The Pittsburgh Penguins just played a game that could go down as one of the greatest WWYW Games in Pittsburgh sports history.
Where Were You When…Max Talbot, broken foot and all, crashed the Detroit Cup party just 35 seconds before it began?
Or…
Where Were You When…Petr Sykora’s Babe Ruth like moment when he called his shot in the Stanley Cup Finals after playing an obsolete part in the first 5+ games in the series?
For Pittsburghers you have the Good:
WWYW Franco caught “The Immaculate Reception”?
I obviously was not alive, but I know that my dad was in his car driving through the Liberty Tunnels on his way home from a RUSH event that prevented him from attending the game.
OR
WWYW Maz went yard in the bottom of the ninth off of Ralph Terry to win the ’60 World Series?
Again, I obviously wasn’t born, but I know my Gramma was at the game, decked out in her homemade Pirate hat with cards of all the players attached to it.
Us Yinzers also have the Bad:
WWYW Sid Bream scored?
I was lying on my living room floor and started crying when the game was over. Honestly, I might start crying again if I had to watch it today, so no video on that one.
As for national headlines and happens that most sports fans remember:
WWYW Carlton Fisk waved fair his home run in the ’75 Series?
I bet New Englanders can answer that one pretty fast.
WWYW Al Michaels asked every American if they “believe in miracles?”
WWYW Buster Douglas found out Iron Mike Tyson wasn’t indestructible?
Not sure why we were there, but I was at the Dugan household. I don’t remember watching the fight but I remember Jason and JJ (now known as Jeremiah) were watching it at a neighbor’s house and they ran into the house telling everyone that Tyson just lost.
WWYW Michael Jordan hit his last shot as a Bull to win his sixth title?
I was in Ryan Faloon’s gameroom watching the game with friends from high school.
If the Pens win the Cup, those 2 questions from last night’s game will be able to be answered without hesitation by Pittsburghers for years to come.
Oh yeah, for Max Talbots goal, I was at work in the sports department at KDKA and for the game winner I was on my couch watching the game with my dad.
