In case you missed it, the ball game played Tuesday night was the longest All-Star game ever played in MLB. The game was just ten minutes shy of five hours. If you include the grueling long parade through the Bronx and the show put on before the starters were introduced, the entire All-Star experience lasted longer than 12-hours. But the game had it all. Four Hall of Fame Yankees delivered first pitches to four current Yankees. Boo's were directed toward Red Sox. Three AL players tossed out at home. J.D. Drew's game tying homer. Dan Uggla's record setting three error performance. And Justin Morneau's game winning slide into the plate. This was the game that we've all dreamt about playing in as kids growing up. It almost seemed like "The House that Ruth Built" was telling us that it didn't want to let us go. Until hours later, it finally did. These are the Top Ten finishes in sports.

10. Kirk Gibson, Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.


With, who some would say, the best reliever in the history of baseball, Dennis Eckersley, on the mound fending off Dodgers batters to protect Oakland's one-run lead, a busted-up Kirk Gibson grabbed a bat and hobbled his way to the plate. Gibson wasn't supposed to make an appearance in the entire series due to his shot knee. When he got to the plate, he worked the count full, and then took a slider into the seats to win the game. It was Gibson's only at bat the entire series.
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9. Joe Carter, Game 6 of the 1993 World Series.

Being the highest-paid player at $5.5 million in 1993, Joe Carter was supposed to do things like this. Coming into the game for what would be his final at bat of the year, Carter was batting just .250 in the post season, which was .004 lower than his regular season total. But what he did with that final at bat, a three-run dinger, turned out to be one of baseballs two series clinching walk-off round trippers.
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8. Boston College vs. Miami, November 23, 1984.

An up-and-down, up-and-down roller coaster of a football game. B.C. QB Doug Flutie tossed a touchdown. Miami QB Bernie Kosar tossed a touchdown. Between the two future NFL-ers, they went 59-84 for 919 yards and 5 TD's. And right to the end, nobody knew who was gonna win this game. Well, not until Flutie launched a pass nearly 70 yards to Gerald Phelan who caught it for the score. http://www.footballvideos.com/bc%20miami%2084%20phelan%20catch.gif

7. Buffalo Bills vs. Houston Oilers, January 3, 1993.

When the dancing queens took to the field at half-time,the Bills were down 25-points. When the game resumed after the half, the Oilers added a quick TD to up the score to 35-3. But something happened. Not really sure what it was, but it did. With future Hall of Famers Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas on the DL, the Buffalo back-ups were going to have to win the game. It seemed impossible. But somehow, they accomplished their goal. In seven minutes, the Bills scored four TD's and forced the game into OT. Buffalo won 41-38. http://webgalaxe.com/sports/NFL/Bills/bills.jpg

6. Harold Baines, White Sox vs. Brewers, 1984.

This game was nothing special. Just a regular old ball game. Except for the fact that it had more innings in it than three games combined. In the bottom of the 25th inning, Baines trotted to the plate and belted the game winning shot to beat the Brewers 7-6.
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5. Tennessee Titans vs. Buffalo Bills, January 8, 2000.

The game with the "Music City Miracle." With the Titans ahead by two-points with 1:48 to go, Buffalo QB Rob Johnson led the Bills on a 37-yard drive with no timeouts and wearing only one shoe because he lost it a few plays earlier and didn't want to lose time from the clock to put it back on. With 16 clicks left, Steve Christie split the uprights from 41-yards out and put Buffalo ahead 16-15. But the ensuing kickoff was when the magic happened. Tennessee's Lorenzo Neal caught the incoming ball and handed it off to Frank Wycheck. Wycheck then lateraled the pigskin across the field to Kevin Dyson. Dyson then scooted 75-yards for the game winning six.
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4. University of California vs. Stanford, November 20, 1982.

Cal was ahead 19-17 very late in the fourth. Cardinal QB John Elway moved the ball into field goal range for place kicker Mark Harmon. But instead of letting the clock tick-tock, tick-tock down a couple two-tree more seconds, Elway called a time out with eight seconds left in the game. If he let the clock tick, the play following Harmon's 35-yard kick, most likely, would have never had the chance to happen. With four ticks left on the clock, Stanford kicked off from the 25-yard line instead of the 40 because of penalties issued after Harmon's kick for celebration, with a 20-19 lead. Cal's Kevion Moen picked up Harmon's squib kick and began scrambling. He then lateraled the ball to Richard Rodgers. Rodgers gave up quick and tossed it to Dwight Garner. Garner ran for five yards until being met by five Stanford ballers. On his way to the grass, he flipped the ball back over to Rodgers. While Rodgers made the catch, a group of Stanford players and the ENTIRE band stormed the field to celebrate the win because they all thought that Garner was tackled before lateraling. But the game wasn't over. Rodgers raced to the right and then toward the middle of the field where other Cal players were waiting for the next pitch of the ball. Rodgers tossed it to Mariet Ford who was in full 100-yard dash mode. But all 144 members of the Stanford band had moved through the South end zone, the end zone that Cal was trying to get to, and stood at the 20-yard line. dashing around trumpet players and sax blowers, Ford was met by three Stanford players. And as he fell forward, he put up a blind lateral over his shoulder. And the man who started this whole mess, Kevin Moen, caught the ball at the 25-yard line and charged forward to the end zone where he scored the games winning touch down and celebrated by running right into Stanford trombone player Gary Tyrell. http://events.berkeley.edu/images/user_uploads/0_calbanddrum.jpg

3. Game 6, 1998 NBA Finals.

In case you didn't know, the Chicago Bulls have never let the NBA Finals go to a game 7. And with the great one playing in the game, 1998 wasn't gonna be the year that they did have a game7. With 41 seconds left in the game, John Stockton sank a clutch 3-pointer to give the Jazz a three point lead. Some players saw a victory for the Jazz. The fans in Utah saw a loss to the Bulls. But Jordan didn't see the end of the game. He made an easy layup to cut the lead to one. And then he stole the rock from Karl Malone and drove on Bryon Russell. He jumped in the air from 20-feet away and let the ball fly. A hush came over the Delta Center. Not sure anybody even was breathing as they watched that beautiful shot as it neared the hoop. With 5.2 seconds left, the Bulls were ahead 87-86. And 5.3 seconds later they had their sixth championship in eight years. http://www.nandotimes.com/nt/images/jordan/jordan6.jpeg

2. 2008 All-Star game

You watched it. You know how it went down. The best All-Star game. Ever. http://www.mlbroadtrip.com/images/photos/august/week5/yankeefront36.jpg

1. Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox, Game 7, 2008.
Whatever the score. Whoever the winner. Wouldn't it be somethin'?
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