Er.912am - sssshhhhh supposed to be working.
BG,
I can't believe reading through that list of Detroit greats that not a single hockey player was named. Isn't Detroit called HockeyTown?
Isaiah Thomas? Really? You can have the Pistons. I like that you included Trammel, Sweet Lou, and Morris. Good guys. But you have one glaring exclusion from your list.
Billy Sims!
Early 80's. The man practically invented the term "Turf Toe"
You finally hit me with a really tough question. I'm a 4 sport Philly fan. I remember the Broadstreet Bullies winning the cup in the mid 70's. But there are two games that really stand out for me personally and were big for Philly.
The last game of when the Sixers swept the Lakers in '83. The one with wee lil Mo Cheeks dunking at the end. Doc with the dunk in LA. To this day, I can still name the starting 5 for that team. It's an old trivia question to test Sixer fans that gets tougher for people to answer as the years move on. Moses Malone, Julius Erving, Mo Cheeks, Andrew Toney, and the always popular, never forgotten, Mark Iavaroni. With Bobby Jones sitting on the bench. They finally got Doc his championship.
I hate pro basketball now. But I remember those games. Also, the last major sports championship the city has seen.
But I'll never forget the final game of the 1980 World Series. Phillies beat the Royals. Willie Wilson and that damned toothpick. He could keep chewing it for all I cared as long he continued to make outs at a stunning pace. George Brett and the hemorrhoids. Schmidt, Boone, Rose, Charlton, the Bull.
I remember the final game. Sitting on the couch with my mom. Diehard Phillies fan that one. (and always had the hots for Bob Boone). The tension of the game was killing my 13 year old heart. When Tug McGraw threw the last strikeout, the whole city and suburbs erupted after years of making the NLCS and never getting through.
And what do you know, 24 years later and I'm still waiting for that feeling again.
Coming back at ya. What was the best game you ever attended?
Mine is easy. August 15th, 1990. Terry Mulholland threw a no-hitter against the Giants for a very crappy Phillies team. Charlie Hayes made a horrible throwing error to kill the perfect game, and then made a great diving grab to seal the no-hitter. The most amazing part? Watching people come INTO the stadium in the later innings instead of making a mad dash for the parking lot.