DaveCoup's Favorite Sports Moments

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"DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?"
Twenty young men with no chance to win, do just that, beating the greatest hockey team in the world at Lake Placid, NY during the XIII Olympic Winter Games.

 this was a defining moment in my life ...

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"MATTEAU!! MATTEAU!! MATTEAU!!"
Stephane Matteau scores in double overtime of game 7 to beat New Jersey and put the Rangers in the Stanley Cup Final

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"A little roller..."
Mookie Wilson ruins the potential Hall of Fame career of Bill Buckner by dribbling one through his legs, capping a miraculous, 3-run, 2-out, 10th inning comeback, to win game 6 of the 1986 World Series

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NO MORE
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"GOT HIM!!"
Marty Barrett swings and misses.
The New York Mets are World Champions.

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"Cal-vin! Cal-vin!"
Calvin Schiraldi serves the title of 1986 World Series MVP to Ray Knight on a silver platter.

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Jim Lonborg pitched it.
Lenny Randle fouled it off.
My dad caught it and handed it to his 10 year-old son.

This remains the single memory I have of my father being proud.

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My most exciting moment at Shea Stadium came at 12 years old, when this completely miserable Mets team trailed 6-2 going to the bottom of ninth against the San Francisco Giants. The game ended on this 2 out, 3 run, line drive, opposite field home run by Steve Henderson.

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"Have you ever seen better?"
Endy Chavez makes one of the finest defensive plays in postseason history when he turns this Scott Rolen home run ball into a double play and keeps Game Seven of the 2006 NLCS tied at 1.

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Robin Ventura hits the loudest "single" in baseball history in the bottom of the 15th inning to force game 6 of the 1999 NLCS

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Benny Agbayani pushes the Giants to the brink of elimination with this solo shot in the bottom of the 13th inning in Game 3 of the 2000 NLDS

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The Stanley Cup Banner rises to the top of Madison Square Garden
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