Time Machine for Sports

[Dawg61]

What sporting event do you wish you could go back in time and be present for?

Here's a couple I wish I could see in person.

1. Rumble in the Jungle
2. Roger Maris hitting 61
3. Tiger Woods winning the Masters for 1st time
4. Babe Ruth pitching and his called shot
5. Mirale on ice
6. Masters grand slam
7. MSU final four run
8. Magic vs Bird for NC
9. Reggie Bush vs Fresno St.
10. Mike Tyson vs Spinks

I could name 1,000 more and these aren't necessarily my top ten. What are some you wish you could see in person?

[BulldogBear]

65-0 over TSUN

[Jacksondevildog]

Dodger stadium when Gibson hit the walk off vs Eckersley in '88.

Orange Bowl when Flutie threw the Hail Mary.

Big House when Kordell Stewart threw the bomb vs michigan in '94.

Pontiac Silverdome for Wrestlemania 3 when Hogan slammed Andre the Giant. 93,173 in attendance.

Old Boston Garden when the Celtics and Suns played like 2 or 3 overtimes in the NBA finals around '76. Unreal game. Best classic game I've ever seen a replay of, regardless of sport.

[Noxdog]

But i watched 5,6,7,8 and 9. I was there for Masters GS. And JDD, you are correct on the Celts vs Suns. Unreal. Watched it also.



What sporting event do you wish you could go back in time and be present for?

Here's a couple I wish I could see in person.

1. Rumble in the Jungle
2. Roger Maris hitting 61
3. Tiger Woods winning the Masters for 1st time
4. Babe Ruth pitching and his called shot
5. Mirale on ice
6. Masters grand slam
7. MSU final four run
8. Magic vs Bird for NC
9. Reggie Bush vs Fresno St.
10. Mike Tyson vs Spinks

I could name 1,000 more and these aren't necessarily my top ten. What are some you wish you could see in person?

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Wasnt the called shot proved to be a myth?

[TheRef]

UCONN v. Syracuse 6 OT game in the Big East tournament.

[missouridawg]

Ozzie Smith homer in 85
Win at UF in 2010
game 6 and 7 of 2011 World Series
Pujols 3 homer game in Game 3 of 2011 World Series - Haha, just kidding, I was there

[Jacksondevildog]

UCONN v. Syracuse 6 OT game in the Big East tournament.

Good one there.

[Pioneer Dawg]

USA vs Algeria - 2010 World Cup

Michigan vs Appalachian State - 2007

USC vs Texas - 2006 Rose Bowl

Mariners vs Indians - August 5, 2001 (12 run comeback)

Rangers vs Orioles - August 27, 2007 (Rangers score 30)

Iron Bowl - 2013

MSU-Bama - 1980

Liverpool-AC Milan 2005 Champions League Final

[Todd4State]

Wasnt the called shot proved to be a myth?

No, it happened- the Yankees and Cubs players both confirmed it. But they don't have any footage of it. The only thing that exists as far as evidence is a picture of Ruth taken from a distance with him pointing into the outfield.

Let me correct myself after some quick research. The Yankees players and people in the stands say it happened. The Cubs players say it didn't.

What happened was the Cubs and Yankees had some bad blood and apparently Cubs pitcher Charlie Root quick pitched Ruth which pissed him off. Ruth then pointed- and this is where the debate is- either at Root OR at the outfield. So, Ruth pointed, that's not a myth. The question is where he was pointing to and what he said to Root. The fans and Yankees said he told Root he was going to hit a home run off of him on the next pitch and the Cubs say that Ruth was just pointing and cussing at Root.

[State82]

As for MSU related events, I would like to see #6. Since I was there AND LEFT EARLY LIKE AN IDIOT!!! DOHHH!!

[AFDawg]

Jesse Owens making Hitler look like a chump at the 36 Olympics. I'd have loved to see Jim Thorpe in action, too.

[Dawg61]

John Daly sleeping in his car and winning the 91 PGA Championship after being the 9th alternate. Eight guys had to drop out for him to be able to play and Nick Price's wife went into labor that Thursday morning. Daly went to sleep on Wed. not knowing he'd play the next day. Unreal.

[DudyDawg]

Bit ridiculous, but you asked about anything. So mine would be roman gladiators in the colosseum. Or the first ever Olympics. Pretty much anything else you can't find on film to see so I would go that far back

[Martianlander]

Mazeroski's walk off homer in game 7 in 1960 world series.
Don Larsen's perfect game in the world series.
1969 game 7 NBA finals, Celtics vs Lakers
I would say the ice bowl-Green Bay vs Dallas but I'm not sure I could stand the cold.

[Dawg61]

Bit ridiculous, but you asked about anything. So mine would be roman gladiators in the colosseum. Or the first ever Olympics. Pretty much anything else you can't find on film to see so I would go that far back

Haha not ridiculous at all. Juice points awarded for creativity.

[DudyDawg]

Haha not ridiculous at all. Juice points awarded for creativity.

Figured you can at least see pretty much anything else that's happened in sports thru pics or video, so I went with one that you couldn't haha

[Dawg61]

I mean if we're just gonna get silly with it I could watch some obscure Bloodsport Kumite with Van Damme or the real life Rambo.

[JDog13]

I like some of the answers.

The Ruth called homer
The Miracle on ice
Masters Grand Slam
The Kirk Gibson walk off
The Flutie to Phelan hail mary
USC vs Texas ala Vince Young
80 MSU-Bama
Any Dick Butkus
Any Ray Nitschke
Tom Dempsey's field Goal
Garret Hartley's field goal in NFC champ game
Dale Earnhardt's pass in the grass and Daytona 500 win(yeah I'm a redneck)
Sid Breams score Against the Pirates to send the Braves to the World Series
Nolan Ryan's no hitters
Tom Watson/Jack Nicklaus Pebble Beach 82
Christian Laettner's shot to beat Kentucky at the buzzer.
Herschel Walker's first play where he ran over Bill Bates or his dive over the pile where he landed and kept running.
Pegues punt return in the Egg Bowl.

[Dawg61]

Norwood run vs Florida
UNLV stomping all over Duke to win title
Barry Sanders and Thurman Thomas wrecking shit at Ok State
Bo Kimble and LMU's run in the tournament right after Hank Gathers died
Bo Jackson
Wilt Chamberlin 100 point game
Michael Jordan NC game
Bobby Knight chair toss
Pistol Pete
MLB All-Star game around 1990 and also around 1955
Walter Payton
Indiana high school basketball champ. with Hickory High
Mike Tyson Evander Holyfield
Secretariat at the Derby

[Barking 13]

Pink Floyd Pulse tour.....

[BulldogBear]

Bit ridiculous, but you asked about anything. So mine would be roman gladiators in the colosseum. Or the first ever Olympics. Pretty much anything else you can't find on film to see so I would go that far back

My mind pretty much went to MSU events but since you went way back, I'll have to as well. I would love to see a REAL medieval tournament, especially the jousting and melee.

[AFDawg]

I'll borrow from DudyDawg.

Pheidippides shouting "nenikekamen" at the assembly in Athens after the Greeks defeated the Persians.

Mine's a great time machine, too, since it can take me back to apocryphal events.

[mathistondawg]

I would just love to go back and watch Jordan play live

[TheRef]

I would just love to go back and watch Jordan play live

The famous "flu game"

[Coach34]

Nolan Ryan no-hitters
Jim Thorpe
1927 Yankees
Ted Williams in 1941
State football team in 1941
the Green Bay Packers of the mid-60's
any State baseball game of 1985
any Joe Montana Super Bowl

[Political Hack]

gladiators for sure.

and when they had that huge sea battle in that lake outside Rome.

Jackie Robinson's first MLB game.

Magic vs Bird finals.

Jordan and Worthy at UNC.

Duke with the miracle win from the free throw line.

27' World Series.

Namath win the Super Bowl.

Miracle on Ice.

Hogan vs Andre

Ali win the title.

[DudyDawg]

Back to the seven kingdoms and the battle at the wall**. But seriously......

[Coach34]

Any Ali vs Frazier battle
Jim Brown in his prime
Chamberlin vs Russell
Laker Showtime of the mid-80's (when basketball was basketball)
Party with Caligula for one night
Ride on a pirate ship during the 1600's
Watch Cy Young pitch (how in the hell does anyone win over 500 games????)
Watch Mickey Mantle play in his early 20's

[BulldogBear]

Back to the seven kingdoms and the battle at the wall**. But seriously......

....that's a different sort of machine.


Hack, I thought there was a way they would fill the coliseum with water every once in a while and do a naval battle. That would be cool. Watch in a comfortable seat. I suppose they might've done a really big one on the lake though.