What is the most important hit in baseball history.

[FrankWakefield]

I attended 4192, saw it.... but I don't think of that hit as being the hit.

I've been a Cardinals fan since seeing Mr. Musial play in 1963. Saw Gibson pitch in game 7 of the 1964 World Series, which had Mantle's last WS HR. Saw Brock's 3000th hit. And even though I'm a Cardinals fan, I don't think it was McGwire's 62nd or 70th. ( But what a year, everyone stopped and watched McGwire hit during batting practice. Everyone, even the opposing team. )

Maybe, as time goes by, and folks look back with the perspective of time, David Freese's game 6 triple, or game 6 home run, will get there.

And notwithstanding Ruth's legendary presence, the Called Shot isn't the hit, nor is what I consider a close second, Mazeroski's homer. After thinking about this for a couple of days, and reading the thread, I think Thompson's home run, the Shot Heard 'Round the World, with Jackie Robinson watching Thompson touch the bases, I think that hit is the hit. Lots of good answers in this thread, though.

So as much as I enjoyed Mr. Buck's "Go crazy folks" call of Ozzie's shot, it has to be "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!"