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catlover79 · 06-03-2010, 02:49 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-GrB...eature=related

I was actually in attendance when #3 occured. By far the most bizarre sporting event I've ever attended!!

Marvo301 · 06-03-2010, 03:15 AM

I remember the rats that use to get thrown on the ice at Florida Panther games! It took a long time to clear the ice after. The NHL finally had to step in and ban the fans from doing it anymore.

catlover79 · 06-03-2010, 03:22 AM

Now that's just gross.

I think this should've made the list, at least as an honorable mention (or would it be a DIShonorable mention?

). Talk about adding insult to injury!!!

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2006/11/24/92019/597

On August 15, 1993, a sunny Saturday, the Cubs promotion department had concocted "Randy Myers Poster Day", a giveaway of a large photo of the reliever to all fans. As chance would have it, Myers was called on to save the game in the 9th, after Frank Castillo and Jose Bautista had carefully fashioned a 2-0 lead. Randy coughed it up quickly, as you can see from this Retrosheet play-by-play:

GIANTS 9TH: MYERS REPLACED BAUTISTA (PITCHING); Thompson doubled to center; Bonds walked; Williams was called out on strikes; McGee grounded out (pitcher to first) [Thompson to third, Bonds to second]; Benzinger singled to center [Thompson scored, Bonds scored]; Clayton singled to left [Benzinger to second]; Manwaring struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 2, Cubs 2.

Just after Benzinger's single tied the game, fans expressed their disgust with Myers:

... a lone fan in the bleachers stood. Holding his Randy Myers poster high above his head and yelling loudly his beliefs about the pitcher's ancestry, he hurled his poster over the wall. Inspired, the multitude stood as one, each brandishing his Randy Myers poster, and proceeded to throw, almost in unison, their posters on to the field below.

And after that, the Cubs stopped giving out promotional items in the bleachers before the game; you'd get a ticket which you could redeem afterwards. This policy stayed in place for over a decade.

The kicker to this, of course, is that with a single, a walk, and another single, the Cubs won the game in the last of the 9th, giving Myers the win.

06-03-2010, 02:49 AM	#1
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06-03-2010, 03:15 AM	#2
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06-03-2010, 03:22 AM	#3
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	Now that's just gross. I think this should've made the list, at least as an honorable mention (or would it be a DIShonorable mention? ). Talk about adding insult to injury!!! http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2006/11/24/92019/597 On August 15, 1993, a sunny Saturday, the Cubs promotion department had concocted "Randy Myers Poster Day", a giveaway of a large photo of the reliever to all fans. As chance would have it, Myers was called on to save the game in the 9th, after Frank Castillo and Jose Bautista had carefully fashioned a 2-0 lead. Randy coughed it up quickly, as you can see from this Retrosheet play-by-play: GIANTS 9TH: MYERS REPLACED BAUTISTA (PITCHING); Thompson doubled to center; Bonds walked; Williams was called out on strikes; McGee grounded out (pitcher to first) [Thompson to third, Bonds to second]; Benzinger singled to center [Thompson scored, Bonds scored]; Clayton singled to left [Benzinger to second]; Manwaring struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 2, Cubs 2. Just after Benzinger's single tied the game, fans expressed their disgust with Myers: ... a lone fan in the bleachers stood. Holding his Randy Myers poster high above his head and yelling loudly his beliefs about the pitcher's ancestry, he hurled his poster over the wall. Inspired, the multitude stood as one, each brandishing his Randy Myers poster, and proceeded to throw, almost in unison, their posters on to the field below. And after that, the Cubs stopped giving out promotional items in the bleachers before the game; you'd get a ticket which you could redeem afterwards. This policy stayed in place for over a decade. The kicker to this, of course, is that with a single, a walk, and another single, the Cubs won the game in the last of the 9th, giving Myers the win.