Fox Sports: 10 Most Outrageous Moments in Sports History

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What makes a sports moment outrageous? I mean, besides the price of admission, beer and bad hot dogs. Well, for starters, we should be fairly certain we'll never see it again. On that point, I feel safe in saying we'll never see another no-hitter thrown on lysergic acid or a heavyweight title fight interrupted by a parachutist again in our lifetimes. In honor of the Best Damn Sports Show Period's 50 Most Outrageous Moments, here's Dock Ellis, Fan Man and the rest of my top 10.

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3. Cal-Stanford, "The Play"

This would be one of the most outrageous plays in sports history even if it didn't end atop a trombone player. The fact that Kevin Moen flattened Stanford band member Gary Tyrell in the end zone takes it from outrageous to surreal. Of course Stanford fans will tell you the most outrageous aspect of the whole damn thing was that the refs missed one Cal runner's knee touching the ground and an obvious forward lateral on the last, desperation flip. But at least Stanford was spared the cruelest cut. Had Moen been hauled down at the five, the officials were prepared to award the Bears a touchdown on account of the Stanford band's interference. Now that would have been a tough loss.

 

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