Goat Day 22: And in the end, oblivion.

BillLehecka thought this was worth mentioning said Sun, Mar 22nd 2015 at 9:08pm ET

Dayton men lost. But the women are moving on to the Sweet 16... In Albany to boot. But I'm still a little bummed about the guys.

TODAY'S DEAL

I like storage containers. These seem adequate.

TODAY'S QUESTION

What sporting loss made you despondent for the longest time?

Back tomorrow for the last full week. BLEAT!

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Pavlov said Sun, Mar 22nd 2015 at 9:21pm ET:

From July 24, 1983 through August 18th, I was pretty well PISSED OFF every day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tar_Incident

The Pine Tar Incident (also known as the Pine Tar Game) was a controversial incident during an American League game played between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees on July 24, 1983 at Yankee Stadium in New York City. With his team trailing 4–3 in the top half of the ninth inning, with two outs, George Brett of the Royals hit a 2-run home run to give his team the lead. However, Yankees manager Billy Martin, who had noticed a large amount of pine tar on Brett's bat, requested that the umpires inspect his bat. The umpires ruled that the amount of pine tar on the bat exceeded the amount allowed by rule, nullified Brett's home run, and called him out. As Brett was the third out in the ninth inning with the home team in the lead, the game ended with a Yankees win.

The Royals protested the game, and American League president Lee MacPhail upheld their protest and ordered that the game be restarted from the point of Brett's home run. The game was restarted on August 18 and officially ended with the Royals winning 5–4.

Damn right we won.

Both times.

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2many2no said Mon, Mar 23rd 2015 at 1:43am ET:

When Mickey Lolich beat Bob Gibson in Game 7 of the 1968 World Series.

But I've gotten over it now. Thanks, @BillLehecka.

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pitamuffin said Mon, Mar 23rd 2015 at 8:23am ET:

The Bartman incident.

I didn't blame him - I even felt kinda sorry for him - but the Cubs were 5 outs away and still managed to screw it up. That was painful.

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- @pitamuffin Fun fact: I was roommates with his cousin John. He actually visited our campus one year and I met him. I had to be reminded because 1) it was before that incident and 2) Steve was very nondescript.
  
  BillLehecka said Mon, Mar 23rd 2015 at 10:46am ET
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narfcake said Mon, Mar 23rd 2015 at 8:33am ET:

"Los Angeles won't have a football team anymore?" That one second was the longest grief I had for sports.

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