Chicago Mag's Top Sports Moments Misses A Few Biggies

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Jul 12, 2010 6:30PM

And onward marches Chicago Magazine with another list of the 40 Greatest ________ in Chicago History. This time around, it's the city's top 40 sports moments of all time. There are a lot of call backs to some classic (read: before 1950) moments. Of course, with any list like this, there's gonna be lots to argue over. Dewayne Wise's catch to save Mark Buehrle's perfect game in 2009 ranked six spots above the Bartman Incident? That seems backwards. Even as the tide has turned to "Just leave the guy alone," far more people know of Bartman's folly than Dewayne's catch. Michael Jordan's Bulls appear five times, all five in the top 20 and three in the top 10 (the above, "The Shot," which surely rubs salt in the wounds of Cleveland fans, comes in at number three).

But more glaring are the omissions: the original Black Sox scandal (though, "Say it ain't so, Joe" makes the list), Disco Demolition night, Super Bowl XX, or Lee Elia's rant. No, really, none of those are on the list and yet a 2005 World Series Game Two homer is in the top 10? We're guessing they were left out on purpose just to mess with us. After all, no self-respecting sports fan, compiling a list of the "most memorable and significant Chicago sports moments" would exclude the reason for the Super Bowl Shuffle, right? Let us know what else they missed in the comments.