What MLB Homerun is most memorable for "YOU"?

[youtalkfunny]

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the Fisk HR.

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Surprised you don't mention Bernie Carbo's blast earlier in game 6.

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Fair or not, Fisk's HR overshadowed Bernie's.

That Carbo HR was the most surreal HR ever. He was totally overmatched that AB. He fouled off a two-strike pitch with what Johnny Bench called "the worst swing I've ever seen."

Watch the entire AB, and it defies logic that it ends in a HR. Not just a HR, but a very long, impressive HR.

[mblax10]

Final day of the 1998 season, Cubs, Mets & Giants are all tied for the Wild Card. Mets have already lost in Atlanta. The Cubs blow a 3-1 8th inning lead and lose in 11 in Houston.

The Giants and Rockies are tied in the bottom of the 9th in Colorado. Robb Nenn, who was nasty that year, is pitching for San Fran and Bonds & Jeff Kent are due up in the San Fran 10th.

It appears the Cubs' season is ending like many before it. Less than 5 minutes after Carl Everett crosses the plate in Houston, Neifi Perez leads off the 9th and blasts the 2nd pitch from Robb Nen over the RF wall. The next day Cubs-Giants play a 1 game playoff at Wrigley which I sat about 20 rows up from the Giants dugout.

Sosa's 2 run, 2 out game-tying HR in the bottom of the 9th in game 1 of the 2003 NLCS is a close second. However, that game and series have too many bad memories.

[MicroBob]

Mark Whiten's 4th HR in a game back in 1993 off of Rob Dibble.

This was the 2nd game of a rain-delayed and lengthy doubleheader.
The first game game was a wild 14-13 contest and went from 5:30p until 10p or so.

Reds led 9-6 in the 8th.
But StL scored 7 runs in the top of the 8th to take a 13-9 lead.
Reds scored 3 in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to win.

Lots of people left the stadium after this wild finish.

When we had another rain-delay or two early in the 2nd game most of the rest of the crowd took off.
By the time it was 12-2 StL in the 7th inning of game 2 even more people decided to call it night.


There weren't many people at all who were around at 1:30am or whatever in the 9th inning of game 2 to see Whiten hit his 4th of that game.
Maybe 2k or so. I was one of them.
He also had a record 12 RBI's in that game.

[mattsey9]

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the Fisk HR.

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Surprised you don't mention Bernie Carbo's blast earlier in game 6.

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Fair or not, Fisk's HR overshadowed Bernie's.

That Carbo HR was the most surreal HR ever. He was totally overmatched that AB. He fouled off a two-strike pitch with what Johnny Bench called "the worst swing I've ever seen."

Watch the entire AB, and it defies logic that it ends in a HR. Not just a HR, but a very long, impressive HR.

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Great AB, but also a great call of the action from Joe Garagiola. "Deep center field! Way back... We're tied up!" Short, but perfectly called.

[mattsey9]

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Mark Whiten's 4th HR in a game back in 1993 off of Rob Dibble.

This was the 2nd game of a rain-delayed and lengthy doubleheader.
The first game game was a wild 14-13 contest and went from 5:30p until 10p or so.

Reds led 9-6 in the 8th.
But StL scored 7 runs in the top of the 8th to take a 13-9 lead.
Reds scored 3 in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to win.

Lots of people left the stadium after this wild finish.

When we had another rain-delay or two early in the 2nd game most of the rest of the crowd took off.
By the time it was 12-2 StL in the 7th inning of game 2 even more people decided to call it night.


There weren't many people at all who were around at 1:30am or whatever in the 9th inning of game 2 to see Whiten hit his 4th of that game.
Maybe 2k or so. I was one of them.
He also had a record 12 RBI's in that game.

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I was at IU at the time, and a bunch of friends went to that game. They went around picking up souvenir beer cups that people left behind after the rain. I swear to God they brought home enough for us to hold a party a week for a year.

[Toro]

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the Fisk HR.

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Surprised you don't mention Bernie Carbo's blast earlier in game 6.

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Fair or not, Fisk's HR overshadowed Bernie's.

That Carbo HR was the most surreal HR ever. He was totally overmatched that AB. He fouled off a two-strike pitch with what Johnny Bench called "the worst swing I've ever seen."

Watch the entire AB, and it defies logic that it ends in a HR. Not just a HR, but a very long, impressive HR.

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Great AB, but also a great call of the action from Joe Garagiola. "Deep center field! Way back... We're tied up!" Short, but perfectly called.

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I've posted this before, but I called the Carbo shot a few seconds before it happened. Turned to my brother and said Carbo hits one out to deep center and then the very next pitch whammo. My brother looks at me like I was from another planet. Then we kill each other high fiving.

[dlk9s]

Milwaukee County Stadium, Easter Sunday, 1987

The Brewers had won 11 straight to start the season, matching the AL record. They were down 4-1 in the bottom of the 9th and I asked my dad if we could go home (I know, I know - I was 11 years old). He said, "If we go home and they win, I'm locking you in the bathroom the rest of the day."

Glenn Braggs and Greg Brock got on base and then Cecil Cooper flew out. Rob Deer then came up against reliever Greg Harris and smashed one into the left field bleachers to tie the game. After BJ Surhoff struck out, Jim Gantner walked, bring Dale Sveum to the plate. Sveum hit a homer into the Brewers bullpen in right to win it and break the AL record.

I got beer thrown on me in the commotion. George Webb restaurants gave away over 100,000 hamburgers that day because of the feat.

[mattsey9]

To keep it non-top 25, mine are:

Sammy Sosa's game tying blast in Game 1 of the NLCS.

Kerry Wood's homer in his first game back from arm surgery. It was already mentioned, but I was there too.

Steve Garvey's homer in game 4 of the 1984 NLCS. We had a fuzzy picture, and for a brief moment I thought the ball was caught. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

My all timer might be a Barry Lyons shot in the bottom of the ninth to cap a come from behind win for the Indianapolis Indians in 1994. That homer set off a huge celebration as I think the Indians had trailed by 6 or 7 runs early and came all the way back to win. I saw a lot of games there that year, and we had a blast partying after the game.

[I_AM_EVIL]

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Mark Whiten's 4th HR in a game back in 1993 off of Rob Dibble.

This was the 2nd game of a rain-delayed and lengthy doubleheader.
The first game game was a wild 14-13 contest and went from 5:30p until 10p or so.

Reds led 9-6 in the 8th.
But StL scored 7 runs in the top of the 8th to take a 13-9 lead.
Reds scored 3 in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to win.

Lots of people left the stadium after this wild finish.

When we had another rain-delay or two early in the 2nd game most of the rest of the crowd took off.
By the time it was 12-2 StL in the 7th inning of game 2 even more people decided to call it night.


There weren't many people at all who were around at 1:30am or whatever in the 9th inning of game 2 to see Whiten hit his 4th of that game.
Maybe 2k or so. I was one of them.
He also had a record 12 RBI's in that game.

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I was at IU at the time, and a bunch of friends went to that game. They went around picking up souvenir beer cups that people left behind after the rain. I swear to God they brought home enough for us to hold a party a week for a year.

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I made a post about this game earlier in the thread. I guess that makes at least 3 of us that was at that game.

[youtalkfunny]

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Robin Ventura Single

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This was the most memorable HR of my bookmaking career.

(For those who don't remember, Ventura hits a walk-off grand slam in extra innings in the playoffs against Atlanta, but his teammates mob him after he rounds first base, and do not allow him to round the bases. It went into the books as a single, one run scored on the play, and the Mets were eventually credited with 4-3 win.)

The Mets were -1½ on a lot of tickets, and the over/under on the game was 7½. That led to a lot of bad beat stories.

The crowd in the sportsbook was pretty agitated, as well, when I announced "Hold all tickets!", instead of immediately paying off on a 7-3 final score. Of course, NBC puts up the R/H/E graphic, showing the final score as 7-3. The crowd at the windows went bananas. I assured them that if that indeed is the correct score, then they will indeed get paid if they laid the -1½ or over the 7½--it will just take a few minutes to get confirmation.

About ten minutes after the game ended, the official boxscore came over the wire: 4-3 final.

I read in the newspaper the next day that most books in town immediately graded the game a 7-3 final, and paid off a lot of tickets before realizing there was a mistake. It was a night game, and at most sportsbooks, the senior guys work the day shift, and the junior flunkies work the night shift. I was probably the only flunky in town who thought, "You know what, I'm not sure all those runs are going to count."

Also, the entire Chain of Command (other supervisors, assistant sportsbook manager, sportsbook manager, director of race and sports) were all watching this game at home, and every one of them phoned in to advise me to wait before posting the results. It was comical, as soon as one hung up, the phone would ring as another one called. I was so busy answering all these calls, it was tough keeping the agitated crowd under control.

I finally posted "4-3". Some players protested, but when NBC put up the corrected "4-3" R/H/E graphic, the arguing stopped.