Author Topic: Top Ten Baseball Memories of the Decade (Read 8571 times)

Noe · « **on:** December 31, 2009, 02:25:34 pm »

Okay, we're not going to argue what a decade might be, so let's avoid that at all cost, m'kay? Here is the deal: You're tasked with coming up with your own top ten baseball moments for the aught decade. You might want to point to the day baseball was suspended for a month because of 911 or the Houston Astros being in the World Series in 2005. So this is your thread to post your thoughts.

Have at it folks, top ten moments will be judged by the admins and moderators and we'll thus come up with our own top ten for the decade and post it as the official SnS version.

thanks... post your thoughts here in this thread.

SaltyParker · « **Reply #1 on:** December 31, 2009, 02:52:40 pm »

The Steve Bartman incident.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #2 on:** January 02, 2010, 05:00:37 pm »

Sadly, the baseball steroid hearings in Congress.

Alkie · « **Reply #3 on:** January 02, 2010, 05:35:07 pm »

This is personal memories? This is just Astros related?

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #4 on:** January 02, 2010, 06:05:11 pm »

Ceremonial first pitch of game 3 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium in 2001.

VIDEO (at the bottom of the page) from the documentary 9 Innings from Ground Zero. Politics aside, given the context (which the video does a decent job of showing), truly an awesome moment.

austro · « **Reply #5 on:** January 02, 2010, 07:27:24 pm »

No-hitting the fucking Yankees.

hostros7 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 02, 2010, 10:05:59 pm »

The Ausmus homerun against the Braves. For me, it overshadowed the Burke homerun.

I hate to admit it, but the moley sluts streak in the playoffs was amazing.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #7 on:** January 03, 2010, 01:09:10 am »

The game in which Biggio got his 3000th hit.

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #8 on:** January 03, 2010, 07:51:39 am »

Kent's walk-off.

Ty in Tampa · « **Reply #9 on:** January 03, 2010, 09:23:51 am »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on January 03, 2010, 07:51:39 am

Kent's walk-off.

This.

And for me, if this is baseball on the whole, Game 7 of the 2008 ALCS.

MikeyBoy · « **Reply #10 on:** January 03, 2010, 09:46:24 am »

The 4-6-3 DP to end game 4 of the 2005 NLCS. I still get chills just thinking about that moment.

JaneDoe · « **Reply #11 on:** January 03, 2010, 09:59:01 am »

Watching my two oldest sons play on the same team and winning the Junior League City Championship, along with watching the first homeruns of my 2nd and 3rd oldest sons.

And, not to be too smarmy, but it was very satisfying to watch my freshman son (last year) make the High School JV team after only one day of practice, while all the parents who berated us for not making him play year round select ball (and therefore told us he would never play high school ball) had to watch their son on the freshman team.

As far as the Astros, it was the Ausmus HR. Probably would have been the Biggio 3000th hit game, but I was at my sons All Star game and was listening to the Astros on the radio, and missed seeing the hit live.

moriartp · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2010, 10:09:54 am »

More of a personal memory than a top baseball moment, but Biggio's leadoff homer in Game 7 of the '04 NLCS was pretty neat for me. I was stuck playing a concert that night, and when my particular ensemble wasn't playing we had to sit in the audience with everyone else. So a friend of mine brought a 4" portable TV and we all huddled around it in the very back. There were about ten of us all crowded around his seat watching the beginning of the game, and when Biggio took that ball out, we were probably louder than whoever happened to playing on stage.

Believe me, no one cared. We were a shitty, shitty band and nobody wanted to be there. All of us performing, our band director, and the audience (bless their hearts for showing up) just wanted to wrap things up as quickly as possible and get home before the game ended.

subnuclear · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2010, 11:34:23 am »

Aside from the moments above, Oswalt cruising through the Cards in game 6 of the 2005 NLCS the last game at Busch Stadium.

Rebel Jew · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2010, 02:00:19 pm »

the commercial where the guy's mirror reflection convinces him to get viagra

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #15 on:** January 03, 2010, 03:37:32 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on January 02, 2010, 10:05:59 pm

The Ausmus homerun against the Braves. For me, it overshadowed the Burke homerun.

That game. The whole game. Being there. Berkman's grand slam to get 'em back in it. Ausmus' shot to send it into extras. DQ entering the game as a pinch hitter and the throwing 3 shut out innings in relief for the win. And Burke's walk off.

Waldo · « **Reply #16 on:** January 03, 2010, 06:43:14 pm »

For me, the top memory is 2004 NLCS Game 5. I had the house to myself that night and took off work early to gear up for the game. With both sides pitching a shutout and getting great defensive plays (notably Beltran's diving catch), myself and the GZ here were understandably tense. And then, as soon as the ball left Jeff Kent's bat, total pandemonium. After I finished jumping around and screaming I found my laptop on the floor 10 feet away.

A great ending to a great game, and even though the Astros ultimately lost the NLCS, it remains my favorite Astros memory of all time.

Clark in Denver · « **Reply #17 on:** January 04, 2010, 08:45:50 am »

1. Attending my first World Series game, even though it completed the sweep. It was always my dream to see a world series in Houston. Now I'm just waiting for that world championship.

2. Watching Jeff Bagwell getting his final at bat in that game. I didn't know for sure that he wouldn't be back, but it was there in the back of my mind. I remember walking out of the game after the loss, and there was some woman talking about how Gar should be fired for pinch hitting Bagwell. Saying he was only doing it for sentimental reasons, and that anyone else should have been better because Bagwell was washed up. One of the only times I have ever publicly berated a complete stranger.

3. The 2005 NLCS. Fuck the Cardinals.

4. The 2004 NLDS. Finally winning that playoff series against the fucking Braves.

5. Biggio's last game. Watching Biggio run around the stadium at the end of the game, I realized that part of my youth was gone, and it was never coming back.

6. The opening game at EFUS against the Phillies.

Limey · « **Reply #18 on:** January 04, 2010, 09:03:47 am »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on January 03, 2010, 07:51:39 am

Kent's walk-off.

Me too. Beating the Braves in '04 was great, and shutting down Old Busch (in all senses of the word) in '05 was sweet, but Kent's dong was spectacular.

An honourable mention, as no one else has raised it yet, goes to "Three Days of the C4". Everett's one-man, one weekend demolition job of the Cubs.

Fuck the Cubs.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #19 on:** January 04, 2010, 09:47:23 am »

Quote from: Limey on January 04, 2010, 09:03:47 am

Me too. Beating the Braves in '04 was great, and shutting down Old Busch (in all senses of the word) in '05 was sweet, but Kent's dong was spectacular.

An honourable mention, as no one else has raised it yet, goes to "Three Days of the C4". Everett's one-man, one weekend demolition job of the Cubs.

Fuck the Cubs.

Was Everett's weekend in this past decade? I don't think so, but I'll have to check. I could be wrong, and probably am.

Limey · « **Reply #20 on:** January 04, 2010, 09:50:25 am »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on January 04, 2010, 09:47:23 am

Was Everett's weekend in this past decade? I don't think so, but I'll have to check. I could be wrong, and probably am.

Forget it, I'm rolling.

Bench · « **Reply #21 on:** January 04, 2010, 10:04:50 am »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on January 04, 2010, 09:47:23 am

Was Everett's weekend in this past decade? I don't think so, but I'll have to check. I could be wrong, and probably am.

Depends on how you define "decade."

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #22 on:** January 04, 2010, 10:07:09 am »

Quote from: Bench on January 04, 2010, 10:04:50 am

Depends on how you define "decade."

A period of 10 years.

Waldo · « **Reply #23 on:** January 04, 2010, 11:10:59 am »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on January 04, 2010, 10:07:09 am

A period of 10 years.

Either way you slice it, C4's Demolition Derby doesn't qualify.

Bench · « **Reply #24 on:** January 04, 2010, 11:23:00 am »

Quote from: Waldo on January 04, 2010, 11:10:59 am

Either way you slice it, C4's Demolition Derby doesn't qualify.

It didn't happen during a period of ten years?

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #25 on:** January 04, 2010, 11:31:18 am »

Quote from: Bench on January 04, 2010, 11:23:00 am

It didn't happen during a period of ten years?

No, C4 doesn't believe in "decades."

Waldo · « **Reply #26 on:** January 04, 2010, 12:31:32 pm »

Quote from: Bench on January 04, 2010, 11:23:00 am

It didn't happen during a period of ten years?

Not the last ten years.

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #27 on:** January 04, 2010, 01:04:43 pm »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on January 04, 2010, 11:31:18 am

No, C4 doesn't believe in "decades."

Awesome!

Astroholic · « **Reply #28 on:** January 04, 2010, 01:58:30 pm »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on January 04, 2010, 11:31:18 am

No, C4 doesn't believe in "decades."

nominated

jwhudson · « **Reply #29 on:** January 04, 2010, 02:12:28 pm »

2005 Game 5 - Pooholes home run. I haven't gotten over it yet.

homer · « **Reply #30 on:** January 04, 2010, 02:18:02 pm »

Quote from: jwhudson on January 04, 2010, 02:12:28 pm

2005 Game 5 - Pooholes home run. I haven't gotten over it yet.

Sincerely,

Brad Lidge

JimR · « **Reply #31 on:** January 04, 2010, 02:22:01 pm »

Quote from: jwhudson on January 04, 2010, 02:12:28 pm

2005 Game 5 - Pooholes home run. I haven't gotten over it yet.

i got over it immediately after Game 6.

Noe · « **Reply #32 on:** January 04, 2010, 02:44:39 pm »

Best moment for me was right after the last out was recorded by Dan Wheeler/Jason Lane to propel the Houston Astros into the World Series. The shot of Jeff Bagwell shaking hands with Biggio and then hugging was very emotional. I went outside right after that moment to catch my breath, but then looked upward to tell my Dad I wish he were here to enjoy this moment with me. I got all emotional again.

I will never forget that very moment.

moriartp · « **Reply #33 on:** January 04, 2010, 02:52:51 pm »

Quote from: Noe in Austin on January 04, 2010, 02:44:39 pm

The shot of Jeff Bagwell shaking hands with Biggio and then hugging was very emotional.

Amen. That's one I won't forget.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #34 on:** January 04, 2010, 03:17:06 pm »

Quote from: jwhudson on January 04, 2010, 02:12:28 pm

2005 Game 5 - Pooholes home run. I haven't gotten over it yet.

Then you have issues. Considering how insignificant it was, I can't imagine why you've even thought about it at all the last 4 years.

GreatBagwellsBeard · « **Reply #35 on:** January 04, 2010, 03:26:34 pm »

Quote from: Noe in Austin on January 04, 2010, 02:44:39 pm

Best moment for me was right after the last out was recorded by Dan Wheeler/Jason Lane to propel the Houston Astros into the World Series. The shot of Jeff Bagwell shaking hands with Biggio and then hugging was very emotional. I went outside right after that moment to catch my breath, but then looked upward to tell my Dad I wish he were here to enjoy this moment with me. I got all emotional again.

I will never forget that very moment.

Agreed. This was the one moment when everything felt right, felt like it should. It also happened to be one of the only times that the national sports media understood what it was to be an Astros fan, where the cheap-unreasonable-Drayton and OMG-Roger storylines melted away and it was just two lifelong teammates and friends quietly taking in the moment.

roadrunner · « **Reply #36 on:** January 04, 2010, 04:20:39 pm »

Biggio dragging Bagwell out on the field for the fans after he hit 3000.

Bench · « **Reply #37 on:** January 04, 2010, 05:28:24 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on January 04, 2010, 03:17:06 pm

Then you have issues. Considering how insignificant it was, I can't imagine why you've even thought about it at all the last 4 years.

Yesterday, yes, yesterday, I had somebody tell me that the Pujols homerun off Lidge cost the Astros the World Series because it changed the pitching rotation and Oswalt couldn't start Game 1 of the WS. Seriously. He wasn't joking at all.

MusicMan · « **Reply #38 on:** January 04, 2010, 05:35:51 pm »

Quote from: Bench on January 04, 2010, 05:28:24 pm

Yesterday, yes, yesterday, I had somebody tell me that the Pujols homerun off Lidge cost the Astros the World Series because it changed the pitching rotation and Oswalt couldn't start Game 1 of the WS. Seriously. He wasn't joking at all.

What did you do after you punched him in the junk?

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #39 on:** January 04, 2010, 10:10:17 pm »

I won't go that far, but remember sitting in US Cellular feeling it start to sleet as the Astros were preparing to take BP and wishing that it was Roy pitching in that nastiness instead of the hanmstring-strung Clemens.

JimR · « **Reply #40 on:** January 05, 2010, 09:58:22 am »

Quote from: OregonStrosFan on January 04, 2010, 10:10:17 pm

I won't go that far, but remember sitting in US Cellular feeling it start to sleet as the Astros were preparing to take BP and wishing that it was Roy pitching in that nastiness instead of the hanmstring-strung Clemens.

Roy could not hold a 4-0 lead at home. end of story for me.

Ty in Tampa · « **Reply #41 on:** January 05, 2010, 10:11:41 am »

Quote from: JimR on January 05, 2010, 09:58:22 am

Roy could not hold a 4-0 lead at home. end of story for me.

C'mon, Jim! That's because he was so let down from not being the Game 1 starter.

MusicMan · « **Reply #42 on:** January 05, 2010, 10:16:34 am »

Quote from: OregonStrosFan on January 04, 2010, 10:10:17 pm

I won't go that far, but remember sitting in US Cellular feeling it start to sleet as the Astros were preparing to take BP and wishing that it was Roy pitching in that nastiness instead of the ~~hanmstring-strung~~ chickenshit Clemens.

FIFY

Bench · « **Reply #43 on:** January 05, 2010, 10:16:37 am »

Quote from: Ty in Tampa on January 05, 2010, 10:11:41 am

C'mon, Jim! That's because he was so let down from not being the Game 1 starter.

And tired from Game 6. Don't forget that.

You see, Oswalt pitched so well in Game 6, that he would have pitched that well in Game 1, but it was wasted because Lidge choked. And then, instead of pitching in the cold weather of Chicago, Clemens would have started Game 3 in Houston, which, despite the fact that it was a bit chilly too, would have been with the roof closed because Bud would do what Clemens asks and Clemens would have won because he wouldn't get hurt in Houston with the roof closed, of course. But because of Lidge, Clemens got injured and lost Game 1 and Oswalt was tired and lost Game 3 and an old man in the stands got the sniffles because Bud made Drayton open the roof and the game went late and it was a bit chilly.

Fuck Lidge.

Astroholic · « **Reply #44 on:** January 05, 2010, 11:53:20 am »

Quote from: Bench on January 05, 2010, 10:16:37 am

And tired from Game 6. Don't forget that.

You see, Oswalt pitched so well in Game 6, that he would have pitched that well in Game 1, but it was wasted because Lidge choked. And then, instead of pitching in the cold weather of Chicago, Clemens would have started Game 3 in Houston, which, despite the fact that it was a bit chilly too, would have been with the roof closed because Bud would do what Clemens asks and Clemens would have won because he wouldn't get hurt in Houston with the roof closed, of course. But because of Lidge, Clemens got injured and lost Game 1 and Oswalt was tired and lost Game 3 and an old man in the stands got the sniffles because Bud made Drayton open the roof and the game went late and it was a bit chilly.

Fuck Lidge.

The only thing wrong with this is that you spelled all of the players names right.

dirty steve · « **Reply #45 on:** February 07, 2010, 11:37:48 am »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on January 03, 2010, 07:51:39 am

Kent's walk-off.

me too. i have never been more excited as an Astros fan.

Randy Watson · « **Reply #46 on:** February 16, 2010, 02:10:50 pm »

Quote from: MikeyBoy on January 03, 2010, 09:46:24 am

The 4-6-3 DP to end game 4 of the 2005 NLCS. I still get chills just thinking about that moment.

I was sitting in the diamond level that night (family members have two sets of tickets). We were on the front row about 7 feet from the batter's box. My uncle -- who is normally very reserved -- starts yelling at the batter (Mabry?) telling him that he was going to choke and ground into a doubleplay. He even moved over into the aisle to the point he was 2 feet away from the batter and justs razzes him over and over about how he was going to ground into a DP. Normally it is so tame down there, but my uncle started a bunch of people yelling at the guy. That was one of the finest DPs I have ever seen turned. Thought we had no chance when the ball was hit and was hoping we could just hold them to a tie. Everett and Bruntlett were fantastic.

My other fun memory was the August 2004 series at Wrigley. I had never been to Chicago before. I went to all four games that basically started our magical run. After the first game (we lost), Cub fans were trash talking about how crappy we were and how we had no shot as we were 7 back in the wild card. We won the next 3 at Wrigley, which put us 4 back and jumpstarted a 12 game winning streak. The series was great. I remember there were a lot of bean balls. They hit probably twice as many of our guys but were the ones complaining in the media about us throwing at them -- especially that little bitch Barrett. One of my favorite moments was what I believe was the debut of Dan Wheeler as an Astro. They Cubs had been hitting our guys all weekend. Wheeler drops Derrick Lee on his first pitch as an Astro. I loved it.

Some great memories on this thread.