What's the most memorable event in your sporting life?

[Señor Bonito 2]

I presume most of us here are into sports, either as a player participant or as a fanatico. And as such, there should be that one particular moment or event that gave us the thrill of all thrills and will forever be etched in our memory.

For example, our buddy from East Texas and his wife would probably never forget that day when the missus caught her first bass. Or, perhaps that day when the Stanford Cardinal roughed up the once mighty USC Trojans, a day that my friend will always remember as he was in the bleachers at the L.A. Coliseum, so was his son who plays the saxophone with the band from Palo Alto.

Mine happened 25 years ago, at Bonita Golf Club outside San Diego. With a 7-iron in my hands, I made a hole-in-one at the 160-yard 9th hole. Wow, what a memorable sensation that was! As if I just kissed my first date when I was fifteen. That was my first ace, to be followed by another one 24 years later at Eagle Glen GC in Corona, Calif.

How about you?

[john & jean 37]

moved to a new city at age twelve. was asked to play little league baseball. we made the playoff. bases were loaded I was the last at bat.

we were down two runs. I fouled off the first two pitches. THEN HIT A GRAND SLAM!!! INSTANTLY FAMOUS, NEW KID IN TOWN!!!!

Edited November 22, 2009 by john & jean

[Señor Bonito 2]

moved to a new city at age twelve. was asked to play little league baseball. we made the playoff. bases were loaded I was the last at bat.

we were down two runs. I fouled off the first two pitches. THEN HIT A GRAND SLAM!!! INSTANTLY FAMOUS, NEW KID IN TOWN!!!!

Amazing! Did you make it to Williamsport, John?

By the way, I hope you realize that I was referring to you when I mentioned a buddy from East Texas and his wife catching her first bass!

[john & jean 37]

moved to a new city at age twelve. was asked to play little league baseball. we made the playoff. bases were loaded I was the last at bat.

we were down two runs. I fouled off the first two pitches. THEN HIT A GRAND SLAM!!! INSTANTLY FAMOUS, NEW KID IN TOWN!!!!

Amazing! Did you make it to Williamsport, John?

By the way, I hope you realize that I was referring to you when I mentioned a buddy from East Texas and his wife catching her first bass!

YES,I thought that was referring to Jean, and her first bass we are not golfers, but a hole in one is an amazing feat!!!!

[Don José 2]

Will this count?

I won a rock-paper-scissors tournament at a fiesta in Las Cruces, NM a few years back, with a month's supply of carne asada burrito as my prize!

[rlogan 2,036]

2nd degree black belt tae kwon do, national quarterfinalist

1st degree black belt judo, midwest champ

State wrestling champ. All american AAU 4th nationally. University of Iowa.

State boxing finalist, second midwest ABF

But I see you are counting outdoor stuff. So once I was being chased by three Kodiak Island bears. They chased me off a deer I had shot. All three charging at once. I had two bullets left in the gun and three bears. Kodiak Bears can be 2,000 lbs. I had a deer rifle. A 30-06. Left my .44 magnum in the tent. Duh.

So I'm charging down this steep mountain. With these three guys breathing down my neck. The only way you can run from a bear is straight down the steepest terrain imaginable. As fast as horses on level ground. But downhill they have a hard time.

So I'm thinking to myself: "You can't buy entertainment like this. I hope I live through it..." And I got to my object, which was a cliff, and my intent was to climb out over it. Which is what I did, and those three heads came out over the edge, skidding to a stop and the snow falling down on my face...

I started laughing. So hard. But I vowed on that cliff to buy an elephant gun and never again be forced into that position.

And that's exactly what I did. I'm 5-0 on bears to date. But that event -escaping probably three thousand five hundred pounds of bears in my estimation...

Pretty thrilling.

[tallcoolone 102]

I was in Hawaii a few years ago doing some Fishing off the Coast of the Oahu.

Stuck 2 nice Sword Fish, The fight to get them in was pretty cool

[jom 4]

When I was working as a nurse in Malaysia I had the opportunity to do bungee jumping, jumping from a cliff straight to the ocean and river rafting. Probably wont do them again here but it was fun.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Olympic Archy Being a lefty I get to shoot nose to nose with real Olympians. And these people are so nice and normal not like other sports stars

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[Beth wa Salim 0]

2 great moments in sporting history:

The most exciting experience I have PERSONALLY had was when I went skydiving at 'Skydive Chicago' on 8/1/98. It was a perfect day, felt the rush of the freefall, and then glided under the canopy for about 4 or 5 minutes. I could see the fields below me gently rippling, and it was soooo peaceful! I still have the videotape and photographs from the experience.

Better yet was the Boston Red Sox winning the 2004 World Series, after 86 L-O-N-G years without a championship!!! For any long-suffering Red Sox fan, it was the moment of a lifetime. I laughed, I cried, and I was so glad that my grandmother had lived to see it! She was born in 1918, the last year they had won a World Series, and she wanted so badly to see them win another one in her lifetime. She saw it, although we lost her a little over a year later. But it was a wonderful moment in history for all of "Red Sox Nation"!!! (And then they proved they weren't a 'one-trick pony' team by winning it again in '06! )

[muñequita linda 0]

I had the pleasure to play against Maria Sharapova in an exhibition tennis match while the former Wimbledon champion was on a tour of Southeast Asia. This was 2 years ago and it was held at one of the clay courts at Burnham Park in Baguio City.

The first 2 sets were split, 6-3 & 3-6. I was leading 5-3 in the final set and was ahead, 40-30, in the game that I was serving. It was match point, and I was on the verge of beating Maria, and fantasizing about all the glory and everything that goes with being a tennis star. My serve was too long and the line judge yelled “FAULT”! I heard the yell loud and clear and it woke me up from a fantastic dream!

[Besame Mucho 1]

I had the pleasure to play against Maria Sharapova in an exhibition tennis match while the former Wimbledon champion was on a tour of Southeast Asia. This was 2 years ago and it was held at one of the clay courts at Burnham Park in Baguio City.

The first 2 sets were split, 6-3 & 3-6. I was leading 5-3 in the final set and was ahead, 40-30, in the game that I was serving. It was match point, and I was on the verge of beating Maria, and fantasizing about all the glory and everything that goes with being a tennis star. My serve was too long and the line judge yelled “FAULT”! I heard the yell loud and clear and it woke me up from a fantastic dream!

What a fabulous dream! I wish I can dream that I'm the only lady driver at NASCAR and I win the Daytona 500 on my first try!

[Darnell 8,478]

my first triple play in softball, age 10 WOW.

[muñequita linda 0]

I had the pleasure to play against Maria Sharapova in an exhibition tennis match while the former Wimbledon champion was on a tour of Southeast Asia. This was 2 years ago and it was held at one of the clay courts at Burnham Park in Baguio City.

The first 2 sets were split, 6-3 & 3-6. I was leading 5-3 in the final set and was ahead, 40-30, in the game that I was serving. It was match point, and I was on the verge of beating Maria, and fantasizing about all the glory and everything that goes with being a tennis star. My serve was too long and the line judge yelled “FAULT”! I heard the yell loud and clear and it woke me up from a fantastic dream!

What a fabulous dream! I wish I can dream that I'm the only lady driver at NASCAR and I win the Daytona 500 on my first try!

The grapevine says that Danica Patrick might join NASCAR soon; so it will be you and Danica against Jimmie, Jeff, Junior and the rest of the good ol' boys!