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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 06:24 PM Original message |
Poll question: Which win meant the most? |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Red Sox!!! 43 years is only half of 86.... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. As a Sox fan it pains me to say...US over Soviet hockey team in '80. Right after Afghan invasion. |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have to go with the Red Sox... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Not shabby, but it wasn't for a championship |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Douche Three! |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I think I'll name my band "Douche Three". |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Ah, yes. That moment when the cosmos was in perfect order |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Anyone |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Give me a break.. |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. you certainly need one n/t |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Best EVER... |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Mazeroski was big all right.. |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. is that supposed to bother me |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I do remember this one |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I remember EIGHT trips to the Super Bowl and coming home with FIVE |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I don't |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Kind of like they fared in NFL history in 1958... |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. won |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Note that the guys with horseshoes on their helmets in that pic are the BALTIMORE Colts |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. How about this... |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. how about this |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. I still have that game on tape...ah, before the Giants had a sniveling |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. bitter bitter bitter |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. U.S. Olympic hockey team n/t |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. Buster Douglas over Mike Tyson. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
58. That was a HUGE shock. I remember getting off a train in NYC and seeing the headline. nt |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. For those of you voting for the US Hockey Team oevr Russia... |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. wrong |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Well, you're right about them beating Finaland, but the "upset" of Russia |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. we are way off base |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. The media has built this up over the years |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #36 |
61. I was in Moscow/Leningrad a month later. THEY thought it was a big deal and dissidents would |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Sorry, Joey, it was a huge upset. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Yes, it was an upset, but it wasn't the Gold Medal game, and Russia |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. you are just incredibly wrong about this |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Russia most certainly WAS favored to the win the Gold that year. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. It's ONLY hockey! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. You watch tennis!!! |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I play it too! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Is it 42 now? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #41 |
60. Biggest sporting event in my lifetime. And I'm a Sox and Redskins fan. nt |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Same here. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. They may have been the Evil Empire, |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #52 |
62. No, my point was it was before Raygun coined the phrase, but we still |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. It was Finland, but not actually a Gold Medal Game |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:44 AM Response to Reply #22 |
59. IT. DOES. NOT. MATTER. nt |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. Cubs World Series win..oh wait.... |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. Olympic hockey 1980 because |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. Easily the "Miracle on Ice". |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
27. Iowa's Orange Bowl victory. |
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Onceuponalife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. And no one outside of Iowa cared. n/t |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. I agree Condem |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Man. Where's the love?? |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Some of what you say is true Condem.. |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. My bad, Upton.Thought you were a fornion. |
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Onceuponalife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
29. The Sox |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
32. "Other" |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. In a similar vein, Joe Louis over Max Schmeling |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. The Great Joe Louis's |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I almost forgot... |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
37. I don't have any |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
45. Other |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
54. There was no anticipation of the 1980 hockey game |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. there wasn't a great buildup |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
55. Politics aside, the USA beating USSR in Lake Placid is one of the greatest upset victories EVER! |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
69. For a pure upset, I'd have to go with Chaminade over Virginia |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. +1 |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. The 1980 hockey game was not an all time upset |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
56. US Hockey Team...no question |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
57. I like no team more than my Red Sox but... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. Yep. And I'll add seeing the ODU women's basketball team play the Soviet team |
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