"Paul L" <kbtrans@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> My buddy just ( 11:15 AM Fri ) bought 2 tix to game 4 (Mon night) of
> the Rox / DBacks NLCS series on the Rockies website.
>
So how was it Paul? Pretty amazing? I'm still not a baseball fan at all,
but as a sheer s****ting event, as well as s****ts history (this run by the
Rocks is absolutely epic), I'm sure this would have been worth the hours
of
tedium between exciting plays. And the celebration must have been
something
as well?
I still have a few great in-person memories in my pocket:
1. Game 7 of the 2001 SCF against the Devils. The only major professional
champion****p won in the state of Colorado (so far, Go Rocks). The
atmosphere that night at the Can was absolutely unrivaled. The entire
crowd
was still celebrating inside the arena for about an hour after the game
was
over. Seeing Bourque raise the Cup, seeing Forsberg carry it around
without
his spleen, seeing what turned out to be the last great performance in the
Patrick Roy legacy as the best money goaltender of all-time, seeing
something that I still firmly believe is the most difficult thing to
attain
in all of s****ts ... just amazing.
2. Game 5, in enemy territory in Seattle, when the Nugs upset the Sonics
to
become the first 8 seed to beat a 1 seed back in 1994. That team was the
youngest in the NBA at the time and had so much promise. Who would have
thunk that it would be the last playoff series they would win until ?????
3. Way back in 1977 (I was just a kid, but yes, I am old), I went to a
Bronco game in the old Mile High of great significance. They were playing
the Baltimore Colts, with Bert Jones at QB, and I think both teams were
something like 10-1. The Broncos were barely hanging on when Baltimore
tried a screen pass and Tom Jackson stepped in front of the intended
receiver and raced almost 80 yards the other way for a touchdown. The win
pretty much secured homefield for the playoffs for the Broncos in that
first
magical year of Bronco greatness, and the stands were absolutely electric.
The fact that no Bronco on that team is in the HoF is still one of the
biggest jokes in all of s****ts. At the very least Gradishar should be
....
he should have been a lock years ago. (sorry, I digress)
How is this for a cross post? ;) Oh yes, somehow I also managed to get
tickets to and fly home (I was living in Seattle at the time) for the
Rockies first ever home opener in Mile High Stadium. I was sitting in the
section where Eric Young hit a home run in their first ever home at bat.
And that was pretty cool. Even though I don't like baseball.
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