Much like the 2007 play-in game when it was not clear whether or not Matt Holliday had touched home plate with the game-winning run, there was question as to whether Barmes actually caught the ball, as photos later emerged showing the ball apparently sliding down his arm as he went to the ground.

In the 1982 Big Game between Stanford and California, with four seconds left and trailing by one point, Cal ran the ball back on a kickoff all the way for the game-winning touchdown using five backward passes, eventually running through the Stanford Band, who had already taken the field ( believing the game was over after Stanford players appeared to have tackled a Cal ball-carrier ).

With the Giants trying to secure a win against the Philadelphia Eagles, they chose to call a running play — which resulted in a fumble that was returned for a game-winning touchdown by the Eagles ' Herman Edwards.

Schmidt, who was the National League MVP that 1980 season, also won the World Series MVP award on the strength of his 8-for-21 hitting (. 381 average ), including game-winning hits in Game 2 and the clinching Game 6.

Vinatieri's game-winning kick was successful, marking the first time in Super Bowl history that a game was won by a score on the final play.

The Rangers were represented in the 2006 All-Star game by center fielder Gary Matthews, Jr. and shortstop Michael Young, who was named the MVP for his game-winning two-run triple in the ninth inning.

With the scores level at 131 and very little time remaining, the ball was bounced in Essendon's forward pocket, tapped to the boundary line side, roved, and neatly handpassed by Marc Bullen to a goalward-running Hird, who, approximately thirty metres from goal, snapped from an acute angle for the game-winning goal.

This method was used to determine the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics men's final, where Sidney Crosby scored the game-winning goal.

Moen was credited with the Stanley Cup game-winning goal.

In Game 7 at Joe Louis Arena, Jamie Baker scored the game-winning goal in the 3rd period after goalie Chris Osgood was out of position and the Sharks won 3 – 2.

In 1999, led by what was already known as the Big Three, ( Cythnia Cooper, Sheryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson ), the Comets survived a highlight-film, last-second, court-to-court, game-winning shot by the Liberty's Teresa Weatherspoon in Game 2 of the finals to beat the Liberty in three games and win their third straight title, this one after the death of teammate Kim Perrot, who died of cancer.

Carlton Fisk's " body English " when he hit his game-winning home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, " waving " the ball fair, was captured on a TV camera stationed in the scoreboard.

In the game, 25-year veteran Lui Passaglia ended the longest career in CFL history by kicking what was ultimately the game-winning field goal.

His + 36 plus-minus rating and 10 game-winning goals set Ducks records ( the latter mark was tied by Selanne twice in 1997 – 98 and 2006 – 07, then broken by Corey Perry's 11 game-winning goals in 2010 – 11 ).

The idea was precipitated by reports that Kariya had given Selanne $ 3, 000 for scoring the game-winning goal against the Ducks on November 18 ( it is an informal tradition in the NHL for players to offer rewards to teammates who score against former teams ).

" Oates was able to score himself, reaching the 20 goal mark five times, including a career high 45 in 1992 – 93, a season in which he led the league with 11 game-winning goals.

At the East Final in Toronto Michael “ Pinball ” Clemons was the hero catching the game-winning TD with just 40 seconds on the clock.

Fellow Roughrider Andy Fantuz was named the Canadian MVP in the game after recording 70 yards receiving and the game-winning touchdown.

Just seconds before Mike Eruzione's game-winning goal for the USA, Dryden expressed his concern that the U. S. was " relying a little too much on Jim Craig " after Craig had just made a series of great saves.

During the 1983 season, Martin was involved in one of the most controversial regular season games, known as the Pine Tar Incident, where umpires nullified a game-winning home run by Yankee nemesis, Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett, when Martin protested that there was too much pine tar on his bat.

Now, he could only play the last card in what was probably the world's coldest deck.

School began in August, the hottest part of the year, and for the first few days Miss Langford was very lenient with the children, letting them play a lot and the new ones sort of get acquainted with one another.

In his native Cologne, where his mother taught him to play the piano, he was able to read notes before he learned the alphabet.

The depersonalization continued as the dancer was further metamorphosed by the play of lights upon his figure.

Tom was not willing to revise the play according to the plan the man suggested.

It may be thought unfortunate that he was called on entirely by accident to perform, if again we may trust the opening of the oratio, for it marks the beginning for us of his use of his peculiar form of witty word play that even in this Latin banter has in it the unmistakable element of viciousness and an almost sadistic delight in verbally tormenting an adversary.

He kept his attacks on Republicanism for partisan campaigns, but that is part of the game he was born to play.

That was one of the high spots of the play.

The figure was so theatrically dressed, that it was as though a character from some other play had blundered into this one.

The play for Saturday night was to be a benefit performance of The Octoroon.

Life was a short play of tenebrous shadows.

It was all set up so there would be no dust anywhere and so that their children would color in the coloring room, paint in the painting room, play with blocks in the block house, and do all the other things in the proper rooms at exactly the right time.

It seemed, indeed, that their house was not so much a home, but rather a perfect stage set, and that they were actors who had been handed fat roles in a successful play, and had talent enough to fill the roles competently, with nice understatement.

She was still in the play for pay business when she died, a top trollop who had given the world's oldest profession one of its rare flashes of glamour.

Carroll was sharp and military, but he was up against tough competition for that RA berth, and he wanted to play it cool.

Babe Ruth, of course, was everyone's hero, and everyone knew him, even though relatively few ever saw him play ball.

It was a bad play, real grade-A turkey, which only a prevalence of angels with grandiose dreams of capital gain and tax money to burn could have put into rehearsal.

I knew the only way I could beat you was to play possum, but it was a good try, kid, and I appreciate it.

When Robinson tried to stretch his blow into a triple, he was cut down in a close play at third, Tuttle to Andy Carey.

The Air Force's, and the game's, final play, was a long pass by quarterback Bob McNaughton which Gannon intercepted on his own 44 and returned 22 yards.

Despite the 45-degree weather the game was clicked off in 1:48, thanks to only three bases on balls and some good infield play.

Kieffer, the only junior in the group, was commended for his ability to hit in the clutch, as well as his all-round excellent play.