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Watching people fall down

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FAT GUY TOUCHDOWN.

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It took two minutes for the most egregious possible oversight in this list to be noted.

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Little league home runs are the best part of MLB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDRlntS1A5M

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It's the only time in baseball when you yell GO GO GO GO GO at the TV.

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In swimming, when someone has clearly had the race of their life and they look up at the times, fail to believe any of it, tear off their goggles to get a better view, then basically sink with surprise at their success.

Alternate, meaner, answer: in diving, the look on the faces of the line of divers waiting to go when the person already in the lead absolutely nails their hardest dive and puts everyone else on extreme notice.

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Is there a category for Jadeveon Clowney-versus-Michigan-style hits? The kind where the whole stadium just stares in open-mouthed shock and then turns as one to watch the replay (and gasp again)?

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Oh definitely. I feel like this is a cousin to the kick return one, though, in the "you feel bad about loving it but you still love it" sense.

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