History LetsGetDangerous / Sports

** The 2016 Indians took this to another level. They had three strong pitchers in former starter Zach [=McAllister=], slider specialist Jeff Manship, and rookie power pitcher Mike Clevinger. However, the meat of their bullpen was contained in "the Big Four". Closer Cody Allen has a really powerful and accurate upper-90's fastball and a nasty 12-6 curveball. Sinker specialist Dan Otero shocked everyone with his 1.53 ERA (#4 among relief pitchers with a minimum 40 innings) in a tremendous comeback after a disastrous 2015 with Oakland. Setup man Bryan Shaw was the workhorse of the bullpen in 2015 and 2016 both, racking up more innings than any reliever in the AL with his Cutter/Slider combination and high speed. However, when the Indians ''really'' wanted to get dangerous, they brought in big lefty Andrew Miller. A 6'7" pitcher with a broad sidearm motion, Miller packs a mid-high 90's fastball with excellent control. His biggest plus is his tremendous wipeout slider, a pitch so unhittable players routinely swing themselves clean off their feet trying to make contact with it. He's been compared to Hall of Famer "Big Unit" Randy Johnson with how overwhelming he is. The thing is, all members of the "Big Four" are capable of setup, closing, or middle relief, and all of them are unselfish and willing to pitch in any role Terry Francona asked of them, meaning that the Indians had a huge amount of options in the crucial late innings. All they really needed to get a victory was to bring in one or two of the "Big Four" in any given game. [[UpToEleven But when they used all four at once?]] Completely undefeated in 2016.

** As of 2017, Ramirez took his danger level UpToEleven by becoming an All-Star starter and finishing 3rd in the American League MVP voting behind monster hitters Jose Altuve and Aaron Judge. Oh, and he was also a Gold Glove finalist. So much for a glove-first shortstop, prospect evaluators!

* Chiefs-Bills, 2022 divisional round and the Bills are up by 3 with only :13 @seconds left. Coach Andy Reid told his QB, Patrick Mahomes, "When things get grim, be the grim reaper."
Mahomes went out and went 2-2, getting in field goal range and taking his team into OT.

** The 2016 Indians took this to another level. They had three strong pitchers in former starter Zach McAllister, slider specialist Jeff Manship, and rookie power pitcher Mike Clevinger. However, the meat of their bullpen was contained in "the Big Four". Closer Cody Allen has a really powerful and accurate upper-90's fastball and a nasty 12-6 curveball. Sinker specialist Dan Otero shocked everyone with his 1.53 ERA (#4 among relief pitchers with a minimum 40 innings) in a tremendous comeback after a disastrous 2015 with Oakland. Setup man Bryan Shaw was the workhorse of the bullpen in 2015 and 2016 both, racking up more innings than any reliever in the AL with his Cutter/Slider combination and high speed. However, when the Indians ''really'' wanted to get dangerous, they brought in big lefty Andrew Miller. A 6'7" pitcher with a broad sidearm motion, Miller packs a mid-high 90's fastball with excellent control. His biggest plus is his tremendous wipeout slider, a pitch so unhittable players routinely swing themselves clean off their feet trying to make contact with it. He's been compared to Hall of Famer "Big Unit" Randy Johnson with how overwhelming he is. The thing is, all members of the "Big Four" are capable of setup, closing, or middle relief, and all of them are unselfish and willing to pitch in any role Terry Francona asked of them, meaning that the Indians had a huge amount of options in the crucial late innings. All they really needed to get a victory was to bring in one or two of the "Big Four" in any given game. [[UpToEleven But when they used all four at once?]] Completely undefeated in 2016.

* The New York Giants, a consistently mediocre team with a consistently mediocre quarterback (Eli Manning) constantly in his brother's shadow have won two Superbowls, both of them over the nigh unbeatable New England Patriots. The second time they not only beat the Patriots, they ruined what had, up to that point, been a perfect season.

* The 2004 Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS against their hated rivals, the Yankees. They were down 0-3 in the series[[note]]a series deficit which no team in baseball history had ''ever'' overcome to this point[[/note]] and it was Game 4 with one inning from being swept, they flipped the switch and got dangerous. It wasn't just one person, it was EVERYBODY from Keith Foulke to Derek Lowe to Bill Mueller to Dave Roberts...heck, even Curtis Leskanic!! Everybody got dangerous and the team [[CrowningMomentofAwesome overcame the deficit and won the ALCS en route to their first World Series title in 86 years]].