This is pathetic.
I was talking to someone online, and I realized that despite the fact that almost 15 years have passed, I am still not over the game 7 of the 1992 NLCS between Pirates and the Braves.
%$#@! Sid %$#!@ BREAM.
I am still angry, and I don’t think I will ever recover from that. And we haven’t had a winning season since.
And if you have no idea what I am talking about, be happy you don’t have to carry this burden.
Steve
Both the 1991 and 1992 NLCS were classics.
It’s strange to think back on how much of a playoff choker Barry Bonds was considered in that era.
Rick
John,
If I were a virulent Baltimore O’s (hon!) fan, I might tell you to suck on it and like it. Memories of ’71 and ’79 and all.
Then there’s the Pittsburghs coming back from 3-1 down earlier, against Walter Johnson’s ‘Nats in ’25.
Ahhh…hell. Boo-hoo to you.
Cordially…
norbizness
Astros 81, 86, and last year for close series, and a bunch of times in the 90s where they disappeared entirely in the playoffs. Swell times.
At least older Pittsburgh fans have the memory of one of the most dramatic endings to a winning World Series (1960?), only rivalled by Joe Carter’s bomb off of Mitch Williams. And they can’t take away the “We Are Family” days.
jg
In spite of what happened last year I still want Aaron Boone dead for what he did the year before. True sports fans NEVER get over it.
Lesley
There are still Brooklynites who consider Walter O’Malley to be the fourth most evil man of the 20th century.
Gerry
John,
I hesitate to tell you this since I’m just up the road from you, actually in the Burgh…
But I’m a Braves fan.
Why do you hold it against Sid? He ran as hard as he could– it’s not his fault that Bonds threw a rainbow. And Sid was a decent ballplayer. The one to be mad at the Gods for doing it to you was Orlando Cabrera– who’s never to be heard from again and is not even remembered for his moment of glory due to the lack of wheels of the guy who scored on his hit.
It was a hell of a hook slide though.
Eventually I’ll end this comment and stop twisting the knife… :-)
physics geek
I live in the town where Atlanta’s AAA affiliate plays, so I was well aquainted with Cabrera’s bat. Turns out that I was the only one.
Buck up, John. As a Cardinals’ fan, I have the distinction of rooting for the only team in MLB history to blow a 3-1 lead in two postseason series. Suffering is how I pass the time during baseball season.
Steve
I am still not over the 1987 ALCS, or Game 7 of the 1988 NBA Finals, but I think I am over everything that happened in the 1970s.
Joel
I recall listenting to that game in my car w/ my then girlfried who was a PIttsburgh native. We were at that awkward stage between fling and meaningfull relationship, and I dropped her off in a state of shock and disbelief. Two days later we broke up.
I also lived in Portland when the Blazers choked away game 7 vs. the Lakers. Watching that occur in a room full of diehard Blazers fans was just about the worst thing imaginable.
bigd504
It might be worse-you could be a Cubs fan. Hw many playoff games have they muffed, flubbed away or just choked upon?? I learned my lesson after the 69 Mets fiasco-now I win bets (against the North Siders) instead of paying out. Besides, I have more teams to cheer for & more ball caps to wear; although I am most fond of that blue cap adorned with a red ‘C’ with the international ‘NO’ sign across it.
Fledermaus
And if you have no idea what I am talking about, be happy you don’t have to carry this burden.
I know exactly whereof you speak, being a Vikings fan: 0-4 in the super bowl, 41-0 in the NFC game in ’02, and most infamous the ’00 game against Atlanta. The Vikes were 15-1 that year, our kicker hadn’t missed a single FG until that game. And that’s just in the last few years, I won’t even get into the Dallas game in ’88 (I think), the Hershel Walker trade, Les Stenerude, I could go on and on.
Anyway, there is something noble in watching a team that, deep down you know, will break your heart at some point, it builds character.
Mark
No no Lesley, the fourth most evil man of the twentieth century was Art Modell.
Don Surber
The Pirates are owned by a gaggle of newspaper publishers. They will not be any damned good as long as the Ogden family is involved
Halffasthero
I am guessing now would be a bad time to state thatI was delighted with the 1987 ALCS. That led to the first world series the Twins had ever won. The first title that Minnesota had ever won nationally in any pro sport. I still remember how desperate we were to finally land one. It was summed up nicely on I-35W heading into Minneapolis when someone put up a Twins sign over one of the walkway overpasses that said: “SHOW US THE PROMISED LAND”
Memories.
Halffasthero
Being a Vikings fan as well, I took solace in the Twins finally getting us a title. We had a chance against the Redskins in 1987 too until Darin Nelson dropped the ball. I think that was the ’88 game you were talking about was when we were trounced by the 49ers. The Vikings never even showed up to the game and played like they didn’t give a damn. The only Dallas game I remember was the Drew Pearson catch after being 4th and 18. That still hurts.
mac Buckets
I often wondered whether I, a sports fanatic if ever were one, would pass my own acid test of whether a person is a good fan. The test: When your teams win, do the feelings of joy equal the anguish from times when they choked/lost in a big game? If they do, then you’re a healthy sports fan. If not, then you are simply a masochist and should give up sports altogether, because the only guarantee in sports is that there will be far more losing years than winning years.
Well, until 1999, I’d NEVER had any experience with “my” teams winning a championship (and plenty of experiences of chokes — ummm, Houston Oilers fan, need I say more?), but in the last few years, my teams have won 4 titles. I’m pleased to report that I almost never think of a young Rod Strickland throwing a behind-the-back pass to nobody in the 1989 Game 7 Overtime loss in Portland anymore. I still marvel at the Oilers’ many chokes, but it’s not the same since Jabba the Bud moved them to Tennessee. So I’m doing OK, I think, except that I can recall almost every RBI of every Astros playoff loss since 1980. I’m working on it.
Vlad
As a fellow Pirate fan, I feel your pain.
Peter ve
Those of us who live in the Hub of the Universe consoled ourselves for many years with the following:
After the ’87 World Series, Bill Buckner was very depressed by his Game 6 performance. Eventually, he decided to commit suicide. After a few beers, he wandered out into Comm. Ave., and jumped in front of an oncoming bus. It went right between his legs (rim shot…)