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Posted By: Pennsylvania Ted

Some good answers to this Trivia ?

GILBERT

Good to hear from you.....your right....the term "walk-off" homer I think started with Kirk Gibson's HR
in the 1988 Dodgers vs A's World Series (WS).

It's the accepted "media buzzword" since that event, so I used it here to minimize the verbiage in my
Trivia question.
If I counted correctly, 8 of you have the correct answer. The one who most correctly answered this
quiz is Steve Murray.

But, as an avid Yankees fan.....I must disqualify him from winning the prize.....for 1st answering this
quiz with Mazeroski. Normally, Steve you'd get a 2nd chance....but, that was a "BIG NO-NO".....ha !


An interesting side note to Tommy Henrich's HR in the 9th inning of the 1st game of the 1949 WS was
the answer Casey Stengel gave the media. Until this event, Casey (in the 1923 WS, Giants vs Yankees)
had hit the previous game winning HR in WS play....."What do you think of your boy Henrich stealing
your 26-yr old record from you ?" Casey remarked...."I was nervous, I hit my HR in the 7th inning, little
Old Reliable (Tommy) did it in grand fashion in the 9th".


FOLLOW-UP TRIVIA...............

What is so significant with Casey Stengel's HR in the 1923 World Series ?

Thanks for your interest in this,

TED Z