Greatest Chokes in Sports

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-Digger's Daily-

Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard Around the World", Willie Mays "The Catch" & John Elway's "The Drive" are just three in hundreds of sports most memorable plays.
Sometimes, the most memorable plays become players worst nightmares. Here's my list of biggest chokes in sports:

2004 New York Yankees - 3 games to 0 lead lose ALCS to Boston Red Sox. Sox go on to win first World Series in 86 years.

1986 Boston Red Sox - on verge of breaking "The Curse", final out for World Series Win goes thru Bill Buckner's legs. Sox lose Game 6 then surrender 3-0 lead in Game 7 to WS winning New York Mets.

1996 Greg Norman, Masters - Norman held a commanding 6 stroke lead heading into Sunday's final round. He was horrendous and quickly hit everything except fairways and greens. Shot 78 in round to finish 5 strokes behind winner Nick Faldo.

1993 Houston Oilers - 32 point halftime lead vs Buffalo in NFL Playoffs. Bills won in OT, 41-38.

2003 Chicago Cubs - NLCS, 3 games to 1 lead, 6 outs away from playing in World Series... Cubs lose game and series. Bartman is born.

1993 Jana Novotna, Wimbledon - Leading 5 games to 1 in the 3rd (final) set vs Steffi Graf she blew the lead and match. Visibly shaken, she double faulted four times on the way to Wimbledon's biggest choke.

1951 Brooklyn Dodgers - NL's top team held a 13 1/2 game lead in August before blowing it and a one game playoff vs New York Giants. Bobby Thomson's game winning home run became known as "The Shot Heard Around the World."

2007 New York Mets - A 7 game lead with 17 to go wasn't nearly enough for New York. Mets lost 6 of final 7 games (all at home) to finish one game behind Philadelphia. NY would blow another September lead in 2008.

1984 Chicago Cubs - Trying to win their first WS since 1909, Cubs led San Diego 2 games to 0 in best of 5. Chicago loses 3 straight... the curse lives on.

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