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1988 Arena Bowl at the Joe

1. NCAA Championship MSU/Florida 2000

2. Game 4 ALDS Tigers/Yankees 2006

3. .??? Cold War or deciding game in first round of Pistons playoffs 2002

In terms of personal significance, I would also add to the list 2009 Pistons/Knicks at MSG. My little brother graduated that night in NY and is a huge Pistons fan. I took him to the game and we blew them out. Stuckey dropped 50 on them.

2008 MSU/UM football in Ann Arbor is on the list too.

The 2000 Elite Eight game vs. Iowa St. (Toughest game of the championship run) That alley oop from Cleaves to Peterson... chills

Little Giants.

Rocket.

Three of the Final Fours we have been in. The best was in Indy when we won the championship!

1966 city championship
Polk High v Andrew Johnson High

Some Bundy kid dominated with 4 touchdowns.

2006 World Series Game 5 (Cards clinch over Tigers in STL)
2004 NBA Finals Game 4 (Pistons victory over Lakers - should have been the clincher...)
2005 Final Four (MSU lost to UNC)

And the most significant/meaningful game to me was seeing the Tigers & Giants play on Father's day in 2005 with my Dad and Grandpa. (Tiger's won on a walk-off HR in 10th)

I was also at this one. I was pretty embarassed but my favorite part of that day was being out at the bar afterwards. There were all these idiots with buckeye necklaces on over XXXL OSU jerseys standing around trying to soak up the misery of the vanquished. Unfortunately for them, that was the same day as Magglio's walk-off, so when that happened, the bar erupted into celebration, "Eye of the Tiger" on the Jukebox, and these fuckholes are looking around with confused expressions like "why are all of these people so happy? Their football team just got it's shit pushed in." Great day all around. Final nail in John L's coffin and the Tigers go to the world series.

Most significant non championship events I have been too are:

Just a second
Tanana beats Key 1-0 in 1987 regular season game to decide the AL East
Little Giants
Rocket Play
Mike Utley Thumbs Up Game

Kenny Rogers game in the ALDS. If you were there, you understand. It's when Comerica Park became Comerica Park.

2006 World Series Game 2
2009 Final Four
1997 Stanley Cup Finals Game 4
1997 Ohio State v. Michigan
2003 Fiesta Bowl National Championship Game
1993 Qualifying day at Michigan International Speedway. (Mario Andretti set the then-world closed-course speed record of 234.275 mph at age 53.) My Dad took me, I was 8 years old and got my picture taken with Mario and Bobby Rahal afterwards. Later that year, I got to sit in the race car that broke the record.