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Originally posted by DJ Capp 911:
so what are the biggest single events in sports over the past 25 years? These are in no particular order

Red sox win the world series
Mets come back to beat Red Sox in 86 series
McGwire (and Sosa for that matter) break Maris' record
Miracle on Ice
US gets ass kicked in Olympic basketball

When you start intertwining sports with world events and "stories" it gets more interesting

Dale Earnhardt's death
Lance Armstrong

What else guys???






are you referring to only in US?
cuz there have been some soccer games that the whole world has practically stood still for. without a doubt, soccer is THE most popular sport in the world. theyre already talking about pulling baseball out of the next Olympics (and for good) cuz only a few countries play it, most of them over here in our little baseball world (US, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican, and few other island nations.) the only country that really plays baseball anywhere else in the world is Japan and Australia somewhat.

*ps cycling may not be that "popular" in the US but nearly all of western europe was tuned in to Tour de France to see if Lance Armstrong (the American) would win again. boy, they sure do hate it when we win just about everything.


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i think i would put it on par with basketball which is on it's way back down a little bit. Football is definately big and its easier to follow because there are fewer teams.

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Life Long Sox Fan here.

Its been interesting to hear all these viewpoints.

First, we're not all nearly as annoying at DJ CApp over here, so by no means paint a picture of Sox fans that way.

Next, hats off to the Card's and their fans. Class act over there. A number of Sox's fans at the game reported that Cards fans said things like "Congrats" and "You guys deserved and earned it." Its great to see that in this day and age. Yankees fans could take a lesson from them

Alot of you are right, from a Non-Red Sox fan point of view, this World Series wasn't nearly as exciting as the Sox-Yankees ALCS. However, the exact same thing is said for last year's ALCS and World Series. You just can't beat that rivalry in sports. No matter how hard you try.

DJ, how can you not mention the Patriots 1st Super Bowl as one of the biggest stories in the last 25 years. Think about the story. You've got the whole Brady/Bledsoe thing, Bill Belichick turns the team around in 1 year from 5-11 to 11-5 Super Bowl Champs. That was a pretty big story too.

Ofcourse this game is incredible for Sox fans around the globe. I was in Kenmore Square last night (That's where Fenway Park is located for those that don't know) [Fenway Park is the home of the Red Sox for those without a pulse], and it was incredible. The city was truly alive throughout the night.

Much like the Patriots, this was a TEAM EFFORT. Not one guy can be singled out on this team as MVP. Its incredible that a group of individuals (and they are all individuals) can really come together and work as a Team. There isn't one guy on this team that was fighting for everyone else on the team! (Basketball could use this advice).

You would think that living through years of close calls and big flops would have prepared us for let down, but every year fans Truly Believe! That's what this was all about, BELIEVE and KEEP THE FAITH!



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Originally posted by DJ Capp 911:
i think i would put it on par with basketball which is on it's way back down a little bit.



Incorrect. Baseball viewership, revenue and sales are all lower than that of basketball.

Originally posted by DJ Capp 911:
Football is definately big and its easier to follow because there are fewer teams.



OMG, you're kidding right? (Shows how much you know about sports!)


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Originally posted by Andy W.:
If, you are a life time Red Sox fan!

-Andy




WRONG! Think about HOW they did it!

Amazing. I still can't believe it. GO SOX! GO PATRIOTS!



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Originally posted by baco99:
Originally posted by Andy W.:
If, you are a life time Red Sox fan!

-Andy




WRONG! Think about HOW they did it!

Amazing. I still can't believe it. GO SOX! GO PATRIOTS!






Again, blinded by love for the Sox! I living in DC am glad to see they won, but I don't think it's the greatest night is sports ever. Boston needs to get the hell over itself!

-Andy


Andy W. The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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Originally posted by SVT PETE:
Originally posted by DJ Capp 911:
i think i would put it on par with basketball which is on it's way back down a little bit.



Incorrect. Baseball viewership, revenue and sales are all lower than that of basketball.

Originally posted by DJ Capp 911:
Football is definately big and its easier to follow because there are fewer teams.



OMG, you're kidding right? (Shows how much you know about sports!)




My bad, that was a typo. I didn't mean that there were fewer teams, i meant to say that there are fewer games. once a week is much easier to follow and catch up on than sports where you play 3 to 7 times a week like all the others.

i didn't list the patriots as a major story because if you look at it from outside of new england, it was just another team winning the super bowl. There was some drama surrounding it, true, but nothing to the magnitude of the red sox winning it all. Now if the pats were to go undefeated and win it again this year, that would be major!!!!

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Originally posted by DJ Capp 911:
Originally posted by contourGL1996:
btw, is it just me or is everyone else getting tired of this damn pic?


There. That's enough. Period





iF IT AINT BROKE DONT FIX IT. THE ANGELS RODE THE RALLY MONKEY ALL THE WAY TO THE WORLD SERIES A COUPLE YEARS BACK, I DID THE SAME THING. DON'T YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE SUPERSTITIOUS IN BOSTON? WE JUST WON THE WORLD SERIES, I'M NOT CHANGING MY UNDERWEAR UNTIL WE WIN IT AGAIN!!!!!




Correct the Angels rode the Monkey. You are the only one ridding your dog!

-Andy


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Originally posted by Andy W.:
Originally posted by DJ Capp 911:
Originally posted by contourGL1996:
btw, is it just me or is everyone else getting tired of this damn pic?


There. That's enough. Period





iF IT AINT BROKE DONT FIX IT. THE ANGELS RODE THE RALLY MONKEY ALL THE WAY TO THE WORLD SERIES A COUPLE YEARS BACK, I DID THE SAME THING. DON'T YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE SUPERSTITIOUS IN BOSTON? WE JUST WON THE WORLD SERIES, I'M NOT CHANGING MY UNDERWEAR UNTIL WE WIN IT AGAIN!!!!!




Correct the Angels rode the Monkey. You are the only one ridding your dog!

-Andy





(That's a dog? I thought it was a rat! )


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Originally posted by SVT PETE:


(That's a dog? I thought it was a rat! )




How would Angela feel if I told her that? LOL!

-Andy


Andy W. The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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