Top 10 Wacky & Humiliating Sports Moments

Expect the unexpected.
That acclaimed aphorism is not only the underlying motto for the WWE, it is also the fundamental reason why most of us watch sports.

Low-scoring, listless events are not in anyone's best interest.

It's when the icon Shawn Michaels gives the legend Hulk Hogan that sweet chin music or when The Executioner, Bernard Hopkins, presents Puerto Rican boxer Felix Trinidad with beans and rice as his symbolic last meal prior to their match, that our pupils expand, our backs perk up and our jaws drop just a little bit.

The surprising, the bizarre, the unforeseen... that's what gets the Red Bull running through our veins.

Here's a list of the Top 10 wacky sports moments of all time.


Number 10

Disco Demolition Night
"Take me out to the ballgame, take me out with the crowd" had a new meaning on July 12, 1979, as the atypical crowd that paid their entrance fee into Comiskey Park with unwanted disco records went berserk in between the two games of the double-header. They weren't there to play that funky music, white boy, because as the night fever caught on, thousands of fans rushed the field, starting fires and engaging in minor bouts of kung fu fighting. And yes, those jerks were fast like lighting, as helmeted police didn't arrive until half an hour later.
That's not the way, uh huh, uh huh, the promoters liked it and that's not what they, uh huh, uh huh, expected when they planned it.

Career Impact: Steve Dahl, the radio DJ who came up with the idea for Disco Demolition Night, is now in the Broadcaster's Hall of Fame and can be heard on the WCKG in Chicago.

Memorable Quote: "It looks like World War II."
- Disc Jockey Steve Dahl, organizer of the disco protest


Number 9

Rodney McCray - Mind The Wall
You'll often hear a baseball play-by-play commentator say, "Going back, to the track, and gone!", on a home run call, but that usually refers to the baseball, not the outfielder. During a Triple-A game at Civic Stadium in Vancouver in 1991, minor-league outfielder Rodney McCray was retreating at full speed tracking a fly ball; unfortunately, he never felt the warning track under his feet and crashed through the plywood wall.
McCray was not seriously hurt from a physical standpoint, but he may have taken a mental hit after he was featured on virtually every blooper show.

Career Impact: McCray had a brief 67-game career in the big leagues; he is now the Cincinnati Reds' outfield/baserunning coordinator.

Memorable Quote: "I just wish I had run through something like a Coca-Cola sign so I could have gotten some endorsements. Instead I ran through a local sign, Flavor-Pak meats."
- Rodney McCray


Number 8

Joe Namath - The Long Kiss Goodnight
Obviously, the former New York Jets quarterback doesn't venture into the Dating & Love section of AskMen.com too frequently, or he would have known better. In 2003, he was intercepted in an interview with ESPN's Suzy Kolber, during a nationally televised Monday Night Football game no less, after exclaiming twice that he wanted to kiss her.
She smiled it off and he came off embarrassed and single.

Career Impact: His stature has taken somewhat of a hit; he has since apologized and openly admitted to an alcohol problem for which he is seeking treatment.

Memorable Quote: "When we won the league championship, all the married guys on the club had to thank their wives for putting up with all the stress and strain all season. I had to thank all the single broads in New York."
- Joe Namath

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