Biggest bonehead play in Detroit sports history

[Brent]

what is the biggest bonehead move in Detroit Sports history?



Rasheed leaving Horry wide open at the end of game 5


The Lions leaving Sterling Sharpe wideopen in a playoff loss


any others?

[shabba4detroit]

Bobby Ross going for 2 ....

Marty Morningweg taking the wind ....

Isiah Thomas inbounding the ball to Larry Bird in the 1986 ECF ...

[Oblong]

Osgood coming out too far to clear the pass in the 1994 first round game 7 against the sharks

Evans getting picked off. He was the tying run in game 4 against Minnesota in 1987.

[baseballbruce30]

The Ford family taking controlling interest in the Detroit Lion football franchise.

[Oblong]

Isn't it just William Clay Ford who owns them?

[baseballbruce30]

Originally posted by baseballbruce30
The Ford family taking controlling interest in the Detroit Lion football franchise.

http://www.detroitlions.com/bio.cfm?cont_id=47342

In November 1963, Mr. Ford purchased the team outright for $4.5 million and officially took over the club January 10, 1964.

The 2001 season marked the 38th year of Mr. Ford's sole ownership of the club, and after making additional investments via free agency and shrewd development through the draft, he believes the team will become a title contender.

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[eastside billee]

Higgy getting hit in the head with a fly ball in the outfield..

[Yoda]

U of M isn't techinically in Detroit, but I think the infamous timeout should be on this list.

[Billy Ringo]

Having a football team called Lions. They are not lions, they are pussies.

[djhutch]

The biggest bonehead move in Detroit sports history is replacing Ernie Harwell. Period. End of story.

[baseballbruce30]

Right on Hutch.

I have a terrible one from the ice ...
Worst trade: The Wings have made so many terrible trades over the years that it's hard to pinpoint one as the worst. But the summer 1989 trade they made with St. Louis, swapping Paul MacLean and Adam Oates for Bernie Federko and Tony McKegney stands as one of the colossal blunders in franchise history. Oates went on to have a Hall of Fame career, while McKegney was gone within six months, and Federko retired immediately following his one nondescript year with the Wings.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/columnist/rewind/2004-11-30-hockey-rewind_x.htm

[eastside billee]

Picking up Placido Polanco. Oh no,
you said boneheaded not big headed.

[NUTS]

Evans getting picked off. He was the tying run in game 4 against Minnesota in 1987.

Picked off third no less... oooops

[Oblong]

but that was also the source for one of the best things Detroit sports fans have ever done. His standing ovation the following day.

[Motor City Sonics]

Originally posted by shabba4detroit
Bobby Ross going for 2 ....

Marty Morningweg taking the wind ....




....and don't forget what was almost equally stupid last season.....accepting a penalty to make a 4th down a 3rd down for Minnesota - which gave Duante Culpepper another chance to score - which he did.

Nice job Mooch.

[Motor City Sonics]

Hockey:
Game 2. 1995 Stanley Cup Finals
Sean Burr picking up Scott Nedermeyer's stick and handing it to him. Nedermeyer immediately went down the ice and scored the game clinching goal.


Football:
Germain Crowell in Minnesota catching a pass with about :09 left and refuses to run out of bounds and gets tackled and the clock runs out -- a field goal would have tied the game. IDIOT.


Basketball: The Isiah inbounds was more of a great play by Larry Bird than a bad play by Zeke. The Rasheed leaving Horry open is just too fresh. I would have to say C-Web calling a time out is as idiotic as anything.


Baseball: 2003 - Sanchez on 2nd, 1 out. Fly ball to deep center field. Over the centerfielder's head. He does not catch it, but Dirty runs back to 2nd. Then he runs half way to 3rd, runs two steps to second and realizes the hitter is standing at 2nd base with a double, Dirty is thrown out about 10 feetfrom 3rd base. He never once looked at the third base coach. I was in the second row near the Tigers dugout. As he came back, I went nuts on him and was asked to leave the park. It was worth it. Last year Jason Smith making a series of errors in Colorado. This year Jason Johnson not covering home plate last week in Minnesota. Karim Garcia tripped over seond base - twice (as a Tiger). Fred Lynn (the month he was a Tiger) diving for balls 12 feet away from him. Anytime Chris Brown or Chad Curtis took the field.

[Oblong]

It looks like Burr gave him the stick but he didn't. It got caught in his arm and jersey so it looks like he was holding it for him.

[guy incognito]

Originally posted by Oblong
Evans getting picked off... but that was also the source for one of the best things Detroit sports fans have ever done. His standing ovation the following day.

I'll never forget the warm, goosebumpy feeling that gave me watching it on TV. Definitely sports fandom at its best.