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On this date in 1993, Nolan Ryan hit Robin Ventura with a pitch in a game between the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox. Ventura paused briefly after the hit, as if to consider his course of action, then charged the mound, where Ryan — 20 years older than him — put him in a headlock and punched him several times in the head before the whole thing was broken up by the usual basebrawl scrum.
Three things about this fight are certain: One, Ryan was very clearly the victor. Two, it became a staple of sports highlight shows and will likely remain so as long as sports highlight shows exist. And three — had Twitter existed back in 1993, this moment would have dominated the feeds.
You can easily imagine the pattern, which we’ve all seen happen numerous times since the social media service launched in 2006. The initial reaction tweets. The scramble as everyone not watching tried to figure out what was going on. The first person to grab a video garnering tens of thousands of retweets in minutes. Big-name athletes and celebrities latching on to the moment. The memes. The memes about the memes. The inevitable point when everyone gets sick of the memes.
With the anniversary of the fight prompting everyone to remember it across social media, we came up with a short list of moments before Twitter existed that most certainly would have been the only thing anyone talked about on the site — at least for a day or two.
Bo Jackson runs up a wall
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On July 11, 1990 Kansas City Royals phenom Vincent “Bo” Jackson caught a fly ball and ran up a wall to avoid colliding with it.
It’s tough to narrow down Jackson’s best career highlight — really, this list could just be his career highlights. Jackson defying gravity by running up a wall after a catch, however, would probably provoke the most reaction, if for no other reason than it was unique.
Vince Carter jumps…
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