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Your best WTF sports story
Posted on 12/7/11 at 11:19 pm
Posted on 12/7/11 at 11:19 pm
I think the majority of us on the Rant have probably been athletes at some point in time or at least followed sports for most of our lives. I'm sure everyone has a funny or memorable sports story to tell. Here's mine.
WARNING: tl/dr may apply
I played competitive baseball up until I turned 50 in H-town and I'll always cherish the over-the-hill battles w my friends from Tampa Bay, Fla. to Phoenix, Az in World Series. However, the best story I can recall was from just another long summer night regular season game here in Houston.
It was top of the last inning in a tie game and we were out in the field w their fast pinch-runner on 1st base and the go ahead runner on 3rd base and 2 outs. Our catcher comes out to the mound w all the infielders and pitcher and calls a fake throw to 2nd and then a throw to 3rd to catch the runner off guard on the very 1st pitch. He was certain the guy on 1st was going to steal and he was going to catch the runner from 3rd unaware!
Well the pitcher pitches the ball and sure enough the runner from first bolts for 2nd base. Me and the shortstop take a few steps like we are going to 2nd to help sell the play. The only problem is the catcher throws the ball directly over 2nd base w no one there and both runners scored! It was the craziest damn thing. Instead of yelling and screaming we just laughed it was so ridiculously funny. He called the play and forgot it! Unbelievable!
Best part of the story is we came into the dugout and scored 3 times in the bottom of the inning and won the game. We figured we had to win to make the pickoff play that much more memorable. But win or lose the pickoff call that fooled us all was never to be forgotton and ofter recited. Long live the Houston Yankees! Kenny Y'Baro may you rest in peace.
WARNING: tl/dr may apply
I played competitive baseball up until I turned 50 in H-town and I'll always cherish the over-the-hill battles w my friends from Tampa Bay, Fla. to Phoenix, Az in World Series. However, the best story I can recall was from just another long summer night regular season game here in Houston.
It was top of the last inning in a tie game and we were out in the field w their fast pinch-runner on 1st base and the go ahead runner on 3rd base and 2 outs. Our catcher comes out to the mound w all the infielders and pitcher and calls a fake throw to 2nd and then a throw to 3rd to catch the runner off guard on the very 1st pitch. He was certain the guy on 1st was going to steal and he was going to catch the runner from 3rd unaware!
Well the pitcher pitches the ball and sure enough the runner from first bolts for 2nd base. Me and the shortstop take a few steps like we are going to 2nd to help sell the play. The only problem is the catcher throws the ball directly over 2nd base w no one there and both runners scored! It was the craziest damn thing. Instead of yelling and screaming we just laughed it was so ridiculously funny. He called the play and forgot it! Unbelievable!
Best part of the story is we came into the dugout and scored 3 times in the bottom of the inning and won the game. We figured we had to win to make the pickoff play that much more memorable. But win or lose the pickoff call that fooled us all was never to be forgotton and ofter recited. Long live the Houston Yankees! Kenny Y'Baro may you rest in peace.
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Posted on 12/7/11 at 11:21 pm to DrD
Posted on 12/7/11 at 11:25 pm to DrD
in a HS game one time, we had 12 men on the field on defense. The coaches were yelling at one guy to get off the field. He was closest to the other sideline, so he ran over there. Unbeknownst to him, and pretty much everybody else, going off the field on the wrong sideline is a penalty. It ended up costing us the game. This guy went on to play for LSU, BTW.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 11:27 pm to DrD
Posted on 12/7/11 at 11:28 pm to DrD
Rugby match. We're warming up and we see the opposing team show up. We notice that one of their guys has a blond afro. Friend of mine shouts "I want some of that hair." Gets this crazed look in his eyes. Look stays until the start of the match. Ball's kicked and he goes straight for afro. He levels Afro and does something that none of us see.
We score and we go over to the bench while the conversion is attempted. He comes up to all of us holding something... a clump of Afro's hair.
I love rugby.
We score and we go over to the bench while the conversion is attempted. He comes up to all of us holding something... a clump of Afro's hair.
I love rugby.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 11:33 pm to DrD
Middle school basketball. Our best player was a lazy thug, but he was a beast and made everyone else look like they were in slo motion. He was 6'3", could dunk, shot really well and all that shite (in 7th grade, mind you). Anyways he was really late to the game, and we were planning to play without him. We were lined up to tip off, when he struts through the gym doors in his warmups.
Our coach called timeout. Before the tipoff.
Our coach called timeout. Before the tipoff.
This post was edited on 12/7/11 at 11:34 pm
Posted on 12/7/11 at 11:37 pm to genro
it was the big game, some whore shot me and our coach who smelled a lot like oatmeal and had diabetes out me in the lineup late in the game, I hit a home run and knocked out all the lights
Posted on 12/7/11 at 11:38 pm to TN Bhoy
once, this college football team made the National Championship game with out playing in, let alone winning, their own conference championship!
For real though, in middle school soccer we were on the verge of losing to a rival, when a kid on our team 'accidentally' headbutted their star player when going for a header. The kid was bleeding from his nose pretty badly and cursed the ref out because no penalty was called, and he got a red card. Then, their coach went apeshite over that and he got 'ejected' (can coaches get red cards? I dont remember) by the ref too..since he was their only coach on the sidelines that day they had to forfeit with barely any time left in the game they were about to win, so we got the W in the least deserving way possible.. it was sweet
For real though, in middle school soccer we were on the verge of losing to a rival, when a kid on our team 'accidentally' headbutted their star player when going for a header. The kid was bleeding from his nose pretty badly and cursed the ref out because no penalty was called, and he got a red card. Then, their coach went apeshite over that and he got 'ejected' (can coaches get red cards? I dont remember) by the ref too..since he was their only coach on the sidelines that day they had to forfeit with barely any time left in the game they were about to win, so we got the W in the least deserving way possible.. it was sweet
This post was edited on 12/7/11 at 11:40 pm
Posted on 12/7/11 at 11:39 pm to DrD
I was one of the worst shooters on this basketball team in middle school and wound up being the only guy making the only 3 pointer for my team.
This post was edited on 12/7/11 at 11:39 pm
Posted on 12/7/11 at 11:42 pm to REG861
quote:
once, this college football team made the National Championship game with out playing in, let alone winning, their own conference championship!
Nebraska, 2001?
Posted on 12/7/11 at 11:47 pm to OWLFAN86
quote:\
it was the big game, some whore shot me and our coach who smelled a lot like oatmeal and had diabetes out me in the lineup late in the game, I hit a home run and knocked out all the lights
Posted on 12/8/11 at 12:50 am to DrD
After one little league tryouts one year, I went to an open field to try to hit some home runs. My dad pitched the ball and I hit a line over the fence, but foul on the first base side and the ball was straight headed towards a port-a-potty. At that instant, a man walked out, the ball whizzed in, the man shut the door, walked away at first without realizing it, and then a second later, he turned around, opened the door, and saw the ball inside the port-a-potty.
Posted on 12/8/11 at 1:21 am to Vicks Kennel Club
An official who had no clue what was going on cost me the Louisiana 2A Cross Country championship.
This post was edited on 12/8/11 at 1:22 am
Posted on 12/8/11 at 1:57 am to LSUtoOmaha
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Trent Johnson on meeting cast of Jersey Shore: "I didn’t know who the hell Jersey Shore was. I thought they were an AAU team when I first heard of them."
Posted on 12/8/11 at 1:59 am to Bigpoppat
In high school baseball I went 0-0 in a game with 4 HBP's
Posted on 12/8/11 at 8:45 am to DrD
In legion ball I got a single off a slider pitched by Tyler Wilson 
With that said, only hit I ever had when the ball had any kind of movement. Could only hit a fastball.
With that said, only hit I ever had when the ball had any kind of movement. Could only hit a fastball.
Posted on 12/8/11 at 8:54 am to wegotdatwood
Back in jr. high, me and a buddy who never started were put in during the end of a basketball game blow out. We used to see who would score first. We get a fastbreak going with me leading the pack downcourt. I get the ball inside halfcourt and start dribbling toward the goal. By not playing a whole lot I had no clue if I was close or not for a lay-up. So I take my chances and I'm just inside the free throw line. My buddy falls to the floor laughing and has to be taken out of the game.
Posted on 12/8/11 at 8:58 am to VernonPLSUfan
I umped a game where the pitcher struck out 6 batter in one inning, she did it without allowing a run to score.
Posted on 12/8/11 at 9:00 am to TigerintheNO
So 3 dropped strike 3 calls, and then 3 regular strikeouts..nice
Posted on 12/8/11 at 9:10 am to USAF Hart
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So 3 dropped strike 3 calls, and then 3 regular strikeouts..nice
4 dropped strike outs, but the catcher touched the plate on the last one.
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