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Originally Posted by BobC
How about:
Willie Mays' 1954 World Series catch
Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series game 7 walk-off home run
Bill Wambsganns' 1920 World Series unassisted triple play
Babe Ruth's final appearance/speech in a Yankee's uniform in Yankee Stadium
Lou Gehrig's famous farewell speech proclaiming himself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth at Yankee Stadium
Hank Aaron's home run topping Ruth's all-time record
Rose's hit topping Ty Cobb's all-time hits records
Cal Ripken's starting the game topping Lou Gehrig's all time consecutive game record
The last at bat by Joe Dimaggio when the Indians stopped him at his 56 game hitting streak
The final pitch of Nolan Ryan's 7th no-hitter
Bill Buckner's 1986 WS error
The Steve Bartman incident in 2003
Roger Maris hitting the 61st home run during the 1961 season
Aaron Judge hitting his 62nd home run this past season
Mark McGwire hitting his 70th home run in 1998
Barry Bonds hitting his 71st and final 73rd home runs in 2001
The final out of the Boston Red Sox WS clinching game in 2004 breaking the "Curse of the Bambino"
The final out of the 1969 WS clinching game for the Miracle Mets.
The final pitch of the 1956 WS perfect game thrown by Don Larsen
Ichiro Suzuki's hit number 258 for the season in 2004, breaking George Sisler's previous all-time single season hit record of 257 set back in 1920
Carl Mays hitting Ray Chapman while at bat, which ended up killing him
The announcement of Ruth being sold to the Yankees
Raphael Palmeiro's now infamous testimony before Congress denying PED usage - and then also the later moment it was announced he tested positive for using PEDs
The announcement of Pete Rose's permanent ban from baseball due to gambling
Larry Doby's first time taking the field for an American League team the same year as Jackie Robinson's MLB playing debut
Eddie Gaedel's one and only plate appearance on 8/19/1951
George Brett's pine tar bat incident on 7/24/1983
The announcement of the Houston Astros confirmed cheating scandal
The announcement of the permanent ban to the infamous 1919 Black Sox players, including Joe Jackson
The start of the 7/24/1911 memorial game for Addie Joss at Cleveland's League Park, considered by many the de facto first ever MLB all-star game
The 8/4/1993 on-field fight between Nolan Ryan and Robin Ventura
There's a decent start....................................
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Bob, you are always just scratching the surface in your posts. You shouldn't be so selective.
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