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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: TAB on November 18, 2010, 05:54:00 PM
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So I was reading a thread on another forum and it reminding me of something I saw years back.
Here is the best thing I've ever seen, it was about 10-12 years ago. I was coaching at a youth wretling tourny. On a matt across from where I was, there was a boy and a girl wrestling against each other. They were 7 maybe 8 years old. The boy was very close to pinning the girl in a head and arm( exactly what it sounds like). She lifted her head up and gave him a kiss on his cheek. The boy let go, jumped to his feet, started to run around the mat trying to rub it the kiss off his face. the girl then proceded to take him down with a double leg and win the match.
I tell you the crowd erupted with laughter and cheering. I just only wish I had a video camera.
So whats the best moment in sports you have seen?
PS the moral of the story is girls fight dirty. ;D
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I won't go into what I feel about females in male sports with wrestling being at the top of the list >:(
Of all the things I have seen the one that keeps coming back is from a Minnesota Vikings game in the 80's. Vikings on defense, quarterback throws a pass which is caught by a wide open receiver. Joey Browner not only ran the guy down from behind, but with one hand he grabbed the guy's shoulder pads at the neck line (illegal now) and pulled him over backwards with hand and arm strength.
What makes this memorable?
The way the cameras captured the receiver's leg snapping in half :o
Joey practiced Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu Iaido (Iaijutsu). This developed extreme hand and arm strength without sacrificing dexterity. He was one of the best safeties I can ever remember. However, he has fallen off the radar due to his lack of business success in his post NFL career.
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I won't go into what I feel about females in male sports with wrestling being at the top of the list >:(
at 7-8 there is basicly no diffrence in the two, in the earliy teens girls are actually stronger then the boys.
I have coached a girl from 6 til a sn in hs, she beats most of the boys in middle wieght class. She is the onyl girl above 112 to ever make it to sections/masters( one level bellow state, in CA, which is a huge deal trust me, top 100 ish in the state)and did it as a JR. She is currently a world team member and will be going to the OTC next year. We are about the same size, she is one of the very few HS wrestler that have a hard time beating. We will be in fargo this year for nationals.
There are no mens or womens sports.
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Standing on the fence at the finish line at Gainesville Raceway when Kenny Bernstein was the first Top Fuel driver to run over 300mph in the 1/4 mile.
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Hard to pin just one down.
The "PERFECT SEASON" by the Miami Dolphins.
Tiger Woods, SMOKING the field in his first Master's Tournament.
Dale Earnhardt Sr. Winning the Daytona 500, a track he would die on. :-\
The Saint's win the Superbowl ??? (won $100 on that one)....
Reggie "Little Napolean" Fountain, spearing his beloved raceboat, (cause he can't drive) in his back yard at the Pamlico Sound APBA Finals.... (I met him twice, and he was an ass both times.) ;D
I still remember the "G.L.O.W." girls finals though..... :-X Worth watching...
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Years ago I coached Special Olympics softball. One night a week, the kids (some were in their thirties) would get dropped off by their parents of guardians and we'd try and teach them the game. Most weeks it was just pure mayhem because their minds were just not with the idea of structure and teamwork. Most of them were mentally disabled, BTW.
Anyway, you'd coach, teach and instruct and get frustrated because it appeared they were just never gonna catch onto the concepts.
GAME DAY.....their minds kick into gear, they get serious and don't miss a beat backing each other up, relaying the ball in from the outfield and doing everything that's expected of a ball player!
Amazing and heartwarming and you would never find a complainer in the bunch.....we never actually won a single game but we were winners regardless.
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Amazing and heartwarming and you would never find a complainer in the bunch.....we never actually won a single game but we were winners regardless.
Amen to that.
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GAME DAY.....their minds kick into gear, they get serious and don't miss a beat backing each other up, relaying the ball in from the outfield and doing everything that's expected of a ball player!
Amazing and heartwarming and you would never find a complainer in the bunch.....we never actually won a single game but we were winners regardless.
one of my greatest joys is watching the faces of kids I've coached when they finally "get it".
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I followed Tiger Woods around a course near Tucson before all the women fell out of the tree he ran into.
Watching him hit shots was like watching a cyborg running at peak form. Uncanny precision.
You would understand if you ever tried to control a golf balls flight.
Too bad he was and continues to be such a self absorbed insufferable ass to the fans.
Tim - neat story about the Special Olympics softball.
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We will be in fargo this year for nationals.
You're coming to Fargo? When??
3 events:
Pro - Bears vs. LA Rams, Bears Super Bowl team, playoffs I think. Eric Dickerson got the hand-off, went toward a hole in the line. Only problem was Mike Singletary was standing there. Dickerson had a head of steam building, hit Singletary who was basically standing still - and Dickerson stopped like he had run into a brick wall! And singletary knocked him backwards for a loss on the play.
Second event, Little League - I was in college, home for the summer. A friend coached Little League, and was taking a vacation. His team sucked, mostly kids that came late, weren't that good. They had lost every game to that point, maybe 6 or 8 games, and only had 4 more. The boys were 10 or 11.
Anyhow, he asked me to coach for a couple of weeks while he was gone, and I agreed. These kids were awful, did not even know the basics of the game. So we went through the basics, glove placement on fielding, batter stance on hitting, etc. They got a little better but I wasn't holding my breath. One of the drills we practiced - and to this day I do not know why - was a double play to the shortstop. Just part of them learning to work as a team I guess.
Anyhow, next game, they are up by 1 run, bottom of the last inning, opposing team up, no outs, runners on 1st and 2nd. My only pitcher was tired. Batter hit a pop fly to the shortstop - 1 out. He then tossed it to the second baseman who actually moved into the right position. The second baseman tagged up - 2 outs. The second baseman threw to 1st - 3rd out, end of game.
The looks on both teams' faces were priceless. My team, because it worked and they won! (it was their only win of the season) The other team, seeing a sure win evaporate to the league's worst team. IIRC, the losing team went on to win the playoffs with this as their only loss too.
Third event - I was a fencer in college, loved the sabre, but went to an inter-school match with St. Louis U in the foil. I got wiped, lost the 1st 3 matches. We were fencing with full electronic gear on, which was a first for me, but truthfully, I just sucked at foil.
4th match, I get to the line, get wired up, and we commence. He scores first. He scores second, but I noticed something. Third go-round, I discovered he had a weakness - a basic, fundamental, rookie move he could not defend against. Five straight points against him and I won the match. As the cute Catholic coed unhooked me from the wires, she whispered in my ear "You just beat our team captain!" I barely heard her, I was grinning at the win, it meant I was not going to be shut out.
After the match, the other team's coach came over and reamed me a new one for unsportsmanlike conduct - "gloating" at the win. Only problem, I wasn't gloating, but he refused to see it that way. In truth he was pissed that an obviously poor fencer (me) found his captain's weakness and beat him.
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Middle of july.
might also be going to cleveland in april if I have the sky miles for it for the folkstyle nationals.
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Path you posted:
Third event - I was a fencer in college, loved the sabre, but went to an inter-school match with St. Louis U in the foil. I got wiped, lost the 1st 3 matches. We were fencing with full electronic gear on, which was a first for me, but truthfully, I just sucked at foil.
4th match, I get to the line, get wired up, and we commence. He scores first. He scores second, but I noticed something. Third go-round, I discovered he had a weakness - a basic, fundamental, rookie move he could not defend against. Five straight points against him and I won the match. As the cute Catholic coed unhooked me from the wires, she whispered in my ear "You just beat our team captain!" I barely heard her, I was grinning at the win, it meant I was not going to be shut out.
After the match, the other team's coach came over and reamed me a new one for unsportsmanlike conduct - "gloating" at the win. Only problem, I wasn't gloating, but he refused to see it that way. In truth he was pissed that an obviously poor fencer (me) found his captain's weakness and beat him.
We've finally found something we agree on 100%. I fenced sabre in college (it was an Army ROTC thing). I too hated electric scoring. You hated foil, I hated epee. We didn't have inter-murals, but we sort of did. The various DC schools fenced against each other for fun and bragging rights, as did the various services' ROTC units. I found myself forced to fence epee in my first year in a match against the Navy, as our guy didn't show. Therefore, it was forfeit or me since I hadn't fought before and our ROTC rules were you could only fight in one class (ROTC matches were to five points and only one weapon per fencer, to both move things along, and maximize participation). This was a slim choice, as I sucked at epee, just as you did in foil. What I didn't realize until it was over was that the Navy's guy was not only very good, but he was prior service. A CPO in SEAL Team 2. He kicked my ass 4-1. But, I scored the first point, and on a SEAL! In real life, I'd have walked away, or so I like to tell myself. ;D Seriously, that one point was worth more than all the others I ever scored. Its amazing how much a little thing like that can do for a scared 18 year old's confidence. Its why sports, for boys and girls alike, are a good thing.
FQ13
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What is the difference between a "foil", and an "Epee", I thought they were the same design by different names ?
One of the few times I watched boxing, Young guy I forget whether it was Sugar Ray Leonard or his brother, Turns completely away from his opponent and takes a couple steps away, You could see the other guys eyes light up, he's going to knock this little SOB into next year, he draws back steps forward and gets knocked cold. The kid was already swinging when he turned around ;D
I have never before or since, seen some one get sucker punched during a bout, I did not know it could be done in the middle of a fight. ;D
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What is the difference between a "foil", and an "Epee", I thought they were the same design by different names ?
Epees are like foils, only a lot heavier (and they actually hurt when you get jabbed ;D). They are a thursting weapon, no cutting allowed. The two big differences are this.
In foil, only the torso counts. All other hits are out of bounds. In epee, the whole body is a target. Foil purists mock epee as "the art of stabbing people in the foot". ::)
The second difference is that there is no "right of way'. In Sabre and foil, the guy who extends his blade first has the "right of way". Only he can score until his blade is deflected. In Epee, this is not the case. This might make it seem more real, but that is an illusion. The right of way rule was there to remind you that the goal wasn't just kill to the other guy. It was to kill the other guy and survive. Stabbing each other? A bad idea. Also as to target area, foil dictates hits to center mass, appropriate for a rapier. Sabre says anything above the waist counts, head, arms and toso. Take a life, take an arm and you win. Epee says stick a guy in the leg and you think the fight is over. Survey says no. Me I llike Sabre. Epee to me seems the least useful weapon, with foil running a close second, but at least it teaches timing and discipline. Thats just my .02 though.
FQ13
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Thanks for the answer FQ, I used to think Fencing might be cool, but I think I'll just stick with my axe ;D
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Thanks for the answer FQ, I used to think Fencing might be cool, but I think I'll just stick with my axe ;D
Not a bad choice. In a fight, axe beats sword, BUT only as long as you keep it moving. The second you slow down or get over balanced? You're done.
FQ13 who might have, maybe, sort of, dated a chick in the SCA once. I will speak no further of it, but it was kind of fun. The girl and the fights. ;D
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Got another...
It was the summer of ‘79 and I was still on active duty. I lived in Fernbridge, CA for almost two years and guess that besides the 10 or 15 people that live in my house, the entire population of the town was maybe 50 give or take a few. Of those, there were probably 8 or 10 kids ranging from 7 to about 15 years old. Over the years I’d gotten to know most of them, they were always hanging around the store or playing on the hill behind the house. They were poor kids but no bother really, they just needed something to occupy their time in a small town with absolutely no entertainment.
I was tossing a baseball with a few of one day and had an idea to put together a scrimmage game in the potato field across the road by the river bank. We scrounged up some equipment I had, walked off a baseline and started to play. It turns out that these kids were actually pretty good, they just never had the chance to play a real game before. Over the next several weeks, when I was on my 96, they would pound on my door relentlessly until I gave in and have a game with them. This went on for a while until I had the idea to take them all up to the base and let them play on a decent field for a change. I got permission from their parents and arranged for some additional transportation out to the base and away we went.
We made the trip out to Centerville only to find that my buddy Billy was using the field that day for practice. Seems Billy had put together a ladies team comprised of the Waves from CVB. Needless to say, the kids were really disappointed to find the field unavailable and we almost left until I decided to challenge Bills ladies to a little pickup game of softball. Bill thought at the time it would be good practice for his team and figured my ragtag team of kids would be no problem at all. He had no idea what was about to happen.
The game started rather slowly until I noticed a few weak spots in Billy’s defense and then the fun began…I decided to bat cleanup and told my kids to do whatever they could to get on base. It was really quite comical to watch these kids hit a ground ball and beat the throw to the bag. The opposition’s defense was no match for the blinding speed of some of them. They would load up the bases and I would push one down the right field line for a grand slam. Bills right fielder was playing so far off the line it really wasn’t very hard to do. Before he knew what hit him, we were up by so many runs that Bill called the “Mercy rule” to end the game. I don’t recall how many grand slams I managed but there was more than one. We played around on the field for a while but we’d had our fun. The kids went back to school in September but they talked about that game for months. I became a civilian shortly after that and said my goodbyes.
It was all in good fun and on occasion I wonder what ever happened to all those kids. I hope I was able to imprint a good memory for them because it’s always been a good one for me. Hopefully, when they grew into young men and women, they remembered a skinny sailor who took the time to give them something to do during that summer and maybe; just maybe, it made a difference in their lives. I sure hope so…..
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Good for you Timothy, you done good. Also a lesson that there is no such thing as men's or women's sports. Just sports. And if you're paying attention, you'll learn a lot from them, not just as a kid, but as an adult who helps kids out. A great story. ;D
FQ13
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:'( All these heartwarming stories make me feel the need for a group hug! :'(
Seriously though, I wish I had a story, of contribution, to share like you guys. I coached an all star baseball team when I was 21, but it wasn't pretty. I really enjoyed working with the kids, but I'm afraid I wasn't the greatest roll model. The officiating was horrible during the first, and our only, game of the tournament. The ump was calling non-swinging strikes against us when the ball, literally, bounced before crossing the plate. I didn't get ejected, but I left no doubt as to my feelings regarding the situation. I could have, and should have, handled the situation better, but I wanted my players to at least get a fair shake. Oh, well. That's just one of the many situations I would handle differently if given a "do over".
Swoop
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I have three Great moments in sports were I attended the games.
Number 3 2009 MLB Game 163 Tigers vs. Twins
The game lasted for 12 innings (4 hours and 37 minutes) with the lead going back and forth until Carlos Gómez led off the bottom of the 12th with a single for the Twins and, after advancing to second on a ground out, scored off of a single by Alexei Casilla to right field giving the Twins a 65 walk-off victory.[
Number 2 1991 MLB World Series Game 7 Braves vs. Twins
Manager Tom Kelly went to the mound and looked like he was going to pull pitcher Jack Morris but Morris refused to come out of the game. Morris took to the hill for the top of the tenth retiring the side in order. Morris was on the mound from the first pitch to the last. Morris threw 126 pitches over 10 innings.
In the bottom of the 10th inning manager Tom Kelly sent Gene Larkin up to pinch hit. On the first pitch he saw, Larkin drove a single into deep left field, scoring Gladden with the series-winning run and giving the Twins their second world championship since moving to Minnesota.
Number 1 1991 MLB World Series Game 6 Braves vs. Twins
Bobby Cox sent Charlie Leibrandt to the mound to face Kirby Puckett. After taking three pitches from Leibrandt and with a two-ball, one-strike count on him, Puckett launched the next pitch into the left-center-field seats for a dramatic game-winning home run that tied the Series at three games apiece. That home run led to Jack Buck's now famous call of "And we'll see you tomorrow night!"
Most people wonder why I pick game six over game 7. Without the win of game 6 there would have been no game 7.
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As a lifelong Braves fan, I'd like to say thanks for bringing back painful memories, Watchman! >:(
That was a great series, though, I must admit. I don't harbor any ill feelings toward the Twins, either. The Yankees, on the other hand...
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I'm not much of a baseball fan. I don't care where the Red Sox place.
Just as long as it's ahead of the "Damned Yankee's" ;D
A couple of personal sports stories, When I was going to school in Bangor we had a softball legue that was coimposed of teams from each floor of each Dorm, We also had a school football team, My floors pitcher was also the Football quarter back. It turned out that one of our games was at the same time as the football teams practice, since they represented the whole school we showed for the SB game with no pitcher, and no one willing to fill in. I could not see conceding the game with out at least giving it a try so I said I'd pitch instead of my usual left field. Thank god for the "Mercy rule or we would still be there, I am one of those people who if I throw a rock 0or snow ball the safest place to be is where I'm aiming, except that day, I could not miss those f*cking bats, if I had just dropped the darn ball on the ground they would have scored on it. We lost 12-2 but we made the effort, NEVER GIVE UP WITH OUT A FIGHT ! ;D
We also had Floor hockey between the dorm floors, my room mate and I were tied for most penalty minutes till his girlfriend doubled us both by breaking her stick, she should not have been penalized because she broke it on the floor, not on another player, but we were proud of her aggressiveness any way. Like I say, she did not really deserve to be penalized so after the game several of us picked up the referee's car and put it in the gym lobby between the roof support columns, we didn't see him again for a couple hours ;D
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As a lifelong Braves fan, I'd like to say thanks for bringing back painful memories, Watchman! >:(
That was a great series, though, I must admit. I don't harbor any ill feelings toward the Twins, either. The Yankees, on the other hand...
Sorry, SwoopS, I didn't mean to open an old wound. However, the Braves have done pretty well since that time.