Art of the Choke 

Cool

ok

Bespoke? More like Bechoke

nice

Hi Emp

Yeah they found him and shot him for every time Brazil scored and yelled, Goal!, sick people Edit: apparently I’m not correct if you find @danielmoreno2964 in the replies he has the correct story

Just like his team, he was eliminated

​@@NiceNNeat1356disgusting honestly

A choke of the blunder type

​​@@rafael123loekcolombia moment

If you're a fan of a bad team or played for a bad team, this is the most factual baseball statement ever.

@@harveyp1120 Everyone who has played baseball for any significant length of time has experienced it. The opposite side of a two out rally. You spend what feels like years in the field, unable to get the last out. Somehow 0-2 counts turn into walks. Easy ground balls turn into errors. Pop-ups drop in no man's land. The elusive third out seems impossible as the other team racks up run after run. And you stand there dwelling in your own incompetence making error after error until eventually you finally get the last out, but in such adeep hole and so mentally defeated that the game is essentially over.

how can you not be romantic about baseball?

@@WrangleMcDangle It takes a long time and it's fucking boring. So with great ease.

@@MediHusky it's a movie quote

Meanwhile tyson was in a Japanese brothel getting fucked up and not training

Holy damn

but what if he didnt beat him..

@@user-wh7fb7ge5l bro idk he would be disappointed af probably

@@user-wh7fb7ge5l He would have been sad. Luckily, he’s clutch as fuck.

[The Paltry] The Fluke The Inspired The Oddity [The Unforgettable] The Upset The Dream The Stride [Heaven] The Indescribable

Half of that video will be just this video from the perspective of the winners lol

@@tim.noonan not really. You know, Cinderella stories and lucky shots.

and if it doesn't have Sergio Aguero winning Manchester City the English title with one of the last kicks of the entire season then I demand a refund.

If you are playing a zero sum game every clutch is someone elses choke and vice versa

Well at least we can root for Montreal after our boys come home early ☹️

And that probably means you’re Canadian too, you have my condolences.

Well you've got 1942 at least 🤷‍♂

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Have you ever considered getting help for your addiction?

Miami football not kneeling against Georgia Tech

28-3

oh and the poverty bears blowing a 21 point lead to the poverty broncos who just got 70 dropped on them

Adesanya vs Strickland in MMA was a massive choke on Adesanya’s part as well

The 2023 Eagles starting 10-1 and getting bounced by 9-8 Tampa Bay in the Wild Card

That is iconic

The dude absolutely freaked out and panicked. I love it.

such a stupid moment that it can’t help but be iconic

@u know me air fryer potato wedges? not what i expected, but these do look good

@u know me ip grabber

all blacks moment

Can you timestamp this part? I don't remember it in the video.

@@BMJ1999 47:04

Oh god. I was in high school when this happened, everyday we would hear from our maths teacher the score. And everyday for 8 days it was "They lost again". It was excruciating

@@Bonald9056 Oh my GOD

Same.

I’m not even a Boston fan, but got damn was that emotional. Just the win against the Yankees to the call of them being world champions. From Moneyball, how can you not be romantic about baseball?

it did the same to me, not even as a boston fan, not even as a yankees fan, but kind of just as a new york state citizen in general. i don't know whether to feel mad or proud of you guys, honestly

Don't mention Bruins

Same, buddy

lmaoooo

You're a legend, friend.

Haven’t seen Two Towers in a while. What was Gimli’s final tally?

@@axejpg Wa 😊q

@@hourlardnsaver362 43

yes

That's dummy thinking, though

**cough cough** Chris Benoit

​@@SpiralPoliFemboyas a long time wrestling fan, this comment hurt me in a spiritual level

@@vladimiradidas1945 Yeah. It doesn't feel very Radical to hear something like that.

They were up by 1 with less than a minute in game 7 too. 🥲

It’s better this way

So which was worse, Boston in 2023 or Tampa in 2019? Ngl the amount of 3-1 series comebacks in the NHL compared to the NBA and other sports is interesting. Just so much parity and luck make it so unpredictable

@@ColonizerChan For now, I'd go with Boston. While 3-1 chokes are relatively common in the NHL, Boston wasn't any normal 1 seed, they earned the best regular season record ever. The Panthers barely made the playoffs. Not to mention the Bruins were winning in game 7 until about 1 minute left. Lightning didn't really choke any games, rather they got the beat down. It also helps that the Lightning went on to win two Stanley Cups. If Boston repeats their season next year and dominates the playoffs then they might be more equal in my opinion.

Like when the CBJ swept the red hot Lightning.

Sports takes the place of me raiding your village and taking your stuff. Hypothetically ofcourse

​@@commiehunter733 "Sports takes the place of me raiding your village and taking your stuff. Hypothetically ofcourse"🤓🤓

@@waltertownshend5662 if you didn’t do it I was 😂😂 how can say that shit and be dead ass serious

@@waltertownshend5662 Boy, he's not wrong those emojis are for you not him.

remind leToxic and kyrie and KD

Thanks bean :)

Not always. The most legendary clutches come from executing the seemingly impossible when it counts the most, when so many of the chokes shown here are a result of falling short of what's expected.

@@ThatWolfArrow u like arguing huh?

@@hugoehhh lmaoo

Not always sometimes you can have an epic clutch and your opponent doesn't choke you just managed to eek it out

remembered this video. sort comments by new to see if I can find a comment talking about dortmund and there it is

Tbf the end of that season was Dortmund and Bayern competing who can choke the hardest

that wasn’t a choke tho that was just dropping dead

It's made it's way to all sports and even esports. Getting 7-1'd is forever known as getting Brazil'd

There are a ton of football moments that should be mentioned as well. Liverpool vs Barcelona 2019, Barcelona 6-1 PSG, I could go on. It’s a shame it was mostly just baseball and American football but It’s understandable because this person is from the us

The most heartbreaking choke is the own goal from Andres Escobar imo. Might have been to morbid to feature here, but his own goal in the World Cup group stages literally costed him his life. It deserves a spot in the inconceivable section just from what resulted from it.

Greatest moment of my life right there. They have never recovered as country

Wendigoon proving a man of taste as always

ITS THE GIANT MAN

wendigoon/emplemon colab???

VIOLENCE! HELL YEAH

Greetings everyone and welcome to the Emperor Lemon Iceberg

Mercedes at Hockenheim 2019 was a mega choke

They lost already last season. About to lose again this season unless Red bull & Ferrari super choke haha

@@user-jq5ub1jb6s I think he means there constructors championships because they won that one last year

@@timothylewis2309 ah makes sense

@@user-jq5ub1jb6s tbh, mercedes' situation rn is less about "will they win this year?" and more of the "will ferrari fuck up enough this year?" red bull practically already won, verstappen's already has chances to be champion as early as singapore, and their challenge mostly resides on if checo is able to beat leclerc on the standing for a symbolic wdc 1-2, since checo's good enough to give them a constructor's championship as well. unironically, the battle for 2nd stands between merc and ferrari, the only thing that changed from last year was merc and rb changing roles. seeing max lap lewis in imola was kinda funny tho.

Same

dinner is pretty easy to sit, he usually goes to sleep at 8 after his dinner and milk

I wait with Emp videos until I have a big fat meal ready. Just like with good movies/series. Cannot watch something amazing without good food. If I don't have any food in the house, I'm not watching my favorite channels (with high quality videos) at all. Basically: The lesser quality video, the lesser quality food I consume while watching. Idk if this is weird or if anyone can relate 😂

@@pass_ bro same I switched to a video critiquing Steven universe and added this to the watch later playlist I gotta munch on some good foods while watching this vid

@our hero same

March Madness: FDU defeat Number 1 Purdue

In the NBA playoffs there have also been a couple more big chokes just this year. Memphis (2) losing to LA (7) Kings losing to Warriors after being up 2-0 And in baseball, my Dodgers lost to the Padres in the 1st round after having one of the greatest regular seasons of all time AND after winning Game 1....

and now the heat are in the nba finals

The chargers are up 27-0 against the Jacksonville jaguars, the chargers do exactly what everyone expects them to do, and lose anyway. The jaguars have won a playoff game after having the worst record in the league the last 2 seasons.

Surprised nobody mentioned this one yet. In the 2021-2022 season, Paris St. Germain acquired Lionel Messi, making their front 3 possibly the greatest ever assembled. People saw them as instant Champions League favorites. In the Round of 16, the faced off against Real Madrid in a two-legged tie. At home, Messi missed a penalty, but at the end, Kylian Mbappe scored to take a 1-0 lead. In the second leg, Mbappe would score again, and they would even get a few more goals that got ruled off due to offsides. Real Madrid score three unanswered, including a bad giveaway from the goalkeeper to lose 3-2 over two games.

That was an extremely surreal game but does it deserve the highest tier if Germany was also a favorite to win the cup?

That was such a great match to watch. I went to the bar during work and was just losing my mind cheering for Germany

most of my friends here in brazil unironically recount crying watching that game, we were 9 at the time but im sure some adults were left traumatized too lmao

@@campbell9825 it does since Brazil lost at home, and had won 5 cups already so most assumed it had the most chance of winning that day, but loosing it isn't the worst part, its the 6 points difference

@@campbell9825 Yes, losing was conceivable, but losing 7-1 was not.

I get dumbshit silly stupid excited every time I see that Emplemon notification

He doesn't understand sports though. Once you start loosing, it's hard to overcome that mental barrier.

an empload?

his genius.. its almost frightening

Woah didn’t expect to see you here These uploads are moments where the world stands still and everything must be dropped to watch

Damn, Luigi's eloquent

Champ of winning by doing nothing

@u know me shut up

Is that the guy who said "fuck" in Mario Tennis?

@u know me Damn bots!

you still got like 20 minutes left of the video calm down

@@bwtrickster Wut?

Oh back when the Red Sox were the underdogs you wanted to see win

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@@brettvv7475 The comment was posted at a point where the video had been out for less time than the video's duration.

The President’s Trophy is cursed

Florida Panthers made it to the Finals due to both Toronto & Carolina choking as well... The only team who faced the Florida Panthers & *didn't* choke was Vegas.

Florida Panthers actually won a playoff round in 2022! The series-winning OT goal was made by the same player who buried the Bruins year later. It ended 24-season drought of postseason series wins (the longest in NHL history)

Right. The Panthers won 58 games in 2021-22, and then played like it in the playoffs. Linus Ullmark was also badly injured in Games 5 and 6. Horrible, but not inconceivable. The Pats losing to the Giants was worse. @@JadenTapscott

See you in 2124 for the next win.

Try being a Maple Leafs fan!

@@Outta-hz1ej props to Dangle for continuing to be a fan after all of those chokes

Potention? That’s not even an autocorrect fail my dude that’s not a word

@@peterroberts4415 I've been a leafs fan since before I came out the womb and I can not stand steve dangle. hes unfunny and can't skate

Idk, though the 09-10 Bruins were not a top seed, they were reverse swept by the Flyers. While the Flyers would ultimately lose in the Stanley Cup finals, that story, in regards to quality of choke, is nearly as remarkable as the '04 Red Sox, granted the Flyers weren't trying to end an 86-year championship drought

I saw that coming though. When Boston was winning all those games just like 4 years ago when Tampa tied 1996 Detroit for wins and got swept in the first round by the Columbus Blue jackets. I wasn't surprised at all that Florida bounced Boston in the playoffs. But a bigger Boston choke would be what they did 2010 up 3-0 in the series against the flyers. The flyers come back and tie the series at 3-3. Then in game 7 in Boston, the bruins are up 3-0 in that game and the flyers come back and beat them in overtime. Like seriously how do you choke two times in one series alone but the 2010 Boston bruins did it.

Rodgers thought he bought “Art of War” 😂

More like a book for the Atlanta Falcons. I’m from Georgia, and you will trigger fans PTSD if you mutter the phrase “28-3”

@@Kaiserboo1871 we packers have similar reactions when you bring up the game we blew in Seattle.

As a packers fan, I am glad that he didn't bring up any of our meltdowns.... the NFC champ game in Seattle is the one that really sticks out, but there has been so much heart break in the era of Rodgers.

The worst part about this for me is that instead of being a pretty good team, the Packers are often arguably the best team in the League when they choke in the NFC Championship Game.

I know that this probably wouldnt reach an American audience, hence why its not in the video, but the South African cricket team is without a doubt the biggest choker in the history of sport. Never even made it to a world cup final despite being far and away the best white ball team during the late 90s, and having decent squads in the early to mid 2010s too.

I know cricket like this (as a person who doesn’t really follow it at all - tell me how I did!) Canada (my country) - yeah we are here, we win we lose and we drink maple syrup Bangladesh: The losing-est team ever England: Lol we win, but not all the time South Africa: basically the St Louis Cardinals Australia: we’re number two in our continent Pakistan: chokers India: also chokers but also the best; pretty neutral all in all USA: We may suck, but we don’t SUCK suck Netherlands: Hey look we’re top ten all the time and have a championship Portugal: hey look we are a lower tier playing in top tier

Yep, it was great placement

33:21 That entire inning alone was so painful to watch! The music itself makes me think these professional athletes just forgot how to play baseball!

@@danielvakser9993 😂😂😂

Feel sad for Bartman. Cubs fans completely ruined his life to scapegoat him as the sole reason of the loss that fateful day.

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Who else?

​@@janakel i'd argue there's several creators on par, but they mainly focus on their specific niches- jon bois for sports oddities, summoning salt for speedrunning. internet historian. definitely some others that slip my mind. emp definitely has the advantage on topic variety, though, and every single video's a banger

@@steatopigeon ok, thank you!

@@steatopigeon Gonna throw LazerPig in there for history lol always re-watch his stuff like the rest on that list!

💯

goated year for every1

​@@jmentonenot quite my cat of 16 years died in my arms that December. Less than a week later, my one remaining grandfather passed away. Not to mention my other grandmother losing her second husband to cancer that January, and then a year and a half later losing her son - my father - as well... I need to tell my grandma I love her more often while I still can

i agree with everything except the jags winning lmao

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Hearing that song triggered flashbacks of listening to that album first time... I don't think anyone comes back from listening to that whole album the same.

you know that’s an actual song not just the remixed version

@@squirq What song is that? I thought all the music featured in the project was original.

It was an extremely well done conclusion

😭😭😭😭

13 colonies? they literally owned over half the world at one point and now all they got is one little baby island

RAHH

Kyle Shanahan and a double-digit lead in the Super Bowl what a combo

Right? I think what's even more special about his content is that you still want the people in the videos to find relief. You want every dork in Dorktown to find a happy ending, but if you weren't a true dork, you wouldn't be living in Dorktown.

Yeah, I found it a little eerie how many of these moments I’d seen before just because they’d been featured in a Bois video. Glad to know I’m not crazy

Jon Bois is Emp’s biggest influence in how he makes videos. He says as much in his Dale Earnhardt video

I felt like I was waiting for Jon to be mentioned! What a lovely crossover.

Don't forget that video about the Browns, who crawled their way out of hell in 2020, out of all years to do so.

As a patriots fan I was starting to get nervous he wouldn’t mention it lmao

@@toospicytg Same

Repent and follow Jesus my friend! Repenting doesn't mean confessing your sins to others, but to stop doing them altogether. Belief in Messiah alone is not enough to get you into heaven - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36). Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20 Revelation 6 1st Seal: White horse = Roman Empire conquering nations under Trajan 98-117 AD & Gospel spreading rapidly. 2nd Seal: Red horse, bloody civil wars with 32 different Emperors, most killed by the sword. 185-284 AD 3rd Seal: Black horse, economic despair from high taxes to pay for wars, farmers stopped growing. 200-250 AD 4th Seal: Pale horse, 1/4th of Romans died from famine, pestilence; at one point 5,000 dying per day. 250-300 AD 5th Seal: Diocletian persecuted Smyrna church era saints for ten years, blood crying out for vengeance. 303-312 AD 6th Seal: Political upheaval in the declining Roman Empire while the leaders battled each other. 313-395 AD Revelation 7 Sealing of 144,000, the saints, before trumpet war judgments, which led to the fall of the Roman Empire. Revelation 8 1st Trumpet: Alaric and the Goths attacked from the north, the path of hail, and set it on fire. 400-410 AD 2nd Trumpet: Genseric and the Vandals attacked the seas and coastlands, the blood of sailors in water. 425-470 AD 3rd Trumpet: Attila and the Huns scourged the Danube, Rhine & Po rivers area, dead bodies made water bitter. 451 AD 4th Trumpet: Odoacer and the Heruli caused the last Western Emperor (sun), Senate (moon) to lose power. 476 AD With the Western Roman Emperor (restrainer of 2 Thes. 2) removed; the son of perdition Popes took power. Revelation 9 Two woe judgments against the central 1/3rd and eastern 1/3rd of the Roman Empire. 612-1453 AD 5th Trumpet: Locust & scorpions point to Arabia, the rise of the Muslim army. Islam hides Gospel from Arabs. 612-762 AD 6th Trumpet: Turks released to attack Constantinople with large cannons (fire, smoke, brimstone). 1062-1453 AD Revelation 10 The little book is the printed Bible, which was needed after the Dark Ages when Scriptures were banned by Popes. Revelation 11 7th Trumpet: Martin Luther measured Roman Church; found that it’s an apostate church, not part of true temple. The two witnesses are the Scriptures and saints who proclaim the pure Gospel and testify against the antichrist Popes. Papal Church pronounced Christendom dead in 1514 AD. Silence for 3.5 years. Then Luther posted his 95 Thesis, which sparked the Protestant Reformation and brought the witnesses back to life. Millions of Catholics were saved. Revelation 12 Satan used the Roman Empire to try to wipe out the early Church, Satan was cast down as the Empire collapsed. Revelation 13 The antichrist beast Popes reigned in power 1,260 years, 538-1798, is the little horn of Daniel 7, son of perdition. The false prophet Jesuit Superior General rose to power from land (earth) of Vatican and has created many deceptions. Revelation 14 Points to great harvest during the Protestant Reformation & wrath on Catholic countries who obey antichrist Pope. Revelation 15 Overcoming saints victorious over the beast. Prelude to 7 vials and judgment on those who support Papal Rome. Revelation 16 1st Vial: The foul sore of atheism was poured out on Catholic France, leaving them with no hope, led to revolution. 2nd Vial: The French Revolution started in 1793, killed 250,000, as France had obeyed the Pope and killed saints. 3rd Vial: The French Revolution spread to rural areas of France, where Protestants had been killed in river areas. 4th Vial: The bloody Napoleonic wars shed the blood of countries who had revered and obeyed the antichrist Pope. 5th Vial: Judgment on the seat of the beast. Papal States invaded in 1798, Pope imprisoned, removed from power. 6th Vial: The Turks vast domain dried up, they were only left with Turkey. They lost control of Palestine in 1917 AD, Israel became a nation again in 1948

Bro you got off light. I was expecting a breakdown like Marlins vs Cubs

@@julianbell9161 ​ ​ ​ Absolutely lol, but I suppose 28-3 was more of a long decay for another plausible win for the Super Patriots.

Have a question did he say something about multiple people jumping off? because I never heard this before and it sounds so out of place horrific

@@deborahhmendes He did say a bunch of people had heart attacks there but never said anything about people throwing themselves off but then again I was quite young when I heard it so I imagine he would skip that part.

Repent and follow Jesus my friend! Repenting doesn't mean confessing your sins to others, but to stop doing them altogether. Belief in Messiah alone is not enough to get you into heaven - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36). Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20 Revelation 6 1st Seal: White horse = Roman Empire conquering nations under Trajan 98-117 AD & Gospel spreading rapidly. 2nd Seal: Red horse, bloody civil wars with 32 different Emperors, most killed by the sword. 185-284 AD 3rd Seal: Black horse, economic despair from high taxes to pay for wars, farmers stopped growing. 200-250 AD 4th Seal: Pale horse, 1/4th of Romans died from famine, pestilence; at one point 5,000 dying per day. 250-300 AD 5th Seal: Diocletian persecuted Smyrna church era saints for ten years, blood crying out for vengeance. 303-312 AD 6th Seal: Political upheaval in the declining Roman Empire while the leaders battled each other. 313-395 AD Revelation 7 Sealing of 144,000, the saints, before trumpet war judgments, which led to the fall of the Roman Empire. Revelation 8 1st Trumpet: Alaric and the Goths attacked from the north, the path of hail, and set it on fire. 400-410 AD 2nd Trumpet: Genseric and the Vandals attacked the seas and coastlands, the blood of sailors in water. 425-470 AD 3rd Trumpet: Attila and the Huns scourged the Danube, Rhine & Po rivers area, dead bodies made water bitter. 451 AD 4th Trumpet: Odoacer and the Heruli caused the last Western Emperor (sun), Senate (moon) to lose power. 476 AD With the Western Roman Emperor (restrainer of 2 Thes. 2) removed; the son of perdition Popes took power. Revelation 9 Two woe judgments against the central 1/3rd and eastern 1/3rd of the Roman Empire. 612-1453 AD 5th Trumpet: Locust & scorpions point to Arabia, the rise of the Muslim army. Islam hides Gospel from Arabs. 612-762 AD 6th Trumpet: Turks released to attack Constantinople with large cannons (fire, smoke, brimstone). 1062-1453 AD Revelation 10 The little book is the printed Bible, which was needed after the Dark Ages when Scriptures were banned by Popes. Revelation 11 7th Trumpet: Martin Luther measured Roman Church; found that it’s an apostate church, not part of true temple. The two witnesses are the Scriptures and saints who proclaim the pure Gospel and testify against the antichrist Popes. Papal Church pronounced Christendom dead in 1514 AD. Silence for 3.5 years. Then Luther posted his 95 Thesis, which sparked the Protestant Reformation and brought the witnesses back to life. Millions of Catholics were saved. Revelation 12 Satan used the Roman Empire to try to wipe out the early Church, Satan was cast down as the Empire collapsed. Revelation 13 The antichrist beast Popes reigned in power 1,260 years, 538-1798, is the little horn of Daniel 7, son of perdition. The false prophet Jesuit Superior General rose to power from land (earth) of Vatican and has created many deceptions. Revelation 14 Points to great harvest during the Protestant Reformation & wrath on Catholic countries who obey antichrist Pope. Revelation 15 Overcoming saints victorious over the beast. Prelude to 7 vials and judgment on those who support Papal Rome. Revelation 16 1st Vial: The foul sore of atheism was poured out on Catholic France, leaving them with no hope, led to revolution. 2nd Vial: The French Revolution started in 1793, killed 250,000, as France had obeyed the Pope and killed saints. 3rd Vial: The French Revolution spread to rural areas of France, where Protestants had been killed in river areas. 4th Vial: The bloody Napoleonic wars shed the blood of countries who had revered and obeyed the antichrist Pope. 5th Vial: Judgment on the seat of the beast. Papal States invaded in 1798, Pope imprisoned, removed from power. 6th Vial: The Turks vast domain dried up, they were only left with Turkey. They lost control of Palestine in 1917 AD, Israel became a nation again in 1948

did soccer fans really kill themselves at the stadium?

The Panthers themselves making it to the Finals due to choking 3 consecutive teams is a perfect storm in and of itself...

Don’t forget Tampa in the ‘19 season, broke the league record then and got swept by Columbus Blue Jackets (8th seed wildcard)

@@thomas1910 I remember UrinatingTree laughing his entire ass off after that one. Surprised that series wasn't mentioned in the video.

Yes!

yes sirreee

And the Chargers-Jags playoff choke

As a Vikings fan I will cherish the greatest comeback in history

@@jailcatjones3250 as a colts fan i do not cherrish the worst blown lead

him and Jon bois

Watch golf.

Narratives, stakes, history, raw emotion, pride. A good sports moment is up there with the best pieces of media. You just need to give it a shot... Maybe by starting with RU-vid videos of good storytellers like this weird fella or JxmyHighroller (basketball videos), and starting from the absolute best moments helps. Eventually, you just want to see new stories unfold in front of your eyes.

You should nerd

That sounds like the inverse of the Lions last year, just with them still also going 9-8 to miss the playoffs

wait I thought it was five years (2018 - 2023)

Jinx?

The Chargers chargered harder than the Chargers have ever Chargered before.

It’s Chargin’ time

Who i don’t feel bad for is gibson he deserved to be fired and forgotten he caused his own team to lose and made fans very mad

Just watching the way he grabs his head man 😪

People always forget that with many of those chokes, there were numerous plays and opportunities for the team to win before and after the fact. Especially considering in Buckners case there was still Game 7 to be played.

@@mattbernacki9282 Or Calvin Schiraldi having a complete meltdown and replaced by Bob Stanley, who's wild pitch tied the game, but somehow Buckner's error is what everyone talks about? And yes, there is also the fact that there was still a game 7, which the Red Sox of course blew a lead there too!

As a Mets fan. That wasn’t even the turning point. The wild pitch behind Wilson tied the game. I’m not gonna lie I too was under the assumption that grounder drove in two. Plus when Buckner went to ground it Mookie was a few steps to first. Unlikely would’ve beat him to the bag. Massive respect though to Bill. He signed a frame of that play along with Wilson and it’s on my wall. RIP

serial choker matt ryan 😭

Man it hurts being a Colts fan nowadays…😢

And that will be his legacy. Rip.

Didn't his defenses blow it? In both games, the offenses scored enough for a decent chance to win.

@@joeski734 And then proceeded to not keep up the points

this was a chore to watch i kept expecting to actualy get entertained but nothing. i guess to each theyre own

@@pedrofranck6014 thank you for your input!

@@pedrofranck6014 I mean if you're not a sports person than I get it. Not only is terminology lost on those who aren't sports-savvy, but the weight of it is too. If you don't follow any particular teams or understand the history, they're just simple tales of someone('s team)'s ego getting the better of them. But it's to be expected. If Emp explained the backgrounds and weight of every event covered in this video, we'd be here all day (not that I'd mind). With his Nascar videos for example, he has the whole video to set up the story so you feel the full impact of the final arc. Whereas he couldn't really do that here.

@@bugjams As someone who has never even watched one full game of sports. This video was not only incredibly entertaining, but also easy to follow for someone with almost no sports knowledge. I think in some ways sports represent the human spirit on a micro level. The struggle, the victories and loses, constantly trying for that one win that could change anything. A person could go their whole life not watching one game of baseball and feel an immense feeling of kinship and the Red Sox snatch a victory that in all ways seemed impossible. I mean, isn't every single person working hard to make it in this world playing those exact same odds?

@@crassweller11 YES. Sports, and competition, are a microcosm of the entirety of the human condition. I think this gets lost on people who see sport as ‘just a game’ - they’re not wrong per se as this might be their experience, but they certainly are missing out on what’s so appealing to so many of us in the first place.

It depends. You’d never call the daigo parry a choke. That was everyone making the right decisions. But the Indians losing to the cubs was pathetic. That was triumph off the back of failure.

watching sports is for losers. "My team triumphed." So fcking pathetic. Bread and circuses to keep the loser class from revolting. A truly advanced practice employed by the ruling class

you make a very good point

when I played my little league semi finals game it was 3-4 we were loosing and the pitcher struck out the two batters before and then struck me out and it was a sad feeling but in the end improved my game

Kinda like how you always hear the "Seahawks shoulda ran the ball"

WHOA HE HAS TROUBLE WITH THE SNAP

My old high school football coach is a huge Wolverines fan. I make sure to send him the game highlights of one of those two games. I’m an MSU fan, I’m required by law to do that

Hell yeah, go green. Was so pleasantly surprised to see the trouble with the snap play at the top tier.

Wow it feels like the complete opposite to me - I went to Michigan and lived in Detroit for years, and I’ve grown to love the WOAH memes and the Appalachian State story, especially after last year. I’d trade a bunch more Jalen Watts Jacksons and stupid upsets for more moments like last year’s OSU game and Iowa game. Future success more than absolves past failures; it actually makes them more endearing (or hilarious) because they’re part of a narrative that has changed in victory - look how Bill Buckner was received when he threw out the first pitch in 2008. I grew up in the New York area, and as wild as the Red Sox upset in the 2004 ALCS was (the first time a team came back from 3-0), that’s not what Yankees fans think about when they look back on that era - they reminisce about the championships they won before and after that year, and the amazing players who were there during that era. The upset and the choke is part of a larger story, rather than the narrative itself. However, if you never win, the choke is the narrative - look at the Mets since their last WS win, or the Atlanta Falcons since 28-3, or the Cubs general existence for 108 years. But if you win eventually, that narrative changes. So that’s kind of how those moments from Michigan sports feel for me

4chan has a habit of doing that sort of thing

The real choke was in game 3. Reddit was already up 2-0 in the series, and was on track to win the final game 4-3 with 30 seconds left and control of 4chan's flag. They made a critical mistake when in their attempt to deny the tying point, all bundled together defending DavidBowie who had 4chan's flag. 4chan player Seph dropped a huge orbital strike and wiped out then entirety of Reddit's team, allowing the equalizer cap at 20 seconds, sending the game into a "first team to score wins" overtime. Reddit had no chance to regroup and by the time they knew what was happening, Skolfypaws was already en route for the game winning flag cap, dodging a last ditch orbital strike and winning game 3. With that, the momentum had totally swung, and 4chan proceeded to reverse sweep, winning the series 3-2.

Had not heard about this until now. Truly a hilarious choke.

A *BR* with 140 ping, no less.

/v/ back in those days was insane. nowadays you never really see that sort of spontaneous organization for multiplayer since it all got split off into places like /vg/ and /vm/.

hope the man sees this

You're not alone feeling this. EmpLemon is the best RU-vidr out there. And that in a time when RU-vid is getting infested by low-effort and low-quality content. I hope Lemon can inspire people to do the same.

Not to one up you, but I been subbed to the guy since The Uncredibles, and I don't even know how long ago that was

It's Love man. Most powerful thing in the universe. If you wanna see something done to near perfection, find someone who loves doing it.

YES SIR!!

As a brazillian, im just happy he didn't go over the infamous 7x1....

@@pedrotoldi5594 As a german, hehehe

@@pedrotoldi5594 That wasn't a choke, it was a complete m4ssacre, we never had a choice against them, specially with a laid back team so dependant of Neymar's performance.

correction: paulo carvalho was the chief delegate of the brazillian team, the coach of 1958 was vicente feola and the coach of 1962 was aymore moreira

Well I am Colombian and tbh this is somewhat relatable to how my home team won against Argentina and we just rub it on their faces daily with no end, after the tables turn after some years, my country has been in some kind of denial in some way, it goes to show that no one is perfect and everyone is vulnerable to anything.

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I mean i wouldn't call it a choke they didn't have that much of an advantage to begin with

It wasn’t a choke. It was full total European domination.

Oh please, you guys are like the winning-est country in the whole world cup. Let it go.

@@generaljackripper666 I ain't Brazillian bruv 💀

LMAOO U TRANSLATED IT

I was there and it was painful

Are chokes and clutches not complimentary to each other? The yin to yang

I remember both those races but never put two and two together recently: Same sponsor Same turn Same lap Same day Both with the letters "J.R." in their names

@@Derpbag707 I was thinking. This video could be about the greatest comebacks if it was framed slightly differently

@@Derpbag707 not really. The player who wins from a choke doesn't normally deserve it. If your opponent fumbles an easy catch you didn't clutch you got lucky. And if you make an amazing catch you clutched but the opponent didn't choke they just got beat

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face . Mike Tyson

"The one thing they love more than a hero is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying. In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually, they will hate you." ―The Green Goblin Granted this is a bit different but the quote definitely has a point we all like to see people fail it's just the truth the higher they are the more satisfying it is seeing them crash down.

shoutout to faze clan for choking against c9 on the last map of the 2018 boston major

"WOSHIGE, WHAT ARE YOU STANDING UP FOR!"

thats sweet. hearing the different reactions to notable moments in sports is so sick

I was rooting for state, my uncle was rooting for Michigan, we were watching together. It’s a top 3 sports moment I’ve ever seen live

I remember my dad accepting Michigan's victory just as I was about to head downstairs to start a game; right when I hit the bottom of the stairs, it happened and he just went NUTS. I didn't even know what was going on until I dashed back upstairs to check on him.

I remember that play like it was yesterday that one and the msu Baylor game where the punter got pounded

I remember that play. Funny that I was also around 11 watching it with my dad

oh dylan, give a smoochie smooch

@@murppyisdurppy1816 😳

Thanks Dylan, your kind words make all the hard work worth it! Thanks for watching!

Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t the “Cleveland Indians” called the guardians now for a reason? Idk, just expected that to be considered in 2022

It's a great video, very Bill Simmonsy, which coincidentally, Simmons had an old article on the "13 Levels of Losing" back when ESPN was still decent and which I think was probably referenced for this video.

Wouldn’t the 28-3 victory also be something good about a Boston sports franchise?

@@andrewistaken4673 No, most people outside do Boston hated the patriots because of how consistently good they are and wanted the Falcons to win. It’s the same as wanting to se the champ get knocked out. I still can’t believe they lost that game though a top 3 offense of all time and the defense just fell apart along with some of that “Brady Luck”

I already knew that blow out would be in here just reading the video title.

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I wholeheartedly agree

He's not that old. He's no senior. He's only in his 20s.

@@duffman18 Maybe he meant Señor?

I’m a Bostonian, and a Red Sox fan, and you’re right

Thank god I stopped at being a casual pro wrestling fan, that shit’s bad enough

​@@bostonian4650Bruins fans can be brutal as hell

Especially since it wasn't even (entirely) his fault they lost that game! Does anyone remember Calvin Shiraldi giving up runs to cut the Red Sox's lead to 1? Or Bob Stanley's wild pitch that tied the game? Or the Red Sox blowing a lead in game 7 (yes, there was a game 7)? Funny how Buckner's 1 error in a game they in the process of losing anyways is what everyone focuses on...

I like your style of writing

As someone that doesn't care about physical sports at all, I can attest that Emp does a really good job of making it accessible and also just plain interesting throughout.

This literally brought me to tears, I don't know if it was the beautiful way you write or how relatable your comment was thanks for sharing!

Well said, I appreciate the time and effort you put in your message, and I wholeheartedly agree.

The creator didn't make his high-school team and was probably a band geek

That was the most Colts and the most Vikings way that game could have gone 😭