Weirdest thing you ever saw at a sporting event

[maz]

What is the weirdest, funniest thing you ever saw at a sporting event?

Was it an old usher trying to dance?

Was it a foul ball landing in somebody's drink?

Any wierd, funny, or out of the ordinary thing you ever saw at a sporting event, post it here!

[BJ Sands]

I was at a Phillies game at the Vet in 1997 and they showed a guy on the Jumbotron sitting by himself. He didn't like the attention, and flipped the camera off. Priceless. I have never seen that since.

[Ez Street]

Many of you already know of my experience the night Owen Hart died.

Nothing will trump that in the Weird/Sad/Horrible/Gut-Wrenching Department.

[slapshot]

Many of you already know of my experience the night Owen Hart died.

Nothing will trump that in the Weird/Sad/Horrible/Gut-Wrenching Department.

Thank you, Captain Bringdown.

I once saw Bob Stanley get ejected from a Red Sox game, and after the ejection he threw his glove at the umpire.

I've also seen all the AHL mascots involved in some kind of on-ice dance contest.

[maz]

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[zer0dotcom]

Many of you already know of my experience the night Owen Hart died.

Nothing will trump that in the Weird/Sad/Horrible/Gut-Wrenching Department.

I don't think many moments could come close to watching another human being actually die in front of you. I've never seen the clip myself, and refuse to look it up in order to respect the person Owen was.

Mine was at an Oshawa Generals game in the mid 1990's. Wwe were playing the dreaded Peterborough Petes. At one point, Marc Savard took posession of hte puck in the neutral zone and was skating in, and everyone kind of stoped, like the ref blew the whistle. But the ref didn't. Savard diked around one defenceman, the second 'woke up' and made an attempt to stop him, but Savard but it between his legs, then managed to score a goal. it was something else to watch him just walk through two defenceman and pull the goalie out of his boots. Thats the moment I became a hardcore Savard fan.

[maz]

Im sure many pirates fans share my experience at witnessing the {now fired} pirates manager Lloyd McClendon literally steal first after being ejected. Even though its impossible to steal first as a play.

[winghaz]

On TV: No question. The Cal-Stanford game when the Cal player ran into the Stanford trombone player for the winning touchdown.

In person, a tie:

1. At the College World Series, and a foul ball was hit a few rows behind me. I see this guy holding out his cap to reach for the ball. Then I heard him yell, "SH--!" and the next thing I saw was his cap ripped to shreds from the ball going right through it.

2. My mom and dad were snowbirds in Arizona in the early 1980s. They flew me down from North Dakota for Christmas, and my dad got tickets for the Fiesta Bowl, then held on Christmas Day, between Ohio State and Penn State. It was about 65 degrees before the game, and my dad and I were sitting there in short-sleeved shirts. A guy right behind us was wearing an Air Force parka. My dad turned around to him and said, "Expecting a blizzard?" The whole row, including the guy in the Air Force parka, burst into laughter.

[BJ Sands]

Even though its impossible to steal first as a play.

Except if you're AJ Pierzynski

[maz]

2. My mom and dad were snowbirds in Arizona in the early 1980s. They flew me down from North Dakota for Christmas, and my dad got tickets for the Fiesta Bowl, then held on Christmas Day, between Ohio State and Penn State. It was about 65 degrees before the game, and my dad and I were sitting there in short-sleeved shirts. A guy right behind us was wearing an Air Force parka. My dad turned around to him and said, "Expecting a blizzard?" The whole row, including the guy in the Air Force parka, burst into laughter.

Not to disrespect your dad or anything but...

[Brass]

Many of you already know of my experience the night Owen Hart died.

Nothing will trump that in the Weird/Sad/Horrible/Gut-Wrenching Department.

I don't think many moments could come close to watching another human being actually die in front of you. I've never seen the clip myself, and refuse to look it up in order to respect the person Owen was.

I don't believe there is any ACTUAL footage of him falling.

[FiddySicks]

Was it an old usher trying to dance?

Ive accually got a funny story about that. I work as a mascot for the Sacramento Rivercats and theres this old usher named Howard who everyone calls crazy legs because he always dances in between innings to Cotton Eyed Joe. I started dancing with him an my gorilla suit and it became such a hit that it turned into an actual part of the entertainment when i was working. Thats not really the wierd part of it though. Last October when i was at the Niners Bucs game i saw an old peanut vendor dancing and joked to my dad that it reminded me of Howard, and whattya know, when he turned around it was him.

[rmered]

I was at an AFL (Aussie Football) game and the Bulldogs mascot went nuts.

He started off trying to get into a fight with the Bomber mascot.

The Bomber mascot wanted nothing to do with it, so the Bulldog mascot goes over to a kid in the crowd, and takes his flag.

He then wipes his backside with the flag.

The Bomber mascot starts yelling at him, and walks in his direction.

The Bulldog mascot knocked the Bomber mascot over, then starts humping the Bomber mascot.

But not for a second. He had to get pulled off by people who were helping him around the ground. He must have been doing it for a full two minutes (which is a long time for mascots to hump each other), while the Bomber mascot was trying to get back to his feet. When he was struggling to get to his feet, the Dog was making like a cowboy riding a bull, all while making thrusting movements.

You asked for strange. Ladies and Gentlemen, that was as strange as anything I've ever seen.

At the end of the season the Bulldog mascot got fired and it turned out he was doing this sort of stuff every week.

He got fired because other clubs complained. His own club thought it was "entertaining".

[NJTank]

Opening Day at Shea 2005 The Batters eye which between inninsg has ad got stuck ona billboard with Pedro Martinez and it took 15 minute sto get it back

[Cyclopsis Joe]

Doug flutie drop kicking a ball?

[Camden Crazy]

I was at a Phillies-Expos game in 2001 at the Vet, and a guy did 2 laps around the empty upper deck. Can't say I've seen that done anywhere else.

[FiddySicks]

Opening Day at Shea 2005 The Batters eye which between inninsg has ad got stuck ona billboard with Pedro Martinez and it took 15 minute sto get it back

I have no idea what you just said...

[LMU]

I went to a Kings-Blues game in their last year at the Forum. In one night, witnessed a 5 minute brawl, was put on the jumbotron, AND was honored with the privledge of witnessing Pat Sajak running to his seat after showing up quite late.

[FightinIrish11]

Doug flutie drop kicking a ball?

haha, that made me laugh. i guess you dont see that too often. eh?

off the top of my head i can think of two occassions of strange or out of the ordinary things happening. first, when you hand out beads to drunk girls in the nosebleeds the week before mardi gras, what do you expect to happen? i believe it was 2001, blues hosting the bruins a couple days before fat tuesday. all the fans got budweiser mardi gras beads, and during a t.v. time out in the second period, we're lookin at this girl standing up and making a scene, then next thing ya know..... she showed her goods, which is also the best way to describe them at the time, me only being a freshman in highschool. ha

my second one, this occurs at about every blues game now, but when cotton eyed joe plays, two guys come down the steps of the Top Shelf Restaraunt onto these two platforms within perfect view of the rest of the savvis center, and they do their little jig until the end of the song and the game goes on.

[Alphabet Man]

I was at an AFL (Aussie Football) game and the Bulldogs mascot went nuts.

He started off trying to get into a fight with the Bomber mascot.

The Bomber mascot wanted nothing to do with it, so the Bulldog mascot goes over to a kid in the crowd, and takes his flag.

He then wipes his backside with the flag.

The Bomber mascot starts yelling at him, and walks in his direction.

The Bulldog mascot knocked the Bomber mascot over, then starts humping the Bomber mascot.

But not for a second. He had to get pulled off by people who were helping him around the ground. He must have been doing it for a full two minutes (which is a long time for mascots to hump each other), while the Bomber mascot was trying to get back to his feet. When he was struggling to get to his feet, the Dog was making like a cowboy riding a bull, all while making thrusting movements.

You asked for strange. Ladies and Gentlemen, that was as strange as anything I've ever seen.

At the end of the season the Bulldog mascot got fired and it turned out he was doing this sort of stuff every week.

He got fired because other clubs complained. His own club thought it was "entertaining".

haha

mascots are always takign flags from people i nthe crowd....the Collingwood (Magpie) ones annoy me cos they like have a whole magpie family.....the Kangaroos one is a pain in the arse he grabs a policemans chair palces it in front of the Saints Cheer Squad, and sits on it and gives ya the old off sign.....the KAngaroos do a few weird things pre-game includign that strip club thing (or thats wat it seemed like) act before the Saints game a few years back

strangest thign i have ever seen....umpire marking (catching) the ball during the Saints- Freo game in 99, then Gavin Mitchell of the Saints then tackles the umpy!