I cannot think of any night where more games of great significance were lost than last night. Cards go down 0-2 on a dropped line drive and bullpen blowup. Mizzou goes from a two-score 4th quarter lead and a jump a ranking in the teens to falling out of the top 25, and the Blues lose their home opener the night they unveil the MacInnis statue. All on the same night.

Now, as far as individual heart-breaking moments, the obvious one not mentioned is Steve Yzerman, game 7, double OT, 1996. Heartbreaker.

THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT EXPERTS. WOW.

WHY DONT WE JUST GO OUT AND KILL OURSELVES.

Colorado receives 5 downs to beat Mizzou! Date unknown still trying to forget!

I’d have to agree with Burwell in that the Rams Super Bowl loss wasn’t necessarily the Rams beating themselves. That Super Bowl victory for the Patriots began their era of NFL dominance and, unfortunately, the Rams were the first victim of a long line of Patriot victims. I would definitely go with Yzerman’s goal in double overtime in the game 7 playoff loss against the Blues. Let’s face it…we’ve seen a Rams Super Bowl victory, 10 Cardinals World Series championships, and quite a few Bowl victories for Mizzou, but the Blues have never lifted Lord Stanley’s Cup. A win over Detroit in that fateful series could have allowed it to happen.

Hey I had to withstand all that, then this morning my dog chewed up my cellphone. yeah even my dog knew to crap on me.

If the Cards can’t come back and they end up losing this series…I don’t think Holliday can live down the mistake, it makes re-signing him a non-issue… he is gone. It’s now up to the team to get him off the hook and win the series.

1996 NLCS. Cards were up 3 games to 1 and totally laid an egg the rest of the way - especially in games 5 and 7. I was only 13 at the time, but I remember watching game 7 like it was yesterday. I just sat there in silence and couldn’t believe what I was watching.

all good points but, you are missing the point.the question was on any one night has there been a worst one night.

No, the question was “what has been the most devastating loss you’ve witnessed?” That doesn’t necessarily mean one night. However, I would have to say last night WAS the worst culmination of bad losses. I thought Mizzou was going to help me get over the Cards’ loss, but they just made it 10 times worse.

I was about 10 rows deep on the sideline, right in line with the end zone in which Nebraska scored that BS touchdown in ‘97. I was an MU student at the time, so that has to top the list. However, just about every time I saw the Cards eliminated in the NLCS comes painfully close. As for the Rams, just think if they hadn’t won the Super Bowl two years before. Wow.

I was at the game last night in the middle of DodgerTown…last night was devastating. After enduring an entire game of boos, fans purposely running into me, and other junk from Dodger fans (who didn’t even buyout all the seats…). To have them completely fall apart when they were just a strike away from a victory was very painful. More painful than watching my Vikes lose to Atlanta in 1998, I think more so because I was there…

The Blues need to stop having special “nights”. They lay an egg every time someone is honored.

Dan O’Neill covered them pretty good. Personally I go back to as a kid in 84, that was a tough year for heartbreakers. First it was April of 84, the Blues got no respect from the Minnesota North Stars, the Stars thought they would just skate circles around the Blues (and for a while there they did ) but the Blues, down 3 games to 2, shut out the North Stars 4-0 in game 6, then came back in Minnesota, scored a short handed goal ( Reeds from Wickenheiser ), and took a 3-2 lead with about 4 minutes left in the game. It was awesome. I still remember when the camera took a shot of the North Stars bench after Reeds scored, they were stunned. And right from the faceoff, about 10 seconds after the goal, Willi Plett scored from 75 feet out on a slap shot. I don’t know if Liut was caught off guard or what, but Liut, who was brilliant throughout the playoffs, let the team down. After Lootie let up that goal, Mike was nervous and he started fighting the puck. That was the first and only time I ever saw Liut mentally shaken, even he knew he let the Blues down. The Blues were a mere 4 minutes away from the Conference Finals and the Edmonton Oilers—-a hugh letdown for me. And then later that year in December, you had that heartbreaker against the Redskins for the Division Title. What a great game that was, I remember John Madden saying after the game that this is the way football is meant to be played…….yep, 84 was a tough year for heartbreakers.

I think Rick Ankiel would be a good fix with the caedinals if he is over his shoulder/neck injury from when he collided with the centerfield wall. Tony played Ankiel all over the outfield after he came back.He has more hustle on defense and has a better arm to throw the ball and get players out at the plate than Rasmus,Ludwick,and Holiday. I say he is a keeper.