May 5, 20179 yr There's been a plethora of big homers in baseball history. What homerun stands out most in your mind? I'll start with a few and you can take it from there. Mazeroski- Wins the '60 Series for the Bucs. Bobby Thompson - "The Giants win the Pennant; the Giants win the Pennant." Kirk Gibson - "In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened." And, one that I remember well: "What a marvelous moment for baseball. What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia. What a marvelous moment for the country and the world . A black man is getting a standing ovation in the deep South for breaking the record of an all-time baseball idol."-- Vin Scully
May 5, 20179 yr Author Most people remember Aaron breaking Ruth but what about Hank tying Ruth's record off Jack Billingham in Riverfront: The great Milo Hamilton on the call:
May 5, 20179 yr Author [ATTACH=CONFIG]61637[/ATTACH] You just had to do that , Jim. I didn't get any sleep at all that night. The next night was better.
May 6, 20179 yr Was lucky enough to have attended that game at Riverfront the day when Aaron tied the Babe. I still have the ticket stub and the scorebook somewhere around our home!
May 6, 20179 yr Most people remember Aaron breaking Ruth but what about Hank tying Ruth's record off Jack Billingham in Riverfront: The great Milo Hamilton on the call: I was in Biology class at Mason County high school and our teacher let us watch the game.
May 6, 20179 yr Hal King hit a big home run in a double header in like 1974 that started a major Reds comeback.
May 6, 20179 yr 1972 NLCS: Reds v. Pirates, game 5. Bottom of the ninth, Reds down 2-1. Johnny Bench HR to tie the game. Reds go to World Series on a later wild pitch. Boy begins listening to the game on the radio with grade school class. School bus ride midgame; torture. Home, listening to Al Michaels, and boy practices serious intercessory prayer. Bench homers. Two outs later, Foster scores on a wild pitch. Reds win. Boy convinced of divine intervention. :wideyed: Edited May 6, 20179 yr by Runcible Owl
May 6, 20179 yr Ozzie smith and Jack Clark during the Dodgers series. Jim Edmonds to force game 7 vs. the Astros Pujols vs. the Astros. David Freese vs the Rangers.
May 6, 20179 yr Of the ones that I was watching when they happened. Kirk Gibson off of Dennis Eckersley walk off in the 88 Series. Eric Davis in Game 1 in the 90 Series. It really set the tone for the Reds sweep. David Ortiz walk off in Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS to start off the epic comeback vs the Yankees. I was so excited when that happened and had been so frustrated that I jumped up from my recliner and swung my Red Sox bat in my living room. The bat slipped our of my hand and lodged barrel- first in the wall. I left it there and went to bed. The next day I decided to leave it there for luck. The Sox won again and I decided not to take it down until they lost. It remained in my wall until the next April. David Ortiz game tying grand slam in Game 2 of the 2013 ALCS that flipped Torii Hunter into the Red Sox bullpen and changed the momentum of that series.
May 6, 20179 yr First couple I thought of have been mentioned already...then there are these! REG-GIE! REG-GIE! REG-GIE! Edited May 6, 20179 yr by Jumper_Dad
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