OT: Coolest Home Runs You've Witnessed

[GregMitch34]

All live at stadium: Saw Jackie Jensen hit one at Fenway in 1957. Willie Mays' last HR, at Shea, in 1973. Chambliss winning pennant for Yanks in playoffs. Reggie's 3 dingers in the Series. Gary Carter's to win game in first game as Met, opening day '85. Dykstra to win playoff game in '86. Others.

[rjackson44]

Mike piazza right after 911 vs braves to win it ,,i was there,great night.

[jp1216]

1. Gibson in 88 via TV. Goosebumps lasted a week.
2. McGwire in 98 hitting the left pole on the Jacob's field scoreboard (in person). I swear that ball was still going up when it hit. Laser shot.
3. Griffey's #499 in Cleveland. His next at bat sadly was caught on the track.
4. Bo Jackson's leadoff All Star game bomb with President Reagan in the TV booth.
5. My 8 year old putting one over a short 170 sign in right center - priceless.

[Pat R]

The first two that I thought of were Fisk and Dent.

[Centauri]

Gibson 88 and McGwire 62 were huge - saw both on TV. I'll add Joe Carter in 92. He had played for Cleveland in the 80s, and he came to my school and signed autographs. Then left town and did that.

But for me the best one ever was Albert Belle in game 1 of the 95 divisional round against Boston. First playoff game in cleveland in 40 years, in extra innings, Indians down 1 in the 12th, two outs. Belle is dialed in, fouls one off, then hammers one over the fence. Ties the game, bedlam in the stands. Boston's manager immediately calls for the bat to be checked, and Belle gets up on the top step of the dugout, flexes and points to his bicep to show Boston where it came from.

Tribe wins in 13, and the bat is sawed in half after the game, and is clean. Just a wild crazy game - welcome back to playoff baseball cleveland.

One other that is memorable to me is Pujols off of Brad Lidge in 2005 or so. In Houston, ninth inning to tie the game. Hit it waaaaaaaay out, rattled around on the train tracks ( or whatever in Houston) behind the seats.was just huge.

[Jay Wolt]

I've seen many historic Home Runs live on tv like Aaron's 715th, Kirk Gibson's vs the A's, Chambliss vs the Royals and so on.

But in person, my favorite was in 1981 at Yankee Stadium, it was the end of Sept on a cold dreary night.
John Denny of the Indians struck our Reggie in the 1st inning. Then a couple innings later Reggie hits a titantic shot off of Denny and Reggie did a slow trot around the bases w/ Denny walking off the mound shouting at him.
Reggie touched home plate and went after Denny, both benches emptied and there was excitement in the Bronx w/ more cheers during the fight then the home Run.

[whitehse]

Like many others I have seen countless memorable home runs on television but the best one (or two) I have witnessed in person was the Sandberg game at Wrigley Field against the Cardinals in 1984. Sandberg hit two homers to give the Cubs the lead each time in this game. You could cut the tension with a knife and somehow, after this game, one would know that 1984 was going to be the Cubs year.

[Republicaninmass]

Yanks vs Sox live at Fenway

Sox go back to back to back to back. The stadium was electric

[kmac32]

The coolest home run I was ever involved in or saw was at Cubs Fantasy camp. The team I was playing on was in the championship game to see who won the trophy for the camp. It was a sudden death situation so first team to score won the title. We put the other team down 3 up 3 down in the first inning. Our team came up to bat and our shortstop "Rico" lead off our side. First pitch came down to center of the plate and he just watched it go by. Second pitch came by and he lined it over the left field fence to win the game and clinch the title.

I was the catcher for this game and i had been talking some crap to batters earlier in the week to distract the other batters. A friend of mine who came up to bat for the other team in this game came up and said "don't say anything". I said " I wasn't planning on saying anything". He actually hit the ball into the ground for an easy out at First. Guess I beat him mentally. LOL

[billyb]

Via TV, Gibson and Mazerowski HRs I have witnessed.

The only HR of importance, to the ball player involved, but not to history, and I got to see it at the game. Coot Veal's only major league home run in his career. Just a Punch and Judy hitter, on this day,. he hit one far enough to tuck it just inside the left field foul line, and just over the fence. I think the guy in the first row caught it.....LOL

But it counted, one career home run.

[dabigyankeeman]

Bucky Dent - Aaron Boone - Chris Chambliss - Derek Jeter (Mr November) - Reggie's 3 (Mr October).

[BleedinBlue]

I grew up in Southern California and am a lifelong LA Dodger fan. I was going to UC Berkeley during the 1988 World Series and went out to a bar with a few of my friends to watch Game 1 of the World Series. My friends were giving me quite a ribbing as the game went later and later. They kept saying that as soon as Eck got in the game was over. Well, things got down to the last out and Gibson limped up to the plate. The crowd in the bar was loudly cheering for Eckersley to finish off Game 1. When Gibby connected I let out a primal gutteral yell of pure joy. The rest of the bar got deathly quiet. It was an amazing momemt.

Until I had to walk home. Scariest walk of my life.

[RTK]

I've seen the likes of Ernie Banks and Billy Williams hit HR's. For as many major league games as I've seen, including playoff games, I don't recall anything truly historic. I did see Geoff Jenkins (Brewers) hit a walk off against the Cardinals in September a few years back when St Louis needed wins in it's hunt for the playoffs.

[Buythatcard]

Watching Roger Maris hit his 61st in 61. That is still my favorite moment in baseball that I will never forget.

Roger Maris was my hero when I was a kid.

[clydepepper]

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