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re: What’s your biggest choke moment in sports/life?
Posted on 4/9/25 at 3:50 pm to Mushroom1968
Posted on 4/9/25 at 3:50 pm to Mushroom1968
Made it to the state golf tournament in high school my senior year. First morning on the first tee box. With everyone's parents gathered around like it was a damn PGA match. I teed off and the ball went straight up in the air and landed a foot behind me.
To this day the most embarrassing moment of my life.
To this day the most embarrassing moment of my life.
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Posted on 4/9/25 at 4:53 pm to Miner
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Those were the fricking worst. Especially at night.
Even worse, mine was during the day
just lost it. I did learn something that day. Thought my dad was going to be mad at me on the car ride home, but he wasn’t. Life is bigger than a 14 year old baseball game.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 5:06 pm to Mushroom1968
Easy i was 4 years old and i struck out. . In T-ball. I still remember that failure.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 5:43 pm to Mushroom1968
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What’s your biggest choke moment in sports/life?
Should be pretty obvious if you are a male
Posted on 4/9/25 at 6:00 pm to xBirdx
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I’ve never heard of a top off in the 2nd half…
You have a point. Now that I think about it, we inbounded at half court. That makes it worse - thanks!
Posted on 4/9/25 at 6:01 pm to OWLFAN86
whilst hitting some poor girl in da head?
—No I dropped it, but didn’t use it as a weapon.
But this reminds me of a weird sight at a relay. One of the other teams had never run before (I guess) bc they THREW their baton from one guy to the next. DQ.
—No I dropped it, but didn’t use it as a weapon.
But this reminds me of a weird sight at a relay. One of the other teams had never run before (I guess) bc they THREW their baton from one guy to the next. DQ.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 7:55 pm to fabuloseaux
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In my defense, if you go up to the plate in slow pitch looking to take a walk instead of swinging at hittable pitches, you should be in an El Slavadorian prison.
In the Championship, if the pitcher can’t find the plate you better take a strike
Posted on 4/9/25 at 9:29 pm to RGJ18
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Life is bigger than a 14 year old baseball game.
Amen.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 9:47 pm to Mushroom1968
Well, being that I'm an Oklahoma fan, it anytime they have championship opportunity.
Posted on 4/10/25 at 1:04 am to Mushroom1968
I broke the ringfinger on my left hand in 7th grade playing kickball.
I held on to the ball and got the out, but it really went on to effect my guitar playing.
I should've sought medical attention, but didn't want to be in a cast. To this day my distal joint is stuck and can't bend correctly
I held on to the ball and got the out, but it really went on to effect my guitar playing.
I should've sought medical attention, but didn't want to be in a cast. To this day my distal joint is stuck and can't bend correctly
Posted on 4/10/25 at 1:52 am to Mushroom1968
When I was 25, I worked for an industry leader in my trade, and I was being groomed for management.
I had been chosen as the corporate liason to bring issues in the shop before management (it paid and extra 2 dollars an hour) and I got a plasma TV and cable put in the break room, got our lunch breaks changed so they automatically deducted 30 minutes from our time so we didn't have to bother with clocking in and out (and surprisingly people didn't abuse the privilege) shite like that.
All I had to do was keep things on an even keel, and I would have been off my tools within the next 3 years.
The GM and I became pretty good friends, BBQ'ing at each other's houses on the weekends, that kind of shite.
Well, I let the boundaries get blurred, and one day I threw it all away.
I have stomach issues from an injury, and 1 day I had an embarrassing issue, I trusted a fart when I shouldnt have, and I didn't want anyone to find out.
So I quickly poked my head in his office and said I had a small emergency and that I needed to go home for a little while, and didn't wait for his response and made a bee line for the exit.
Well, he wanted an explanation, which was well within his rights and expectations. He followed me and caught up quickly because I was duck walking with shite running down my leg.
He stopped me and asked me what was going on,, and instead of telling him, I flashed out and yelled at him to quit stalking me and to leave me the frick alone.
He doesn't know I have shite running down my leg. He just knows Ii was acting super weird, and now I'm cussing at him and embarrassing him in front of other employees.
He tells me to get into his office and explain myself, but my pride wouldn't allow it, and I told him to go frick himself.
He told me that if I left I would be considered walking out and that I would be fired, and I told him frick you, I quit.
All because 25 year old me and my dumbass pride couldn't tell him that iI shite myself.
If I would have, at many different opportunities just gave him even the vaguest explanation, I'd still be there, and would probably be a part of corporate making 2 or 300k a year, but instead I'm still making parts, making someone else rich, and will probably never have that kind of opportunity again.
So yeah, i choked my arse off and it's maybe my biggest professional regret. Not maybe. It absolutely is.
I ended up seeing him years later at a Central High School football game. We got to talking and I ended up telling him what really happened.
He went on to become an executive vice president and still works for that company to this day.
It was funny at that point, but he went on to tell me all the plans management had for me, and how a wet fart snuffed out the lkind of life I would kill for now.
He confirmed that I was less than a year out from a life changing promotion and opportunity.
It didn't make me feel better.
I had been chosen as the corporate liason to bring issues in the shop before management (it paid and extra 2 dollars an hour) and I got a plasma TV and cable put in the break room, got our lunch breaks changed so they automatically deducted 30 minutes from our time so we didn't have to bother with clocking in and out (and surprisingly people didn't abuse the privilege) shite like that.
All I had to do was keep things on an even keel, and I would have been off my tools within the next 3 years.
The GM and I became pretty good friends, BBQ'ing at each other's houses on the weekends, that kind of shite.
Well, I let the boundaries get blurred, and one day I threw it all away.
I have stomach issues from an injury, and 1 day I had an embarrassing issue, I trusted a fart when I shouldnt have, and I didn't want anyone to find out.
So I quickly poked my head in his office and said I had a small emergency and that I needed to go home for a little while, and didn't wait for his response and made a bee line for the exit.
Well, he wanted an explanation, which was well within his rights and expectations. He followed me and caught up quickly because I was duck walking with shite running down my leg.
He stopped me and asked me what was going on,, and instead of telling him, I flashed out and yelled at him to quit stalking me and to leave me the frick alone.
He doesn't know I have shite running down my leg. He just knows Ii was acting super weird, and now I'm cussing at him and embarrassing him in front of other employees.
He tells me to get into his office and explain myself, but my pride wouldn't allow it, and I told him to go frick himself.
He told me that if I left I would be considered walking out and that I would be fired, and I told him frick you, I quit.
All because 25 year old me and my dumbass pride couldn't tell him that iI shite myself.
If I would have, at many different opportunities just gave him even the vaguest explanation, I'd still be there, and would probably be a part of corporate making 2 or 300k a year, but instead I'm still making parts, making someone else rich, and will probably never have that kind of opportunity again.
So yeah, i choked my arse off and it's maybe my biggest professional regret. Not maybe. It absolutely is.
I ended up seeing him years later at a Central High School football game. We got to talking and I ended up telling him what really happened.
He went on to become an executive vice president and still works for that company to this day.
It was funny at that point, but he went on to tell me all the plans management had for me, and how a wet fart snuffed out the lkind of life I would kill for now.
He confirmed that I was less than a year out from a life changing promotion and opportunity.
It didn't make me feel better.
This post was edited on 4/10/25 at 2:02 am
Posted on 4/10/25 at 4:36 am to Mushroom1968
I was in my early 20’s, working at a factory, hadn’t enlisted in the Army yet, so just floated around various jobs.
Anyways, played for our factory’s intramural basketball team. Never played HS ball, but was somewhat athletic and followed basketball all of my life and knew the rules. We were tied and had two shots at the foul line. Noticed they dropped a guy deep unopposed so would have had an easy basket on the other end. Ref hands the ball to the shooter and I leave the lane. T’ed up.
Funny thing is it’s been thirty years and I still think about that. Oh, and we lost the game.
Anyways, played for our factory’s intramural basketball team. Never played HS ball, but was somewhat athletic and followed basketball all of my life and knew the rules. We were tied and had two shots at the foul line. Noticed they dropped a guy deep unopposed so would have had an easy basket on the other end. Ref hands the ball to the shooter and I leave the lane. T’ed up.
Funny thing is it’s been thirty years and I still think about that. Oh, and we lost the game.
Posted on 4/10/25 at 5:16 am to Mushroom1968
Senior year of high school baseball. Last district game of the year and a winner take all for a playoff spot. We're down 2 in the top of the 7th, 2 outs with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Guy on 2nd is the tying run. I was the 2 hitter in the lineup, and I had hit a Homer against the guy pitching earlier in the year. I'm pretty sure everyone on our side knew I was about to get a base hit to tie it at the least. Have a good at bat. Foul some pitches off, count gets to 3-2, and Ive seen about 10 or so pitches. On the next pitch the pitcher proceeds to throw a waist high cock shot right down the middle. I froze and the umpire rings me up. End of season and end of high school career. I look back at the ump in disgust like it was his fault. He was like "that's on you buddy. How could you take that?". And he was right. Still to this day I wish I'd just swung. Would've been better with it if I'd went down swinging.
Posted on 4/10/25 at 6:06 am to LA Lightning
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Left it hanging on the front rim. Did not lose the game or anything, but I had sunk 164 in a row to that point, so my percentage was 99.5 rather than 100.
So your streak is more than double the greatest shooter of all time's longest streak and 67 more than the NBA record? Pretty impressive.
Posted on 4/10/25 at 6:10 am to Mushroom1968
Misspelled the word blew in a 3rd grade city championship spelling bee.
I should have asked for the word to be used in a sentence, but I rushed and said “blue, b l u e, blue”
Heard the horn and was crushed. I still get upset about it
I should have asked for the word to be used in a sentence, but I rushed and said “blue, b l u e, blue”
Heard the horn and was crushed. I still get upset about it
Posted on 4/10/25 at 7:27 am to Mushroom1968
i was the backup running back to our bad arse starter...one win away from the title game in jv highschool...well, he got hurt first play and i had to play and it went horrible. dad gave me a nice pep talk after...needless to say i never played football. again
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