# If you could attend any ONE sporting event in history, what would it be? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 7, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545 "2011-09-07T21:20:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/21 "2011-09-07T23:43:58Z")
Roger Maris hitting HR #61 . . . oh, wait. Been there, done that. Then Super Bowl III. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/22 "2011-09-07T23:53:19Z")
The Crucifixion, or the Canada-Russia game. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/23 "2011-09-08T00:00:02Z")
The baseball game on 14 June, 1890, between Brooklyn and New York. Both were in the Players League that year. There was a triple play made in the ninth inning. It was reported as a double play by three newspapers, and as a triple play by three newspapers. No one really knows what happened, who was involved, etc. There was a driving rain during that inning that should have cancelled the game. It didn’t. I really need to be there to witness what happened. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/24 "2011-09-08T00:01:25Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > The Crucifixion, or the Canada-Russia game. I think I know whose Crucifixion you’re referring to, but as for hockey correct me if I’m wrong, but are you referring to the deciding game 8 in the 1972 Summit Series, when Team Canada defeated the Soviets 6-5 on Paul Henderson’s goal? ---
**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 8, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/25 "2011-09-08T00:13:12Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > 1986 World Series, Game Six. I always keep score, and the chance to write down that particular E-3 live as it happens would be impossible to resist. This thread isn’t about events you never want to see AGAIN (damned Mets fans). I’d rather go through the whole hot pokers in the eyes routine than experience that again. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/26 "2011-09-08T00:14:35Z")
I think that seeing Superbowl C would be kind of cool. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/27 "2011-09-08T00:22:03Z")
The Berlin Olympics of 1936. So that I can shoot Hitler in the face. And right after that, I’ll step out of my spot, as > [@Wheelz](#): > > if you attempt to leave the venue you’ll instantly be pulled back to your own place and time Checkmate Adolf Hitler! It beats stamping out butterflies. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/28 "2011-09-08T00:23:18Z")
Miracle on Ice, no question. And I don’t even like hockey. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/29 "2011-09-08T00:28:40Z")
October 8, 1956 - World Series Game 5 Lineups: Brooklyn New York Gilliam 2B Bauer RF Reese SS Collins 1B Snider CF Mantle CF Robinson 3B Berra C Hodges 1B Slaughter LF Amoros LF Martin 2B Furillo RF McDougald SS Campanella C Carey 3B Maglie SP Larsen SP Something behind home plate, please. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/30 "2011-09-08T00:29:25Z")
2012 Super Bowl. Then off to Vegas. /obvious ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/31 "2011-09-08T00:32:42Z")
Assuming I could confirm it, one of Caesar’s gladiator games (the one he did in honor of his father perhaps). ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/32 "2011-09-08T01:15:18Z")
Under the OP, with Test cricket I can see a single match, with all the attendent drama of 5 days play. 4th Test Australia v England 1982. 250th Test between the two countries An absorbing, fluctuating four days where alternatively each team stumbled then fought back. Four completed innings with totals within 10 runs, no centuries. England 1st innings 284 (Tavarre 89, Lamb 83) Australia 1st inning 287 (Hughes 66, Hookes 53, Marsh 53) England 2nd Innings 294 (Fowler 65) Stumps day 4 Australia, needing 292 to win and claim the Ashes crumbles against the pace of Cowans to be 255/9, with their last pair (Border & Thomson) having already added an unlikely 37 runs, needed another 37. In baseball-speak Australia are 2 out, bottom of the 9th and three runs behind in game four of the World Series. Given that the last day could have lasted just a single delivery admission is free. Somewhere around 18,000 hopefuls turned up to watch nearly 2 hours of edge of the seat live drama as the improbable becomes possible, becomes likely and then is lost by only 3 runs. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/33 "2011-09-08T01:17:53Z")
1985 World Series, Game 7. Heck, I remember seeing it on TV, and I love watching my DVD of it. What must it have been like to be there in person with 40K+ fellow Royals fans? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/34 "2011-09-08T01:33:23Z")
I think I might take a trip to the first Olympic Games juust to see what all the fuss is about. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/35 "2011-09-08T01:43:37Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > 1985 World Series, Game 7. > > Heck, I remember seeing it on TV, and I love watching my DVD of it. What must it have been like to be there in person with 40K+ fellow Royals fans? As a Cardinals fan, I agree with **John DiFool**. > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > This thread isn’t about events you never want to see AGAIN (damned Mets fans). I’d rather go through the whole hot pokers in the eyes routine than experience that again. I’ll compromise. You can go to Game 6 and report back whether Frank White was actually safe and Jorge Orta was actually out. As for me, the 1932 World Series, Game 3. I want to be close enough to the field to actually hear what Babe Ruth was yelling at Charlie Root when he did or didn’t call his shot. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/36 "2011-09-08T02:31:29Z")
January 2, 1984, Orange Bowl, Miami, FL. Miami 31 Nebraska 30 Kenny Calhoun’s tipped pass to clinch the title against “the greatest cfb team ever” would have been so crazy to witness. It was also the birth of a dynasty. God bless Howard Schnellenberger. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/37 "2011-09-08T12:04:37Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > In baseball-speak Australia are 2 out, bottom of the 9th and three runs behind in game four of the World Series. You probably mean game seven. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/38 "2011-09-08T12:34:27Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Like many Englishmen, I suspect - the 1966 World Cup Final. Indeed - the first one I thought of, and I can’t top it, although Nou Camp for the 1999 Champions League final would have been pretty sweet as well. ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/39 "2011-09-08T13:05:48Z")
Game Three of the 1932 World Series. All my life I have wished I could have seen Babe Ruth’s “Called Shot” with my own eyes. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/40 "2011-09-08T13:16:13Z")
kunilou: > [@](#): > > I’ll compromise. You can go to Game 6 and report back whether Frank White was actually safe and Jorge Orta was actually out. I don’t think anyone disputes that Denkinger blew that call. (Who knows, maybe Jorge Orta himself still thinks he had been safe.) But blown calls happen. Professional baseball players know that, and should be able to work around a single blown call. Instead, following that, the Cards failed to retire a single batter that inning (the only out being the fielder’s choice of Orta out at third). So, to heck with Cards’ fans bitterness. Their lights-out reliever (plus Jack Clark on a foul ball) failed them, beyond a single umpiring mistake. But Game 7 - oh, the way the Cards totally lost it was funny. I mean, I’m sure it was very frustrating to them (especially since they couldn’t, and possibly still can’t, let go of the prior night’s umpiring mistake), but Joaquin Andujar was Donald Duck-esque in his rage eruption act. And I would have loved to be in the stands with other Royals fans seeing that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545.md?page=3)