T_SQUARE’S 2 favorite sports clips of all time:
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George Brett storming out of that dugout after his bat was inspected.
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Stanford trombone player eating turf.
Just saying.
in a peewee hockey tournament, i guess it would be close to 15 years ago now, my team was disqualified from the semi-finals becuase of a bizarre rule change that was either ignored, forgotten, or never explained to our coaches (i’m really not sure which, and would not be surprized at any of the options.)
anyway, the game was seemingly won handily by our team - final score 14 - 5. our team’s top scorer for that year had one of those games where every time he touched the puck, something magic happenned. he scored 13 of our 14 goals that day. it was awesome. we were going to the tourney finals… until the opposing coach appealed the game to the organizers.
seems there was a new rule in the tourney that year; no player was allowed to score more than 3 goals in a game. (this was apparently aimed at encouraging more “team play” and “better opportunities for players with less experience and skill” or some other such nonsense.)
so the organizers decided that only four of our goals in that game actually counted, and that we in fact lost 5 - 4.
i mean, it was a peewee tourny, so it really didn’t mean much in the grand scheme of things, but i tell you we were a bunch of very confused and angry 12 & 13 year olds at the time.
Simpsons reference, of course.
Another strange one, this cricket Test was abandoned because the pitch was deemed to dangerous to play on.
I think that wins the prize.
Jim Lorentz also raised his stick to kill a bat that was flying arounf the Aud during the game. It’s the only time an animal was ever killed by a player during an NHL game.
Not sure why that would elicit confusion. Aren’t there several actions the defensive team can take that result in a delay of game? Deliberately moving the ball, interfering with the position or view of an official, etc.?
What about barking out phantom signals? If that’s not a delay of game, it’s some kind of penalty.
Neither would work, as like US football there are many reasons why the clock stops and starts. There has to be an off-field timekeeper.
The problem in this case was that the ground was not usually used for big games and so did not have a siren loud enough to be heard over the unusually large crowd.
The rules clearly state that the game is over when the ref raises his arms to acknowledge the siren. As this did not happen, it was not over until he was alerted by, I think, one of the coaches. It’s not fair to the team that should have won, but they have no valid grounds on which to appeal. IMO the points should be split 3-1, but I doubt that will happen.
Similarly, there’s the “Steve Bartman game” from 2003. Story for non-baseball fans/non-Americans: the Chicago Cubs were leading the Florida Marlins 3-0 late in game six, and the team was five outs away from reaching the World Series. The allegedly cursed Cubs have not reached the Series since 1945, and haven’t won it since 1908.
Bartman, a fan sitting in foul territory along left field, reached for a fly ball that Cubs outfielder Moises Alou would have had a very good chance at catching. Bartman’s interference prevented the play from being made. That batter reached base, and the Marlins scored eight times in the inning. They won that game 8-3, won the final game of the series, and then won the World Series. I think it’s terrible to blame the guy for what happened, but you can’t say it wasn’t bizarre. The Cubs totally fell apart after that play.
For those who have never seen this (I guess most American fans have), Brett rushes out of the dugout at an incredible rate of speed. He’s yelling and really looks like he could murder the umpire.
The Saints playoff hopes were on the line with I believe three games to follow the one taking place and a 6 and 6 record. This play occurs and is followed by missed PAT.
I don’t even have to look at the link.
That was just about the funniest goddamn thing I ever saw.
Probably the saddest for me. Weird how things go that way. 
The result of the game in the OP has been changed. I think, surprisingly.
http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=262776
I’m quite surprised too!! Although I do think that Fremantle won the game, in the ‘spirit of the game’.
But ‘spirit of the game’ and AFL decisions have never been all that congruent before. I wonder what sort of precedent this will set? How many other teams in the future will be calling on this decision to determine their winning/losing status?
I predict dark times ahead. Ooooooooh. :eek:
I too am amazed by the decision. I think it is very gutsy and entirely correct under the circumstances. Usually sports administrations just stick to the old “well rules are rules” excuse, without any regard to the justice of the decision.
I was not actually surprised by the AFL changing the result. I am embarrassed to say I won money from the office sweep because I picked all 8 results for the week. I told the organizer that I do not deserve the money as I tipped Freo to win.
This story http://www.theage.com.au/realfooty/news/afl/connolly-sees-positive-from-debacle/2006/05/03/1146335800143.html
surprises me -the AFL trying to put a positive spin of their incompetence. The AFL is in the 19th century
Sorry, I wasn’t clear. The whistles blew after the play started, and the play started before the clock ran out. If the whistles were blown before the play started or the clock had run out, a delay of game call might have actually made sense.
You do have to give an honorable mention to Scott Mellanby of the 1995-96 Florida Panthers, who slap-shot a rat against the locker room wall before a game - then scored 2 goals for the “rat trick”, starting the Panthers on a successful run into the NHL playoffs. Eventually the team had to forbid fans to bring rubber rats to the game so the ice wouldn’t be littered with them after Panthers goals.
A youth soccer league I reffed in briefly had a rule like this, but it was a goals-per-season rule. Much harder to calculate.
What on earth is an Aud?
He must’ve gotten at least four minutes in the box, right? 
Somewhere around 2001, in baseball’s spring training, Randy Johnson (then pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks) inadvertently smoked the hell out of a passing bird with one of his searing fastballs. IIRC the ball still went straight through to the catcher’s mitt. The bird turned into an explosion of feathers and I don’t think they could even find the “body”, it had been torn into so many little pieces. That bird really got served.
Linebackers call audibles too. How do you tell the difference between phantom signals and legitimate defensive audibles?
Not all of us are old enough to have seen that, you know. I appreciate the clarification, though–I had wondered what was so special about him running out of the dugout.