# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 613
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12242 "2012-09-27T11:19:51Z")
1. [Packers v. Seahawks, 24/09/12](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etBpvypwbHo) 2. [2002 Game 6 Western Conference Finals, Lakers vs. Kings](http://www.82games.com/lakerskingsgame6.htm) (Tim Donaghy alert!) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12243 "2012-09-27T23:20:10Z")
Worst sports calls/no calls by officials: 1. [Packers v. Seahawks, 24/09/12](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etBpvypwbHo) 2. [2002 Game 6 Western Conference Finals, Lakers vs. Kings](http://www.82games.com/lakerskingsgame6.htm) (Tim Donaghy alert!) 3. 1985 World Series, Game 6, Cardinals v. Royals ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12244 "2012-09-28T00:24:28Z")
Worst sports calls/no calls by officials: 1. [Packers v. Seahawks, 24/09/12](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etBpvypwbHo) 2. [2002 Game 6 Western Conference Finals, Lakers vs. Kings](http://www.82games.com/lakerskingsgame6.htm) (Tim Donaghy alert!) 3. 1985 World Series, Game 6, Cardinals v. Royals 4. [Game 5, 2006 NBA Finals](http://www.82games.com/game5refs.htm). Dwayne Wade of the Heat shot as many free throws as the entire Dallas Mavericks team. This is the game where Cuban exploded at Stern, racking up fines like no other owner in sports history. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12245 "2012-09-28T00:55:18Z")
Worst sports calls/no calls by officials: 1. Packers v. Seahawks, 24/09/12 2. 2002 Game 6 Western Conference Finals, Lakers vs. Kings (Tim Donaghy alert!) 3. 1985 World Series, Game 6, Cardinals v. Royals 4. Game 5, 2006 NBA Finals. Dwayne Wade of the Heat shot as many free throws as the entire Dallas Mavericks team. This is the game where Cuban exploded at Stern, racking up fines like no other owner in sports history. 5. Armando Galarraga’s blown perfect game. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12246 "2012-09-28T01:52:19Z")
Worst sports calls/no calls by officials: 1. Packers v. Seahawks, 24/09/12 2. 2002 Game 6 Western Conference Finals, Lakers vs. Kings (Tim Donaghy alert!) 3. 1985 World Series, Game 6, Cardinals v. Royals 4. Game 5, 2006 NBA Finals. Dwayne Wade of the Heat shot as many free throws as the entire Dallas Mavericks team. This is the game where Cuban exploded at Stern, racking up fines like no other owner in sports history. 5. Armando Galarraga’s blown perfect game. 6. [Game 3, 1999 NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Pacers vs. Knicks.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-7s5lQv9tY) Larry Johnson’s phantom four-point play, which even today, this Pacers fan looks back with 13-year hindsight and calls “Bullshit” on. Incidentally, the only NBA playoff game I’ve been to in person was Game 1 of that series in Indianapolis, which unfortunately the Pacers also lost. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12247 "2012-09-28T02:41:30Z")
Worst sports calls/no calls by officials: 1. Packers v. Seahawks, 24/09/12 2. 2002 Game 6 Western Conference Finals, Lakers vs. Kings (Tim Donaghy alert!) 3. 1985 World Series, Game 6, Cardinals v. Royals 4. Game 5, 2006 NBA Finals. Dwayne Wade of the Heat shot as many free throws as the entire Dallas Mavericks team. This is the game where Cuban exploded at Stern, racking up fines like no other owner in sports history. 5. Armando Galarraga’s blown perfect game. 6. [Game 3, 1999 NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Pacers vs. Knicks.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-7s5lQv9tY) Larry Johnson’s phantom four-point play, which even today, this Pacers fan looks back with 13-year hindsight and calls “Bullshit” on. Incidentally, the only NBA playoff game I’ve been to in person was Game 1 of that series in Indianapolis, which unfortunately the Pacers also lost. 7. 2001 AFC Divisional Playoffs, Oakland @ New England: The “Tuck Rule Game”. I’m no Raider fan but they got hosed. The rule, technically, was upheld by refs but certainly not the “spirit” of that rule. Think George Brett’s “Pine Tar Home Run” where MLB did the right thing there and overturned the ump’s call, but NFL did not for Oakland. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12248 "2012-09-28T02:59:14Z")
Worst sports calls/no calls by officials: 1. Packers v. Seahawks, 24/09/12 2. 2002 Game 6 Western Conference Finals, Lakers vs. Kings (Tim Donaghy alert!) 3. 1985 World Series, Game 6, Cardinals v. Royals 4. Game 5, 2006 NBA Finals. Dwayne Wade of the Heat shot as many free throws as the entire Dallas Mavericks team. This is the game where Cuban exploded at Stern, racking up fines like no other owner in sports history. 5. Armando Galarraga’s blown perfect game. 6. Game 3, 1999 NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Pacers vs. Knicks. 7. 2001 AFC Divisional Playoffs, Oakland @ New England: The “Tuck Rule Game”. 8. 2003 Florida-FSU football game, “[Swindle in the Swamp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%E2%80%93Florida_State_football_rivalry#Notable_games)” – the worst-officiated game I’ve ever been to, and this includes grade school and intramural games. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12249 "2012-09-28T05:48:53Z")
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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12250 "2012-09-28T06:40:30Z")
Oh, duh: Worst sports calls/no calls by officials: 1. Packers v. Seahawks, 24/09/12 2. 2002 Game 6 Western Conference Finals, Lakers vs. Kings (Tim Donaghy alert!) 3. 1985 World Series, Game 6, Cardinals v. Royals 4. Game 5, 2006 NBA Finals. Dwayne Wade of the Heat shot as many free throws as the entire Dallas Mavericks team. This is the game where Cuban exploded at Stern, racking up fines like no other owner in sports history. 5. Armando Galarraga’s blown perfect game. 6. Game 3, 1999 NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Pacers vs. Knicks. 7. 2001 AFC Divisional Playoffs, Oakland @ New England: The “Tuck Rule Game”. 8. 2003 Florida-FSU football game, “Swindle in the Swamp” 9. 1972 US/USSR gold medal basketball game, Summer Olympics in Munich. How many freakin’ chances would they have given the Russians to make that shot?! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12251 "2012-09-28T12:09:13Z")
Worst sports calls/no calls by officials: 1. Packers v. Seahawks, 24/09/12 2. 2002 Game 6 Western Conference Finals, Lakers vs. Kings (Tim Donaghy alert!) 3. 1985 World Series, Game 6, Cardinals v. Royals 4. Game 5, 2006 NBA Finals. Dwayne Wade of the Heat shot as many free throws as the entire Dallas Mavericks team. This is the game where Cuban exploded at Stern, racking up fines like no other owner in sports history. 5. Armando Galarraga’s blown perfect game. 6. Game 3, 1999 NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Pacers vs. Knicks. 7. 2001 AFC Divisional Playoffs, Oakland @ New England: The “Tuck Rule Game”. 8. 2003 Florida-FSU football game, “Swindle in the Swamp” 9. 1972 US/USSR gold medal basketball game, Summer Olympics in Munich. How many freakin’ chances would they have given the Russians to make that shot?! 10. The Tunney-Dempsey fight of 1927 - the Long Count ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12252 "2012-09-28T14:09:26Z")
Worst sports calls/no calls by officials: 1. Packers v. Seahawks, 24/09/12 2. 2002 Game 6 Western Conference Finals, Lakers vs. Kings (Tim Donaghy alert!) 3. 1985 World Series, Game 6, Cardinals v. Royals 4. Game 5, 2006 NBA Finals. Dwayne Wade of the Heat shot as many free throws as the entire Dallas Mavericks team. This is the game where Cuban exploded at Stern, racking up fines like no other owner in sports history. 5. Armando Galarraga’s blown perfect game. 6. Game 3, 1999 NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Pacers vs. Knicks. 7. 2001 AFC Divisional Playoffs, Oakland @ New England: The “Tuck Rule Game”. 8. 2003 Florida-FSU football game, “Swindle in the Swamp” 9. 1972 US/USSR gold medal basketball game, Summer Olympics in Munich. How many freakin’ chances would they have given the Russians to make that shot?! 10. The Tunney-Dempsey fight of 1927 - the Long Count 11. Mike Renfro’s (Houston Oilers) TD catch, 1979 AFC Conference Championship: the impetus for NFL instant replay ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12253 "2012-09-28T15:45:45Z")
Worst sports calls/no calls by officials: 1. Packers v. Seahawks, 24/09/12 2. 2002 Game 6 Western Conference Finals, Lakers vs. Kings (Tim Donaghy alert!) 3. 1985 World Series, Game 6, Cardinals v. Royals 4. Game 5, 2006 NBA Finals. Dwayne Wade of the Heat shot as many free throws as the entire Dallas Mavericks team. This is the game where Cuban exploded at Stern, racking up fines like no other owner in sports history. 5. Armando Galarraga’s blown perfect game. 6. Game 3, 1999 NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Pacers vs. Knicks. 7. 2001 AFC Divisional Playoffs, Oakland @ New England: The “Tuck Rule Game”. 8. 2003 Florida-FSU football game, “Swindle in the Swamp” 9. 1972 US/USSR gold medal basketball game, Summer Olympics in Munich. How many freakin’ chances would they have given the Russians to make that shot?! 10. The Tunney-Dempsey fight of 1927 - the Long Count 11. Mike Renfro’s (Houston Oilers) TD catch, 1979 AFC Conference Championship: the impetus for NFL instant replay 12. Any call in a McEnroe match - at least according to McEnroe ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12254 "2012-09-29T10:33:33Z")
Worst sports calls/no calls by officials: 1. Packers v. Seahawks, 24/09/12 2. 2002 Game 6 Western Conference Finals, Lakers vs. Kings (Tim Donaghy alert!) 3. 1985 World Series, Game 6, Cardinals v. Royals 4. Game 5, 2006 NBA Finals. Dwayne Wade of the Heat shot as many free throws as the entire Dallas Mavericks team. This is the game where Cuban exploded at Stern, racking up fines like no other owner in sports history. 5. Armando Galarraga’s blown perfect game. 6. Game 3, 1999 NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Pacers vs. Knicks. 7. 2001 AFC Divisional Playoffs, Oakland @ New England: The “Tuck Rule Game”. 8. 2003 Florida-FSU football game, “Swindle in the Swamp” 9. 1972 US/USSR gold medal basketball game, Summer Olympics in Munich. How many freakin’ chances would they have given the Russians to make that shot?! 10. The Tunney-Dempsey fight of 1927 - the Long Count 11. Mike Renfro’s (Houston Oilers) TD catch, 1979 AFC Conference Championship: the impetus for NFL instant replay 12. Any call in a McEnroe match - at least according to McEnroe 13. 1996 Baseball ALCS: fan interference by 12 yr old Jeffrey Maier turns a Derek Jeter deep fly ball out into a home run Next Land-locked States of the USA that do not Border any Foreign Country or any of the Great Lakes 1. Nevada ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12255 "2012-09-29T12:00:35Z")
Land-locked States of the USA that do not Border any Foreign Country or any of the Great Lakes 1. Nevada 2. Utah ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12256 "2012-09-29T12:08:34Z")
Land-locked States of the USA that do not Border any Foreign Country or any of the Great Lakes 1. Nevada 2. Utah 3. Oklahoma Oooooooooooooooooooooooooklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12257 "2012-09-29T12:22:09Z")
Are there 13 of them? I assume **echo7tango** researched this beforehand…[Checking] Yep, there’s at least 13. Land-locked States of the USA that do not Border any Foreign Country or any of the Great Lakes 1. Nevada 2. Utah 3. Oklahoma 4. Tennessee ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12258 "2012-09-29T15:07:46Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Are there 13 of them? I assume **echo7tango** researched this beforehand…[Checking] Yep, there’s at least 13. Yes I did, and as you also found out, there are at least 13 of them. Barely. Land-locked States of the USA that do not Border any Foreign Country or any of the Great Lakes 1. Nevada 2. Utah 3. Oklahoma 4. Tennessee 5. South Dakota ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12259 "2012-09-29T16:32:55Z")
Land-locked States of the USA that do not Border any Foreign Country or any of the Great Lakes 1. Nevada 2. Utah 3. Oklahoma 4. Tennessee 5. South Dakota 6. West Virginia The easternmost state that meets the category’s requirements ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12260 "2012-09-29T19:37:09Z")
Land-locked States of the USA that do not Border any Foreign Country or any of the Great Lakes 1. Nevada 2. Utah 3. Oklahoma 4. Tennessee 5. South Dakota 6. West Virginia 7. Kentucky ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12261 "2012-09-29T19:44:43Z")
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