Most unusual events you have ever seen at a live sports event.

[frikativ54]

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Didn't see this in person, but I thought it would qualify as unusual.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPWaL-B1tl4

[frikativ54]

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Didn't see this in person, but I thought it would qualify as unusual.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPWaL-B1tl4

This one was good as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf1cuxD7Ogw&NR=1

[suicide_squeeze]

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Over dinner last night, my friends and I, who are all big sports fans, were talking and sharing sports stories over dinner. The discussion turned to unusual incidents at sports games, since my friend had been to the Cubs game when Shane Victorino had the beer porn on him. I'd like to hear some of your stories, and I'll add a few of my own.

1) During a Blackhawks game I attended some years ago, the power in the stadium went out and stayed out for some time.

2) During another Hawks game, this time vs. the Predators, Boris Mironov dumped the puck into the Preds zone, so that the Hawks could make a line change. Tomas Vokoun went behind the net, expecting the puck to stay along the glass. The puck insted deflected off the divider on the glass, and went straight into the net for a goal. I just started laughing, and even the announcer sounded confused.

And probably my favorite, I went to the 2006 Crown Royal 400, and had a blast, and during that race Kevin Lepage's car had an engine problem, and caught fire, thus ending the event for him. I've since purchased the driver's side door from that car! I will post a photo.

dfirest1,

Um......I certainly don't want to derail your nice fun post, or cause you any grief......but that door you purchased doesn't match up with the car in the fire. The only reason I'm pointing this out to you is so that you may take it up with whomever you bought it from if they represented this door as "the" one from "the" burning race car in the picture.

Look at the numbers and how they lay out with the white racing stripe coming off the bottom of the car (touches your "1", doesn't come close to the one on the car on fire)......the silver racing stripe and how it touches the top of the number one on the car on fire (and yours, where they don't touch at all).....or the little shield below the "1" (it's to the right of center on the fire car....to the left of center on the door you bought).

At least you have a nice door from a race car of his......just not the driver's side door from the car that burned. Sorry to break it to you, and I hope it doesn't take away any of your excitement about the piece. It shouldn't, your piece is still nice.

My best regards,

Steve

[jobathenut]

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I was a huge mike tyson fan.And i was at the famous "bite" fight of tyson/holyfield ll.Even though being a tyson fan i call it "the payback" fight for all the headbutts holyfield was giving tyson.It was one of the best sporting events i have ever been at.It was the first tyson fight i had ever been at in person and only time i saw him fight in person.And even though i spent alot of money to attend it just to see him get dq'd.I still to this talk about the experence of being there.Man,that whole weekend was wild.But what a mob scene that was after the fight,there were so many fights in the stands.My section was just chaos.And the wildness didnt stop there cause as walking out to the mgm gun fire erupted as i was told by employee of the mgm that some people were trying to rob the mgm,hitting the lobby and then the high roller tables.The blackjack and poker tables were pushed over.People were running all over the place knocking people over.And it was very scary to be in it as things were close to a riot.And then i saw swat come in from the front doors by the lobby and then out threw the back doors of the back room of the front lobby desk and jumping on the counters.The streets in front of the mgm were nothing but police cars.I was taking pictures and had a police guy come and take my film from me.And they had to shut down the mgm.I was told it was the first time they had ever done that.But what was funny in the sports illustrated covering the story in the fight,they said it was champagne corks popping.Yeah i was there,and that was not corks.And i went to the newsstands the next morning to read what the heck happen for sure and there were no newspapers,which i just thought was odd.Anyway,i still have the collectibles i got from the fight.I still have the ticket and casino chip i bought.And the prize was a hat from team tyson.On the flight out there on the plane was a corner man from a fighter on the undercard and i became friends with him.And he got me backstage for the wieght-ins for the undercards and i got the hat.And during the wiegh-in for tyson/holyfield i was able to meet one of my all time favorites roy jones jr.That for sure was the most unusual sporting thing i have ever seen in person.

[Tay1038]

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I was at a Twins Yankees game in 2001 when Knoblauch had just been moved to LF for NY. I think it was college/school ID night with really really cheap seats.; you could show up the day of a game and get the best seat in the house for a few bucks. There were tons of college guys were drunk out in left field seats and Chuck is probably the most hated former Twin in the franchises history. I saw a lot of stuff being thrown at him, but was too far away to see what it all was. I heard things like coins, batteries, golf balls, hot dogs, etc. They stopped the game twice. Bob Casey, the PA guy scolded the crowd and Tom Kelly, the manager, went out to leftfield to plea with the crowd to behave or the game would be called.

Here is the video link.

http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?topic_id=4449250&c_id=min

I was at the same game. At one point some guy next to me started throwing is shoes on the field at Knoblauch.

[skyking26]

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Sad day in Twins history. Displeasure toward a player for leaving happens, but to act out in childish methods like this leaves an indelible mark on the city...

I recall the Indians to a lesser degree. Upset because longtime fan favorite Jim Thome departed for Philadelphia via free agency, year s later returning to Cleveland as a White Sox player hurt Thome because if negative press etc and poor fan reaction. However, I don't recall fans doing anything idiotic like the Twins did... Knuckleheads.

[sylbry]

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Sad day in Twins history. Displeasure toward a player for leaving happens, but to act out in childish methods like this leaves an indelible mark on the city...

I recall the Indians to a lesser degree. Upset because longtime fan favorite Jim Thome departed for Philadelphia via free agency, year s later returning to Cleveland as a White Sox player hurt Thome because if negative press etc and poor fan reaction. However, I don't recall fans doing anything idiotic like the Twins did... Knuckleheads.

It wasn't just displeasure about him leaving. Knoblauch was a first class A-hole his time in MN and demanded to be traded. Quite frankly I think he got what he deserved.

And no, that incident didn't leave a indelible mark on the city.

The oddest thing I ever saw at a Twins game was a woman (roughly age 22) and her daughter (roughly 4 years old) were sitting next to me. The girl stood up and walked over to her mom, standing directly infront and facing her mom. Her mom lifted up her shirt and the girl took a sip and sat back down. They did that a couple of times throughout the game. They are free to do what they want to do but I would have appreciated a heads up so I could make sure to look the other way.

[sox83cubs84]

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I want to say it was September of 1995, but I could be off a bit. Cubs closer Randy Myers gives up a potential GWRBI home run to a Houston Astros player, after which a drunken fan, surprisingly from the first base box seats and not the bleachers, charges the mound with the intention of throwing a punch at Myers. Baaaaaad move...I was buddies with Myers, and knew some of his background, which included survivalist exercises. He laid out the fool with one punch. A guy would be a total idiot to take on Myers one-on-one while he was sober...doing it drunk...Moron City!

Dave M.
Chicago area

[BULBUS]

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After going to Giants football games for almost 30 years now, I have seen some crazy stuff (most of it in the parking lot before and after games).

One time, before a playoff game vs the Vikings in January (single didget, maybe low teens temperatures), some guy was grilling in his back seat with a charcoal grill, flames up to the roof. His buddy was in the front seat laughing. I moved my car away form his.

[dfirest1]

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dfirest1,

Um......I certainly don't want to derail your nice fun post, or cause you any grief......but that door you purchased doesn't match up with the car in the fire. The only reason I'm pointing this out to you is so that you may take it up with whomever you bought it from if they represented this door as "the" one from "the" burning race car in the picture.

Look at the numbers and how they lay out with the white racing stripe coming off the bottom of the car (touches your "1", doesn't come close to the one on the car on fire)......the silver racing stripe and how it touches the top of the number one on the car on fire (and yours, where they don't touch at all).....or the little shield below the "1" (it's to the right of center on the fire car....to the left of center on the door you bought).

At least you have a nice door from a race car of his......just not the driver's side door from the car that burned. Sorry to break it to you, and I hope it doesn't take away any of your excitement about the piece. It shouldn't, your piece is still nice.

My best regards,

Steve

Steve, when your right, your right! I didn't notice until after I had put the post on the site.

[ahuff]

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My wife and I attended the Timberwolves game where JR Rider's mom came out onto the floor to defend her son.

[GarkoCollector]

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I was at a Dodgers/Cubs Game in Chicago when a Dodgers fan caught a Cubs player HR ball. Raul Mondesi, not knowing it was a Dodgers fan that caught it, was in RF. The fan threw the ball back onto the field. Mondesi catches it and fires it back into the stands. Raul had a cannon, and I never heard what actually happened to the ball or where it went.

[sox83cubs84]

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I was at a Dodgers/Cubs Game in Chicago when a Dodgers fan caught a Cubs player HR ball. Raul Mondesi, not knowing it was a Dodgers fan that caught it, was in RF. The fan threw the ball back onto the field. Mondesi catches it and fires it back into the stands. Raul had a cannon, and I never heard what actually happened to the ball or where it went.

I was playing home runs on Waveland Avenue (fell on and claimed a Dante Bichette HR) during the 4-15-97 Cubs-Rockies tilt at Wrigley. Later in the game, Quinton McCracken hit one in the left centerfield bleachers, with a numbnuts fan throwing the ball back. The ball was picked up by Cubs CF Brian McRae, who angrily heaved it over the bleachers and into the back yard of what used to be the Budweiser building (called that because of a rooftop ad for Bud). Another Ballhawk retrieved it several minutes later after being guided to its location by several fans in the back of the bleachers.

Dave M.
Chicago area

[reed1216]

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jobathenut- I was at the Tyson vs. Holyfield "bite" as well and it was everything you described. I remember being totally confused about what Holyfield was jumping around about, until the bigscreen replayed the bites in between rounds. Before the fight, I was able to get baseballs signed by Floyd Mayweather Jr and Shannon Briggs, who were both spectators. Both were really nice and approachable, of course Mayweather hadn't made it big yet and it looks like the money may have changed him a bit...

Anyway, I was able to dig up one of the ticket stubs from the fight. I have the one my dad used somewhere around here It was an unbelievable spectacle and while the fight itself can't be ranked among the best ever, I doubt if I'll ever have an experience like that at a sporting event again.

[jobathenut]

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reed-That was quite the experinece was'nt it? Yeah like i said,i still talk about it to this day.And people always want to know about it when they come over and see the ticket as i have it framed along with the poster and some other items.I even have the betting odds slip in there.I still have all the items i got including a media guide i got from a guy from a local newspaper i became freinds with.I could tak about the fight and that weekend for hours.I was able to meet (i should say see) alot of sports people and celebritys.I was into autographs,so i sat by the autographs hounds around the elevators at the mgm.And thats where i saw alot of them as they checked in.I saw donald trump,and i came up to him and shook his hand.And he said, "what can i do for you?".I said,"how about a million dollers".He was very friendly and laughed,and said," sorry i have it on the fight".I was able to get ken norton sr autograph as he did a signing at the mgm.And got my picture with him.I tired to get a autograh from his son,but he blew me off and kept walking,which i understand.I saw don king and there were way too many of his people around him to even get close.Also ran into sugar ray,as i was waiting for a cab at the mgm.And was able to get my picture with him.Then i over heard on the radio from the hounds that ozzy and manson and jenny mccarthy were at the hard rock.I also saw royce gracie from ufc fame.Yeah besides the outcome of the fight,it was a great time.As far as the bite,when holyfield first jumped i said to the people around me asking what just happen.I said tyson just bite him and they didnt believe me.And then he did it again and the place went nuts.

jobathenut- I was at the Tyson vs. Holyfield "bite" as well and it was everything you described. I remember being totally confused about what Holyfield was jumping around about, until the bigscreen replayed the bites in between rounds. Before the fight, I was able to get baseballs signed by Floyd Mayweather Jr and Shannon Briggs, who were both spectators. Both were really nice and approachable, of course Mayweather hadn't made it big yet and it looks like the money may have changed him a bit...

Anyway, I was able to dig up one of the ticket stubs from the fight. I have the one my dad used somewhere around here It was an unbelievable spectacle and while the fight itself can't be ranked among the best ever, I doubt if I'll ever have an experience like that at a sporting event again.