# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/41 "2011-09-08T13:21:33Z")
1980 WTC Championship when Connors beat McEnroe. ---
**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, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/42 "2011-09-08T13:28:47Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > You probably mean game seven. No. It was the fourth game of a five test series. Australia was 2-0 up so England could have squared the series ergo I think game four is a closer assessment than game seven. ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/43 "2011-09-08T13:35:39Z")
Miracle on Ice, but could you also whack me in the head so I don’t know what is going to happen? Or possibly Nolan Ryan’s seventh no-hitter. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/44 "2011-09-08T13:43:12Z")
Since I was at the 1973 Belmont Stakes, Miracle on Ice. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/45 "2011-09-08T13:44:00Z")
I’d go to the game where the United States wins the World Cup for the first time. Of course, this could be so far in the future that I could also grab a time machine at the concession stand. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/46 "2011-09-08T14:20:35Z")
I’d have to go with Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/47 "2011-09-08T14:37:59Z")
Some great responses here, keep 'em coming! I especially like the Miracle on Ice and Babe Ruth’s called shot; enough to make me re-think my own choice. Those of you that want to travel into the future, I’ll have to get back to you. Since the future hasn’t happened yet we’d be kind of shooting in the dark and I couldn’t guarantee your safety. At the very least it’ll require a massive re-calibration, and that’s gonna cost you extra. And **Captaine Zombie** , good luck on the Hitler-killing thing. That kind of stuff never seems to work out like you think it will. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/48 "2011-09-08T14:47:47Z")
May 26, 1959. [Harvey Haddix](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Haddix#Near_perfect_game) throws 12 perfect innings. (MLB can go to hell. Bunch of assholes.) ---
**Author:** ![cmosdes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/49 "2011-09-08T14:56:04Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I’d go to the game where the United States wins the World Cup for the first time. Of course, this could be so far in the future that I could also grab a time machine at the concession stand. 1991? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/50 "2011-09-08T15:14:31Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > 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. That’s what I was gonna say. Incidentally, future U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was there as a 12-year-old kid, and said in a recent interview that he was certain that Ruth really did call the shot: [John Paul Stevens - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Stevens#Early_life.2C_1920.E2.80.931947) ---
**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, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/51 "2011-09-08T15:24:30Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > 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. Seeing the '99 Final is probably 3rd on my list, just behind the 1991 World Series, game 7 (Jack Morris pitched a complete game shutout for the Twins). I never think about the Miracle on Ice, but wow, it’s giving me goosebumps now. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/52 "2011-09-08T16:18:05Z")
> [@cmosdes](#): > > 1991? Not the WNT, the MNT. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/53 "2011-09-08T16:54:22Z")
1993 European Grand Prix at Donington Park. Senna’s greatest win. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/54 "2011-09-08T17:03:25Z")
Hmmm…it’s probably a toss-up between the Miracle on Ice, or the 1991 Stanley Cup finals. The Miracle was awesome, but it’s hard to turn down the chance to see Super Mario in his prime, hoisting up Sir Stanley’s Cup for the first time. And even though I’m not a baseball fan, I think it would be cool to see Game 7 of the 1960 World Series. Maybe just to watch the end to see Mazeroski rounding the bases. And oh, it’s sooo tempting to want to see the Immaculate Reception! Dammit, I’m torn. Can I pick one from each sport? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/55 "2011-09-08T17:06:53Z")
I’d probably pick Super Bowl III, but I’d be really tempted to pick Hershey, PA on March 2, 1962 for the game between the Philadelphia Warriors and New York Knicks. Especially if I can bring a camcorder. ---
**Author:** ![brocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/56 "2011-09-08T17:31:32Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > You can explore Wembley Stadium and that’s it. I think that’s the loophole I need. I’d go back to whenever it was that Bo Jackson dislocated his hip, and do whatever it took to keep him from playing that game. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/57 "2011-09-08T18:02:16Z")
Miracle on Ice for sure. I don’t follow hockey but live hockey is very exciting to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/58 "2011-09-08T18:15:43Z")
Another one for ALCS 04 game 7. And you folks picking the Ice Bowl…you’d really want to sit out in that weather? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-attend-any-one-sporting-event-in-history-what-would-it-be/595545/59 "2011-09-08T18:22:37Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Another one for ALCS 04 game 7. That would be high up there, but I might even pick game 4 over game 7. The other one would be game 6 of the 1967 WS. ---
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