Best Posts: Worst losses as a fan?

redsoxx · Oct 28, 2015

Oct 28, 2015
What are yours? I'm gonna go with 1 from each of the major(American) sports.

I've seen my teams have a lot of success in the last 13-14 years, but you can't win em all and when you're in the big games you are bound for a couple heartbreakers.

2003 ALCS game 7 walk off by Aaron Boone. This was a bad one, the Sox were still in the middle of their curse. Normally I would take Pedro Martinez being spotted 4 runs 100 out of 100 times, but Grady Little leaving him in there in the 8th is the reason they lost.

Blackhawks vs Bruins Game 6 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals. Up 2-1 looking like they're headed to Chicago for game 7. They tie it with 1:16 left and win it 18 seconds later, brutal.

David Tyree miracle play at SB 42. Derailed the best season of all time. I still don't know how Eli avoided the sack there. Worst loss of all time probably.

Celtics vs Lakers game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals, up 13 in the 3rd quarter the Celtics should have won this game. I'm still unsure of exactly how the Lakers shot 22 free throws in the 4th quarter, but that's another story. It sucks that this team didn't win 2, I would have really liked their chances in 09 if KG didn't get hurt, worst case scenario we would have gotten Lakers/Celtics 3 straight Finals'...

Honorable mentions:

SB 46 against the Giants, Welker a tough but makeable play to win the game but dropped it.

2010 EC Semi Finals against the Flyers. Up 3-0 in the series and then collapsed. Bruins were even up 3-0 in game 7, but obviously blew that lead as well.

2006 AFC championship against the Colts. Up 21-6 at halftime and blew the lead, Colts go on to beat the Bears and win the Super Bowl.

Super Bowl 31, getting blown out by the Packers. I had just turned 7 so I don't have the fondest memory nor was I as invested, but I do remember being devestated.

Others:

Finally losing to Lebron after he went to Miami(because he realized he couldn't beat the Celtics in Cleveland.

Losing to the Jets in the playoffs(self explanatory)

Losing to the Habs in the playoffs(again self explanatory)