The Most Dominant Performances in Sports

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Awesome article... I had forgotten about some of these.

http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/06/24/t ... ?hpt=hp_c2

What would YOU add to the list?


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AZhitman wrote:Awesome article... I had forgotten about some of these.

http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/06/24/t ... ?hpt=hp_c2

What would YOU add to the list?
a few

Dan Gable: winning a gold medal in wrestling without losing a single point was an amazing feat, don't believe it was ever repeated.

Mark Spitz 1972 olympics 7 gold swimming medals, 7 world records, about as dominating a performance as you can get in one sport, until you get to:

Michael Phelps who won 9 gold medals in one olympics.

Don Larsen's pitching a perfect game in the 1956 World Series (only one ever I believe)

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I had completely forgotten about Gable. :tisk: Spitz in Munich immediately came to mind though, but then I'm from Bloomington so he's a hometown favourite. ;) And with cycling being so popular in B'town I'll segue into...

Eddy Merckx in the 1969 Tour de France. He not only won the Yellow Jersey, but also the Green Jersey (Points Classification) and the Polka-Dot Jersey (King of the Mountains) - this feat has never been duplicated in the Tour de France. He also won six individual stages, including a mountain stage by a staggering 8 minutes after riding alone for over 140km. Merckx held the Yellow jersey from stage 6 all the way to the finish in Paris. His overall margin of victory at the end of the 22 stage race was 17 minutes and 54 seconds - the largest winning margin in Tour de France history. This was also his first Tour de France and the first of his five overall wins.

Even now, knowing the history and Merckx's impressive list of wins and records this stands far above anything else he or any other cyclist has done.

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BusyBadger wrote:I had completely forgotten about Gable. :tisk: Spitz in Munich immediately came to mind though, but then I'm from Bloomington so he's a hometown favourite. ;) And with cycling being so popular in B'town I'll segue into...

Eddy Merckx in the 1969 Tour de France. He not only won the Yellow Jersey, but also the Green Jersey (Points Classification) and the Polka-Dot Jersey (King of the Mountains) - this feat has never been duplicated in the Tour de France. He also won six individual stages, including a mountain stage by a staggering 8 minutes after riding alone for over 140km. Merckx held the Yellow jersey from stage 6 all the way to the finish in Paris. His overall margin of victory at the end of the 22 stage race was 17 minutes and 54 seconds - the largest winning margin in Tour de France history. This was also his first Tour de France and the first of his five overall wins.

Even now, knowing the history and Merckx's impressive list of wins and records this stands far above anything else he or any other cyclist has done.

Merckx is a good one. A couple more that come to my mind:

Eric Heiden: 5 gold medals at the 1980 Olympics, set 4 Olympic records plus a world record.

Bob Beamon's world record long jump in 1968. A record that stood for 23 yrs.

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Schumacher had a pretty good run.

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A couple come to mind right off the bat.

These are not individual performances, rather, team oriented.

1. Superbowl XXVII January 1993

The Dallas Cowboys completely dismantled a very, very good/capable Buffalo Bills team that made it to 4 straight Superbowls.

The score should have been 59-10, but, Leon Lett’s silly celebration and the refs completely missing/blowing the call when Frank Reich threw the Bills’ last touchdown pass, he was clearly passed/over the line of scrimmage, made the final score 52-17.

2. Also, the 1998 Yankees were a steamrolling machine that was on a mission from the get go. Probably the best baseball team I’ve ever seen in one season. I would root against them but couldn’t help admire their focus. Incredible run.

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And since I just got finished watching the game and watching the highlights again on my DVR...

Albert Pujols in Game 3 of the 2011 World Series...going 5 for 6, 3 Home Runs and 6 RBIs

I can remember Reggie Jackson back in 1977 going yard three times and it was amazing then, took 34 years for someone to do it again.

I sure hope St. Louis can keep Albert around once the season is over.

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BusyBadger wrote:And since I just got finished watching the game and watching the highlights again on my DVR...

Albert Pujols in Game 3 of the 2011 World Series...going 5 for 6, 3 Home Runs and 6 RBIs

I can remember Reggie Jackson back in 1977 going yard three times and it was amazing then, took 34 years for someone to do it again.

I sure hope St. Louis can keep Albert around once the season is over.

I'd say Albert confirmed his spot in Cooperstown with that performance alone. There aren't many teams that can afford him at this point. Hopefully he'll be more like Cliff Lee who took a few less million to play for the team he wants (which I imagine would be the Cards).

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Ayrton Senna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MAvSZPH ... re=related
First lap at Donington in the rain.

And his 1984 Monaco GP race in the wet.

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Senna the best PERIOD. :yesnod

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This is always great to watch

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BynBZNiE9EA[/youtube]

I was also going to mention Phelps and Schumacher. How about Hamilton as well, the rookie that almost dominated the vet's

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alms24sebring wrote:This is always great to watch...
What comes around goes around I suppose, weren't the Skins playing the Boys when he ruptured his Achilles tendon...the injury that eventually ended his career when he was cut by the Giants next year? ;)

I'm not a Boys fan - after the way Tom Landry was treated I can't like the team in any way until Jerry Jones is gone, but I do admire both Aikman and Emmitt Smith. The brain trust at Dallas thought Aikman was a draft bust after his first couple of seasons, so much so that they said they should have kept Steve Walsh instead of Aikman and people throughout Smith's football life told him that he was too small.

And since you seem to be a Skins fan in search of a harrowing quarterback injury shouldn't we be rolling that clip of Joe Theisman? :lolling:

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Seb Vettle had a dominant performance this season.


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