10 years ago at this time... Spurs outlast Pistons in 7

It's been 10 years since Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobli won their 2nd title together and Duncan his 3rd ring. They outlasted a Detroit Piston's team which had a awesome starting five; Chauncey Billups, Teyshaun Prince, Ben Wallace, Richard Hamilton and Rasheed Wallace. This starting five was together for six years and was the reason the Pistons made six straight Conference Finals, bringing back the days of the Bad Boys of the late 80's into 1991. The series went back and fourth with the home teams winning the first four games. Robert Horry had things to say about who would win Game 5, as his 3 with 5 seconds left in overtime gave the Spurs a 1 point win and a 3-2 series lead. The Pistons would force a Game 7, but Duncan was too much in the 4th quarter as the Spurs won the title.

15 years ago tonight

The Lakers and Blazers were playing for the Western Conference Championship. These were the 2 best teams in the NBA that year. The Blazers had rallied from a 3-1 deficit to force a Game 7 in Los Angeles and looked like they were on there way to the Finals to host Indiana. The Lakers rallied behind Robert Horry, Brian Shaw, Rick Fox and Shaq. They overcame a 15 point 4th quarter deficit capped off by a alley oop from Kobe to Shaq. The Lakers would go on to win the championship beating the Pacers in six games and ending Larry Bird's coaching career.

Hard to believe its been 5 years since this...

On this day in 2010, Armando Galaraga pitched the game of his life against the Cleveland Indians. He was one out away from a perfect game. a ground ball was hit to short 1st base, Miguel Cabrera fielded it and Galaraga stepped on the bag and beat the runner. Umpire Jim Joyce called the runner safe. It was a call that haunted Joyce to this day and changed baseball to this day. Galaraga handled the situation with class. The next day, he (Galaraga), brought out the line up card for the Tigers gave it to Jim Joyce and gave him a hug. Those two would also share in a ESPY award later as they presented a award at ESPN's summer awards show. The both have a book called, No one is perfect. Five years ago tonight I was at a Dayton Dragons game and it was raining like crazy. It was so nasty, my friends and I left early.