Best Sports Comebacks in History?

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In your opinion what are some of the best comebacks in Sport's History for a single game and/or series? Share videos if you can find them.

Here's a recent one, maybe not thee best, but close when all things are considered.
http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2009/12/decades-best-comeback-win/
Video of the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngD70GJwG0Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcvUlAedn9w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcvUlAedn9w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rttpn54Bo_4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xn92sfhAxE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb7UkPQTqJ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeyNSnFfUTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFK3f8zutcc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEpumPIXexA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMlvk89tUbY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py3tZFkjsDQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWUXFX24mt4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7zjas5wuDM
 
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[quote name='TheRock88']2004 ALCS - Yankees vs Red Sox.[/QUOTE]

This. Nothing else in sports has ever compared to the impact that series had as far as comebacks go, and I'm not just saying that as a Sox fan.
 
Ehh that happens all the time.

Rays pitcher Jason Isringhausen leaves the field as the Indians come out of the dugout to celebrate winning 11-10 in the ninth inning. AP photo]
The Rays had taken a 10-0 lead in the fourth, giving David Price a nice cushion, but the largest collapse in club history included seven runs in the ninth, six with two outs. In the rally, Rays relievers walked five, with veteran Jason Isringhausen walking three, one with the bases loaded, before giving up the two-run single to Martinez.
 
[quote name='bvharris']This. Nothing else in sports has ever compared to the impact that series had as far as comebacks go, and I'm not just saying that as a Sox fan.[/QUOTE]

Exactly, I remember watching the Yanks go up 3 on the socks and the sox were losing game 4 when:

Rivera allowed a lead-off walk to Kevin Millar, which would prove to be the turning point of the series. Dave Roberts was then chosen to pinch-run for Millar. With the Red Sox down to their final three outs, Rivera checked Roberts at first base several times before throwing a pitch to Bill Mueller. According to Roberts, "The first [time Rivera checked me at first base], I felt I got the jitters and then it kind of dissipated a little bit. The second time the jitters were all gone and I was really into it. After the third pick over was a close play, I think the second one was really close also, and then I felt like I had been there from the first inning on."
Roberts added, "At that point I knew, regardless of a slidestep or whatever, once he goes home, I'm going to run on the pitch. If he would have went to the plate the first pitch, I wouldn't have went. Running down that tunnel in October, it's hard to get loose. But that [series of pickoff attempts] kind of helped me out a little bit."
On Rivera's first pitch to Bill Mueller, the speedy Roberts stole second, putting himself in scoring position. Mueller's single allowed Roberts to score, resulting in Rivera blowing the save and the game going into extra innings, tied 4–4.
Both teams threatened for more runs in the eleventh inning, but the game remained tied until the bottom of the twelfth. Ramírez led off with a single against new pitcher Paul Quantrill, and Ortiz hit a two-run walk-off home run to right field.
 
[quote name='TheRock88']2004 ALCS - Yankees vs Red Sox.[/QUOTE]
In order to beat miracle on ice, Yankees would have had to go 162-0 in the regular season, and be reigning champions prior to the ALCS. And have nukes.
 
[quote name='TheRock88']2004 ALCS - Yankees vs Red Sox.[/QUOTE]

[quote name='Monsta Mack'].[/QUOTE]

[quote name='bvharris']This. Nothing else in sports has ever compared to the impact that series had as far as comebacks go, and I'm not just saying that as a Sox fan.[/QUOTE]

[quote name='evildeadjedi']Exactly, I remember watching the Yanks go up 3 on the socks and the sox were losing game 4 when:

Rivera allowed a lead-off walk to Kevin Millar, which would prove to be the turning point of the series. Dave Roberts was then chosen to pinch-run for Millar. With the Red Sox down to their final three outs, Rivera checked Roberts at first base several times before throwing a pitch to Bill Mueller. According to Roberts, "The first [time Rivera checked me at first base], I felt I got the jitters and then it kind of dissipated a little bit. The second time the jitters were all gone and I was really into it. After the third pick over was a close play, I think the second one was really close also, and then I felt like I had been there from the first inning on."
Roberts added, "At that point I knew, regardless of a slidestep or whatever, once he goes home, I'm going to run on the pitch. If he would have went to the plate the first pitch, I wouldn't have went. Running down that tunnel in October, it's hard to get loose. But that [series of pickoff attempts] kind of helped me out a little bit."
On Rivera's first pitch to Bill Mueller, the speedy Roberts stole second, putting himself in scoring position. Mueller's single allowed Roberts to score, resulting in Rivera blowing the save and the game going into extra innings, tied 4–4.
Both teams threatened for more runs in the eleventh inning, but the game remained tied until the bottom of the twelfth. Ramírez led off with a single against new pitcher Paul Quantrill, and Ortiz hit a two-run walk-off home run to right field.[/QUOTE]

[quote name='BoSoxFan900']/thread. Not that I'm biased or anything;)[/QUOTE]

All of these. And the worst part of it for me, being a Sox fan, was going to see a movie over watching game 4. I remember going into the movie, seeing that the Sox were down, that the series was over once they got to Rivera in the 9th. Then after the movie, I checked the score, and low-and-behold, the Red Sox had come back to win it. Needless to say, I never missed another game that post season. And I don't remember what movie it was.
 
Here is a classic that was nearly impossible to replicate in NCAA 2004

1980 Holiday Bowl BYU VS SMU



BYU, trailing 45-25 with less than 4 minutes to go in the game, cut the deficit when quarterback Jim McMahon hit wide receiver Matt Braga with a 15-yard touchdown pass with 2:33 remaining. The two-point conversion attempt failed, and it was 45-31. BYU recovered an onside kick at midfield and McMahon completed two passes to the 1-yard line before running back Scott Phillips ran it in with 1:58 remaining. McMahon passed to Phillips for the two-point conversion to make it 45-39.

BYU tried another onside kick, but it was recovered by SMU at the Cougars' 47-yard line. The Mustangs' drive stalled and a fourth down punt was blocked by BYU's Bill Schoepflin. The Cougars were 41 yards from the endzone with 13 seconds remaining. McMahon threw two incomplete passes before arching a Hail Mary pass towards the endzone on the game's final play.

The ball came down in the hands of Clay Brown, who made the catch despite being surrounded by three SMU defenders. Kurt Gunther's extra point gave BYU its first bowl victory in five tries.

Another amazing one is was MD vs Miami

Frank Reich as the backup quarterback for the Maryland Terrapins, Reich replaced injured starter Stan Gelbaugh and led the Terrapins back from a first-half deficit of 31–0 to a 42–40 victory over the previously unbeaten Miami Hurricanes under Bernie Kosar.

And then the one that beat it:

NW VS MSU 2006
Nearly an hour after the game, Drew Stanton was trying to digest what he'd just been a part of -- the greatest comeback in NCAA Division I-A history.Trailing 38-3 in the third quarter, Michigan State rallied Saturday for a 41-38 victory over Northwestern as the Spartans ended a four-game losing streak in dramatic fashion and momentarily took the heat off coach John L. Smith.
 
The Miracle on Ice was really something special.

The thing about the 2004 ALCS Yankees - Red Sox that lowers it in my opinion is that game 4 they were down and came back, but the other games they of course all started fresh. Yes they were down 0-3. It was a great series comeback, but I prefer huge single or multiple in game comebacks over winning more games in a series. And ya I love the Sox and hate the Yankees. It's still one of the best comebacks of all time though.
 
[quote name='TheRock88']2004 ALCS - Yankees vs Roid Sox.[/QUOTE]


Doesn't count. Schilling, Big Poopi and Man Ram were all cheaters and instrumental in the "comeback".


2003 Game 7 ALCS with Pedro's Meltdown and Aaron Bleeping Boone.

Game 6 1986 World Series. Mookie Wilson, Billy Buckner /thread

Game 3 2009 ALDS Papelbum sucking a mean fat one against the Angels and blowing a 2 run lead with 2 outs and nobody on base in the top of the 9th.


Game 6 in 1986 World Series will never ever ever ever ever be taken over. Roid Sox were 1 strike away from winning the World Series in 68 years. Nobody on base for the Mets and the Scoreboard congratulating the Red Sox on winning the World Series at Shea.
 
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I'd have to say the 2004 ALCS.

Down 3-0 in the series, bottom of the 9th, down 1, 0-2 count, 2 outs, Red Sox pull it out.
Down 3-1 in the series, bottom of the 9th, down 1, 0-2 count, 1 out, Red Sox tie it, pull it out in extra innings
Down 3-2, bloody sock, A-Rod's sissy slap leads to Red Sox win
Game 7, Red Sox domination

The Miracle on Ice, while really special, and probably the greatest sports moment ever, wasn't really a comeback.
 
[quote name='KingBroly']I'd have to say the 2004 ALCS.

Down 3-0 in the series, bottom of the 9th, down 1, 0-2 count, 2 outs, Red Sox pull it out.
Down 3-1 in the series, bottom of the 9th, down 1, 0-2 count, 1 out, Red Sox tie it, pull it out in extra innings
Down 3-2, bloody sock, A-Rod's sissy slap leads to Red Sox win
Game 7, Red Sox domination

The Miracle on Ice, while really special, and probably the greatest sports moment ever, wasn't really a comeback.[/QUOTE]
I was going to say the same thing about the Miracle but stopped myself. It is less of a comeback and more of an amazing accomplishment.
 
[quote name='KingBroly']I'd have to say the 2004 ALCS.

Down 3-0 in the series, bottom of the 9th, down 1, 0-2 count, 2 outs, Red Sox pull it out.
Down 3-1 in the series, bottom of the 9th, down 1, 0-2 count, 1 out, Red Sox tie it, pull it out in extra innings
Down 3-2, bloody sock, A-Rod's sissy slap leads to Red Sox win
Game 7, Red Sox domination

The Miracle on Ice, while really special, and probably the greatest sports moment ever, wasn't really a comeback.[/QUOTE]


sorry but Big Poopi and Man Ram sharing "Milk Shakes" with Fatso Schilling doesn't lead to a great comeback. Just leads to great cheating.
 
[quote name='wildcpac']sorry but Big Poopi and Man Ram sharing "Milk Shakes" with Fatso Schilling doesn't lead to a great comeback. Just leads to great cheating.[/QUOTE]

I think we got a sore Yanks fan who still hasnt gotten over it.
 
[quote name='J7.']The thing about the 2004 ALCS Yankees - Red Sox that lowers it in my opinion is that game 4 they were down and came back, but the other games they of course all started fresh. Yes they were down 0-3. It was a great series comeback, but I prefer huge single or multiple in game comebacks over winning more games in a series.[/QUOTE]

I actually agree with this. Yeah, I'm a Yankee fan, so yeah, I'm biased. But after Game 4, the Yanks lost all their momentum, the bats completely disappeared, and we had to put our faith in Kevin Brown. Nothing good was going to come out of that. It was a great accomplishment for the Sox, but the 04 Yankees had terrible pitching. They had no business being up 3-0 on the Sox in the first place.

Honestly, I think the Bills comeback from 35-3 in the 2nd half with their backup QB is pretty damn amazing. There's absolutely no excuse for a football team not being able to hold that lead for less than two quarters. Watching that Youtube video, it's mind blowing how wide open Andre Reed and Don Beebe were getting. It's like Houston was trying to lose.
 
[quote name='TheRock88']I think we got a sore Yanks fan who still hasnt gotten over it.[/QUOTE]


Over it? Never happened. Sorry but a team full of Roiders doesn't count as a great comeback. Especially when the Roiders came up huge in the last 4 "wins". Nothing but an asterisk. 1918 and 92 years and counting.

Pretty funny that the Roid Sox fans will never ever ever mention Game 6 of the 86 World Series or game 3 of the 2009 ALDS. Watching Papelbum exploded and get booed off the mound was priceless.
 
[quote name='wildcpac']Doesn't count. Schilling, Big Poopi and Man Ram were all cheaters and instrumental in the "comeback".


2003 Game 7 ALCS with Pedro's Meltdown and Aaron Bleeping Boone.

Game 6 1986 World Series. Mookie Wilson, Billy Buckner /thread

Game 3 2009 ALDS Papelbum sucking a mean fat one against the Angels and blowing a 2 run lead with 2 outs and nobody on base in the top of the 9th.


Game 6 in 1986 World Series will never ever ever ever ever be taken over. Roid Sox were 1 strike away from winning the World Series in 68 years. Nobody on base for the Mets and the Scoreboard congratulating the Red Sox on winning the World Series at Shea.[/QUOTE]

You lose any credibility, because you have blinders on about the Red Sox and steroids. Its ok for the Yankees to use roids and win World Series, but the minute the Red Sox have players linked to roids, anything they accomplished is tainted. You can't have it both ways, you either hate roids or you don't.

[quote name='wildcpac']sorry but Big Poopi and Man Ram sharing "Milk Shakes" with Fatso Schilling doesn't lead to a great comeback. Just leads to great cheating.[/QUOTE]

Because being fat is cheating? What about David Wells in New York, he was fat then too. And pitched a perfect game, I believe, as a Yankee. So by your own admission, he cheated since he was fat.

[quote name='wildcpac']Over it? Never happened. Sorry but a team full of Roiders doesn't count as a great comeback. Especially when the Roiders came up huge in the last 4 "wins". Nothing but an asterisk. 1918 and 92 years and counting.

Pretty funny that the Roid Sox fans will never ever ever mention Game 6 of the 86 World Series or game 3 of the 2009 ALDS. Watching Papelbum exploded and get booed off the mound was priceless.[/QUOTE]

And its funny how you fail to mention the Yankees had/have tainted players. A Rod admitted to taking Roids, but yet their 2009 World Series isn't tainted? Yeah, right. Even if he stopped, the effects of what it did are still there.

In '86, I was 2, so it didn't matter to me. And yes, Papelbon did choke, in the ALDS. Mo choked in the bottom of the 9th in the ALCS. It's just funny how biased you are against the Red Sox. That's all you are, biased against them and not roids. If you were against roids, you'd have no choice but to admit that every team that did well can be attributed to steroids over the last decade or 2 at least.
 
[quote name='J7.']The Miracle on Ice was really something special.

The thing about the 2004 ALCS Yankees - Red Sox that lowers it in my opinion is that game 4 they were down and came back, but the other games they of course all started fresh. Yes they were down 0-3. It was a great series comeback, but I prefer huge single or multiple in game comebacks over winning more games in a series. And ya I love the Sox and hate the Yankees. It's still one of the best comebacks of all time though.[/QUOTE]
The Sox were down by 2 runs in the 8th inning of Game 5 with Rivera pitching and they still came back to win. Tim Wakefield pitched the last 3 innings and got the win after taking one for the team in Game 3. It wasn't just Game 4.
 
[quote name='slickkill77']Ehh that happens all the time.

Rays pitcher Jason Isringhausen leaves the field as the Indians come out of the dugout to celebrate winning 11-10 in the ninth inning. AP photo]
The Rays had taken a 10-0 lead in the fourth, giving David Price a nice cushion, but the largest collapse in club history included seven runs in the ninth, six with two outs. In the rally, Rays relievers walked five, with veteran Jason Isringhausen walking three, one with the bases loaded, before giving up the two-run single to Martinez.[/QUOTE]
Not really, the Rays weren't the best team in the league that would go on to break the record for most wins in a season and a 12 run lead hadn't been overcome in over 75 years, so there was quite a bit more to that comeback than that. They only overcame an eight run lead, not twelve, so it's not even close to being the same thing.
 
My point is that kind of thing does happen a lot though regardless if it was 8 or 12 runs and there was no significant meaning to that game. Plus the Indians were one of the worst teams in the league. They went down 10-0. and they were down 10-2 in the bottom of the eighth. So they had one less inning. They were down 10-3 with 4 outs to go.

A few years ago the Rays blew a 6 run lead in the ninth inning. They used 6 pitchers to get only 2 outs and lost the game. So I wouldn't call something like that the greatest comeback ever. A big comeback yes but not even close to the greatest ever
 
Liverpool coming back from a 3-0 deficit against AC Milan to win the Champions League final in Istanbul in 2005.

Period.
 
[quote name='slickkill77']My point is that kind of thing does happen a lot though regardless if it was 8 or 12 runs and there was no significant meaning to that game. Plus the Indians were one of the worst teams in the league. They went down 10-0. and they were down 10-2 in the bottom of the eighth. So they had one less inning. They were down 10-3 with 4 outs to go.

A few years ago the Rays blew a 6 run lead in the ninth inning. They used 6 pitchers to get only 2 outs and lost the game. So I wouldn't call something like that the greatest comeback ever. A big comeback yes but not even close to the greatest ever[/QUOTE]
Nobody's saying the Rays game was the best ever. The Indians/Seattle game was one of the best single game comebacks ever in MLB history, as it's only happened three times in over 100 years of competition. This thread is about the best comebacks ever, not finding the one and only greatest and obsessing over that.

Would you diminish the Yankees/Red Sox 2004 ALCS comeback when they also came back from being down 3-1 against the Indians a couple of years ago? It happens all the time, right?
 
[quote name='wildcpac']Doesn't count. Schilling, Big Poopi and Man Ram were all cheaters and instrumental in the "comeback".


2003 Game 7 ALCS with Pedro's Meltdown and Aaron Bleeping Boone.

Game 6 1986 World Series. Mookie Wilson, Billy Buckner /thread

Game 3 2009 ALDS Papelbum sucking a mean fat one against the Angels and blowing a 2 run lead with 2 outs and nobody on base in the top of the 9th.


Game 6 in 1986 World Series will never ever ever ever ever be taken over. Roid Sox were 1 strike away from winning the World Series in 68 years. Nobody on base for the Mets and the Scoreboard congratulating the Red Sox on winning the World Series at Shea.[/QUOTE]


Wow..who fucked this kids mother? Never seen such a Sox hater in all my life...
 
The Eli Manning drive in the last 2 minutes against the Pats in Superbowl 42. "The Catch" by Tyree, Samuel just missing an INT, Steve Smith with a huge first down, Plaxico in the endzone. That comeback stopped perfection and but a huge chink in the Bellicheat and Brady armor. The Pats organization still hasn't comeback from that loss.
 
[quote name='cruster']Liverpool coming back from a 3-0 deficit against AC Milan to win the Champions League final in Istanbul in 2005.

Period.[/QUOTE]

I don't think we're going to get along.
 
[quote name='KingBroly']I'd have to say the 2004 ALCS.

Down 3-0 in the series, bottom of the 9th, down 1, 0-2 count, 2 outs, Red Sox pull it out.
Down 3-1 in the series, bottom of the 9th, down 1, 0-2 count, 1 out, Red Sox tie it, pull it out in extra innings
Down 3-2, bloody sock, A-Rod's sissy slap leads to Red Sox win
Game 7, Red Sox domination

The Miracle on Ice, while really special, and probably the greatest sports moment ever, wasn't really a comeback.[/QUOTE]
You summed it up better than I did.

What people forget, is that the Yankees were 3 outs away from sweeping the series with Mariano Rivera on the mound, then Kevin Millar works a walk, Dave Roberts pinch runs and steals 2nd, then Billy Mueller drives him home to tie the game. Against the greatest closer of all time.

Then in Game 5, they were 6 outs away from winning the series with Rivera on the mound again.

Greatest comeback of all time and definitely the greatest LCS of all time.

By the way, Bill Mueller absolutely owned Mariano Rivera. Very underappreciated player and still my favorite.
 
[quote name='wildcpac']The Eli Manning drive in the last 2 minutes against the Pats in Superbowl 42. "The Catch" by Tyree, Samuel just missing an INT, Steve Smith with a huge first down, Plaxico in the endzone. That comeback stopped perfection and but a huge chink in the Bellicheat and Brady armor. The Pats organization still hasn't comeback from that loss.[/QUOTE]

Pats are fine. It's kind of hard to come back the very next year when you lose your best player and have to use a quarterback who had pretty much never even played in college. Pats still had a very good record that year.

This year Brady was comeback player of the year bringing Pats into the playoffs despite 3 broken ribs, a shoulder injury, and a broken finger on his throwing hand, Randy Moss playing with a separated shoulder, the older players going their ways, and losing Welker at the end.
 
Yeah the Red Sox comeback was amazing, and I won't rehash that as many have beaten me to it, but as a Phillies fan I feel like their run in September of 2007 to reach the playoffs above the Mets deserves an honorable mention, not only because of the fact that they came back from 7 games down with 17 games left, but also because they did it to make their first playoff berth since 1993.
 
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