What MLB Homerun is most memorable for "YOU"?

[NhlNut]

1990 World Series. Game 1.
Bottom of the first inning, Eric Davis hit a line shot at Riverfront off of Dave Stewart. It set the tone for the series.

Especially noticeable because Eric had a huge hole in his swing. Fastballs up and in were a guaranteed strikeout. For some reason Stewart pitched him down.

[34TheTruth34]

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Damon's slam off Clemens in the 04 ALCS is my favorite moment from that year.

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Assuming you mean off Vasquez since Roger wasn't on the '04 Yanks. Forgot about this one. That was amazing.

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well, in his defense, they did pitch like their whole starting rotation and bullpen that game desperately trying to find a pitcher who could get somebody out.

[craig]

Other than the Ortiz walkoffs:

Lidge vs. Pujols. I think that was the quickest I had ever heard so many people go quiet so fast.

Varitek in Game 2 of ALDS in 04 to give BOS the lead. I had never been to a playoff game before and I knew it was going to be my last time to see Pedro pitch. ANA fans behind us were banging their thundersticks, telling the BOS fans in the row BOS is over rated, Pedro sucks now, blah blah....To see that dancing monkey made me so happy [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Mueller off of Rivera in 04. I don't think the fight was a catalyst, or anything like that, but it was just an exciting baseball game with the fight, several comebacks, the walkoff, and Fenway erupting like they just won the World Series.

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[Josh W]

There's a few. All have Mariner's history in them.

1.) Griffey going yard in his first home at bat, his rookie season. As a lifelong (5ish years at that point) Mariner's fan, I knew what fake hope was like, and saw it nearly every spring. But this Griffey kid....he was gonna be the real deal. The hype in april of '89 was a little more intense, a little more exaggerated, and a little more real.

2.) 1998...I was in college in LA. A few of us (including, I think, 2+2er Sooga) decided we'd go catch an angels game in anaheim. The halos were bad that year, so we didn't bother getting tickets in advance. I was giddy, because the Mariners were in town, and Arod needed one more HR to reach the 40-40 club. Well, the 4 or 5 of us drive out to Anaheim, and to our chagrin, the game is sold out. I think it was fan appreciation day or something, as there was no earthly reason why the halos shoulda been sold out. We were too poor to be able to buy scalped tickets, so we went home, disappointed. Arod went 40-40 that day, and i've hated Sooga ever since.

3.) Griffey, Sr. and Griffey, Jr. going yard, back to back. Just awesome.

But, if I could pick only one....I went to a handful of M's games in August/September of 1995. One game, we got dang near the last seats available, and were sitting in the right field bleachers in the kingdome. The M's were down (vs. the A's, I think)....down like 6-3 or so. Bases were loaded and Vince Coleman came up. He played a handful of games for the M's, as he was their big free-agent-deadline acquisition (actually a post July 31st acquisition, if I remember correctly). Anyways, he hit a grandslam. IIRC, it was his only grand salame in his career. The ball landed right in front of us, and the kingdome exploded. It was a dumpy place to watch a game, but man did it get loud.

Josh W

[Quadstriker]

Pujols vs. Lidge

All I could do was say, "He did it!" for about 2 minutes straight.

[youtalkfunny]

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I'm not thinking about Fisk's, or Gibson's, Dent's or Carter's, but a homerun that is not a top 25 type but is particularly memorable for you.

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Sorry to break the rules, but I'm a Sox fan who's old enough to remember the Fisk HR. It gets my vote.

Two other Boston HR's from that season:

--Fred Lynn had a game at Tiger Stadium where he hit 3 HRs, a triple, and a single, knocking in ten runs, and tying the AL record for total bases in a game. The last HR was on the roof.

--Jim Rice became the sixth player to hit one over the flagpole in CF at Fenway, and the ball looked like it was still going UP when it disappeared into the darkness.

[suppasonic]

Dodgers 4 home runs in a row vs. the Padres which basically rolled us into the playoffs.

For non-crucial games, I was at a Dodger game when Odalis Perez was good. He pitched 7 or 8 innings of shutout ball and hit a home run for the only run of the game. Man did it all by himself.

[vhawk01]

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Well, being from Minnesota, Kirby Puckett's Game 6. It was an amazing game and an amazing series.

I still get chills hearing the call.

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I get chills every single time I hear that call. Without fail. Easily my favorite sports moment ever. "And we'll see you....tomorrow night!"

[kkcountry]

Maggs in the ALCS last year, mostly memorable for the beer shower that was given to our friend who was absolutely hammered from blackberry brandy. "DA TIGAZ!!! DA TIGAZ ARE GOIN TO DA WORLD SERIES" he screamed as he did the Warren Sapp TD dance while getting a half dozen beast lights poured on him in freezing temperatures

[kidcolin]

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Damon's slam off Clemens in the 04 ALCS is my favorite moment from that year.

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Assuming you mean off Vasquez since Roger wasn't on the '04 Yanks. Forgot about this one. That was amazing.

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I can never decide which one I like better, Belhorn's two run shot or Damon's slam. Damon's slam was so damn nice because everyone in the room pretty much knew that was the game. But Belhorn just rules, so seeing him stick it to 'em was awesome.