The Penguins pulled off something I don’t recall seeing before. Midway through the 3rd period of a tied game, they score twice within a minute while killing off a penalty.
Getting scored upon while on the PP is bad enough, but TWICE !!
Oh yeah, this.
The feat is the losing team not all killing themselves. Man, that had to be a crushing loss.
The University of Denver was leading the Maine Black Bears in the 2004 NCAA Hockey final late in the third period. Denver had two players sent to the penalty box in the last two minutes and Maine pulled their goalie with about 1:30 to go, playing the last 90 seconds 6 on 3 with a one goal deficit. Denver miraculously held them off to win their first championship in 25 years.
Gary Allenson of Boston scored on a four-base error by White Sox CF Ron LeFlore, who allowed a fly ball to hit him on the head, on August 1, 1982. There have been other cases, but it’s certainly quite rare.
In 1999, in the last game of the season, Carlisle United goalkeeper Jimmy Glass scored a goal in injury time that not only won the game, but prevented his team from being relegated from the Football League (a huge deal in English football). It doesn’t get much more dramatic than that!
I might be imagining it, but didn’t Schmeichel score from open play for Man U?
People are still debating whether this one really happened: the “punchless round.” Boxer Willie Pep is said to have won a round on all three scorecards purely through a show of defense, without landing a single punch.
I’d surely hope not! Boxing is about controlled aggression, not evasion, although it is a considerable feat to get through a boxing match without receiving a punch.
That was classic. The pitcher was Dae-Sung Koo.
The greatest thing was that, just before Koo ripped the liner to right center, the commentators were talking about how awful he was at the plate, and one of them (Tim McCarver?) said that “this is the biggest give-up at-bat.”
Koo got lucky when he came around to score, though. Replays clearly show Posada getting the tag on him before he touched the plate, and the umpire missed it and called him safe. Still, an incredibly exciting play.
You can see video of it here. Scroll down to May 21, and click on the video link for “Koo makes it exciting.”
On of my favorite plays is a bases-clearing double or triple. All the runners are in motion, and it’s really exciting seeing them all come around to score.
[Checks to see whether robardin specified professional match]
Well, as a matter of fact, yes. Yes, I have. 
Well, OK, it was like 8th grade youth soccer or something. And I can’t quite remember if it was the winning goal. But I did score it, damnit, and I’m pretty sure we won.
(Of course it was a PK, which the coach told me to take because the game before when I was playing forward I’d been fouled in the box, but someone else ended up taking the PK. The coach thought I had earned it, so he gave me this one).
Actually, on a profesional level, I’m pretty sure I remember a World Cup game (or qualifier) that went to penalty kicks and one team had their keeper take one of their kicks. I think he scored, but don’t know if it was the winning goal.
The Twins pulled off TWO triple plays on July 17, 1990 against the Red Sox. They lost the game 1-0.
Thanks for the link! I did remember his name, it’s unfortunately the only highlight of his brief career in MLB. But it will remain in legend for all time!
As for the bases-clearing double/triple – they’re actually pretty common. What I wonder about though are (a) inside-the-park grand slams, and (b) when was the last time a runner passed someone ahead of him on the basepaths, resulting in an out? I know that’s a rule, and I know I’ve seen it ALMOST happen, but I have never seen it ACTUALLY happen.
…Ahh, my weak Google-Fu proves up to the task: in 2002, in a game tied at the top of the 9th inning with a man on first and nobody out, Michael Tucker hit a ball over the fence. 2-run HR, right? No. The baserunner on first (Mike Caruso) thought the ball was caught at the wall, and turned back near second base to get back to first, right past a surprised Tucker who was chugging around the bases to “touch 'em all”. BZZZT! The trailing runner is now automatically out, and the leading runner goes back to his base.
Nevertheless Caruso was allowed to score, and Tucker was credited with a single and 1 RBI despite the ball going out of the park, and the run stood up as the winning run. I imagine if the game was lost on the gaffe, though, and especially if a pennant were on the line, that we’d REALLY still be talking about it.
Hrm. Apparently, Jose Canseco’s infamously similar play was ruled a HR.
Gotta have the video of that one.
Somewhat out-of-date list of inside-the-park grand slams.
List of runners passing others on the bases.
Two words: Alex Ovechkin.
He’s a great player, as well as a teammate. He’s an NHL goal leader (again) who’s not afraid to pass so another player can get the goal. He’s pulled off so many whacky goals that I just don’t believe! Just this past season he got one while on both knees and another time he bounced a puck off the boards to himself and got knocked down…he still got a shot on goal (and scored!) while sliding on his butt!
And the playoffs start… in 3…2…1… GO CAPS GO!!!
It’s not a feat that can really be repeated, but it’s a feat nonetheless.
He did indeed, in Europe against Rotor Volgograd. United lost the tie on away goals despite this. He also came up for the last-minute corner in the 1999 Champions League final with United 1-0 down, and although he didn’t score (Teddy Sheringham got the equaliser), her certainly caused confusion in the box which may have helped.
He also scored a penalty for Denmark in an international.
Thanks… I think RetroSheet.org and Baseball-Almanac.com are sites that will consume a lot of my idle surfing time now! For example, the RetroSheet page on runners passing someone in front of them answered the extended question, “have any of them resulted in a triple play?”. Yep.
8/30/1992 - In the top of the fifth inning, Baltimore’s Brady Anderson walked and Randy Milligan singled to LF. Mike Devereaux hit a fly ball to the wall in RF, which was caught by the Mariners’ Jay Buhner. Milligan took off for and went beyond second on the hit and passed Anderson, who stayed near the bag. Milligan thus became the second out on the play. Anderson evidently became confused and was tagged out to complete a very weird triple play. The Orioles still won the game, 2-0.
Oh man. First and second with nobody out, and a ball hit to the wall results in a triple play on two baserunning errors. Why wasn’t Brady tagging up to go to third anyway?! I know RF is pretty short at Camden Yards but still, if Milligan could tag up on first and PASS HIM past second base, clearly it was hit deep enough for runners to advance.
Of course if everybody always did what they were supposed to in baseball we wouldn’t have all these funny stories!