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18th Jun '13 6:26:46 PM Briguy52748

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** ''{{Jeopardy}}'': While there were numerous close games through the years, one of the best "down to the last play" games came in the midst of Ken Jennings' incredible 74-game run in 2004. The game where he became champion was decided on Final Jeopardy! (he had the lead and bet liberally). On his 49th day, he had a mere $5,000 ($19,700 to $14,800) lead over the second place contestant and had to have the right answer (his opponent was incorrect) to win, which he did. Another of his games saw one of his opponents wager everything on a Daily Double late in Double Jeopardy! and guess correctly, and that opponent briefly took the lead before Jennings reclaimed the lead just before the end of the round; with Jennings leading by less than $2,000, both he and his opponent engaged in a truly dramatic Final Jeopardy! ... with Jennings winning. Finally, Jennings last game saw him hold a slim lead over the woman that finally beat him (thanks to Jennings giving a wrong answer).
** ''TicTacDough'': The use of the special "red" categories frequently led to a showdown for a box that could give either contestant the win upon a correct answer. (In other words, both contestants have two of their mark in a line, and the box both are going for could give either one a tic-tac-toe.)

18th Jun '13 6:13:45 PM Briguy52748

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3rd Jun '13 5:20:08 AM InfinityPlusTwo

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* The infamous "Fail Mary" at the end of the 2012 Monday Night tilt between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks. With the game being officiated by replacements due to the regular officials being locked out by the league, Seahawks QB Russell Wilson launched a desperation pass into the end zone that was grabbed by both Seahawks reciever Golden Tate and Packers defensive back M.D. Jennings. Although Jennings appeared to have control of the ball as the two men fell to the ground, the play was ruled an interception by one official, but a touchdown by another. The play was reviewed, but was unable to be overturned due to having been incorrected ruled a case of simultaneous posession in which the receiver is awarded the catch. And to make it even worse, Tate shoved another Packers player, Sam Shields, to the ground before the ball was caught, which should have been called as offensive pass interference and made whether or not he possessed the ball at the same time as Jennings irrelevant. The ensuing controversy caused so many fans to call the NFL commissioner's office that the line was disconnected, and the regular officials were brought back the following week.

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** However, even in that game, the error came after the game had already been tied. The only time in postseason history that an error ''directly'' led to a team losing a game that they would have won right then and there if the play had been made came in 2009, when with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning in game 2 of the NLDS between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals, the Cardinals ahead 2-1, Cardinals left fielder Matt Holliday dropped a line drive off the bat of James Loney, allowing the inning to continue. The Dodgers went on to score twice in the inning and won the game, eventually sweeping the series.
*** This was not the first time that Holliday had been involved in such a moment. In 2007, he was a member of the Colorado Rockies, who had been buried deep in the NL wild card standings when they went on an 11-game winning streak, but when that streak was snapped in the third-to-last game of the season, they found themselves two games back with two left to play, needing to win both of their last two games and have San Diego lose both of their last two just to have a chance at a one-game playoff. (The New York Mets were also tied with the Rockies and were just one game back in ''their'' division, so the tiebreakers had the potential to get even more complicated.) San Diego entered the ninth inning of their penultimate game ahead 3-2, but with two outs and two strikes, Tony Gwynn Jr.[[hottip:*:whose father played his entire ''Hall of Fame'' career as a member of the Padres, making this even more painful for San Diego fans]] hit a game-tying triple for the Milwaukee Brewers, who won the game in 11 innings (a walk-off) to give the Rockies life. The Rockies would end up winning their last two and the Brewers beat the Padres again the next day, setting up a one-game playoff in Colorado that was tied 6-6 at the end of nine innings. San Diego scored two runs in the top of the 13th, but Colorado led off with two straight doubles, followed by Holliday hitting a game-tying triple and then scoring on a sacrifice fly in which he may not have ever actually touched home plate. Just to add to the madness, statistics compiled in one-game playoffs are counted as regular season statistics. Holliday's game-tying hit was his second RBI of Game 163, giving him a total of 137 on the season--''one'' more than Philadelphia's Ryan Howard, whose 136 led the National League through 162 games.

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