Those were the good ole days. The Yankees could not win in the Kingdome (King Doom) if their life depended on it and you could feel the noise deep in your gut in that place.
Sigh!
I'm more of a football fan than a baseball fan, but game 5 of the '95 ALDS between the Damn Yankees and Mariners is one of the most amazing games I've ever seen in any sport. Seattle refused to lose.
For this list, they had to meet three criteria. It had to be an upset of some significance, and the underdog had to win a close well-played game by both teams. All but maybe #3 qualifies, and that's arguable in that Boston was going up against the Big Red Machine of the 70's. Anyway, the best games ever, IMO:
10. 1980 Winter Olympics, USA vs. USSR in hockey. Do you believe in miracles? YES!!!
9. 2004, Game 6, ALCS, Red Sox vs. Damned Yankees. Schilling's bleeding all over the place but still breaks the Yankees backs. Game 7 was an afterthought.
8. 1998, Super Bowl XXXII, Green Bay vs. Denver. John Elway finally wins the Big One.
7. 1985 NCAA Men's Finals, Georgetown vs. Villanova. One of the biggest upsets of alltime as 'Nova knocks off the Hoyas.
6. Boston College at Miami, 1984. Flutie's Hail Mary.
5. NC State-Houston, NCAA men's basketball final in 1982. The late Jim Valvano running around the court looking for somebody to hug
4. Game 5, 1995 ALCS, Damned Yankees at Seattle
3. Game 6, 1975 World Series, Reds at Red Sox. Carlton Fisk's Body Language Homer.
2. 2006 Rose Bowl, Texas vs. USC. The greatest individual performance I've ever seen in a football game courtesy of Vince Young.
1. 1984 Orange Bowl, Miami vs. Nebraska. Before they were Thug U., Miami was a 17 pt. dog against an 'invincible' Huskers team. I cleaned up on bets in that one. But Tom Osborne had a pair of brass ones between his legs by going for two when a PAT would have resulted in a tie, but won the National Championship...