to remember the Drive.
Later, when Jose Mesa choked away game 7 of the '97 World Series I was miserable for weeks.
But the single most traumatic memory was the 6th game of the 1995 World Series. I was 10 years old, so it was the perfect confluence of being old enough to understand what was going on and young enough to sob into my pillow for hours. I was at a Halloween party that night and sat in the corner and watched the game the entire time. The Indians were down 3-2 in the series, but I knew they were the better team and I had absolute confidence--up to the final out--that they were going to win the series. But when Mark Wohlers recorded that last flyout, at that precise moment in my 10-year-old life, I realized that the playoffs are a total crapshoot.
I burst into tears and turned to my mom, who had just arrived to pick me up from the party. I looked at her and said "Mom, everybody knows the Indians are the best team in the league. Why can't they just give them the trophy?"
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