OT: Coolest Home Runs You've Witnessed

[Peter_Spaeth]

Frank Howard hitting what looked like a high popup except that it ended up in the center field upper deck at RFK.

The same Frank Howard hitting a laser off Sam McDowell that could not have been in the air more than 3 seconds.

A rookie I had never heard of hitting two over the Monster on consecutive pitches one afternoon I took off from work -- turned out to be Juan Gonzalez.

On TV, Don Baylor's 3 run shot against the Angels to bring the Red Sox back from the verge of extinction in 1986. Johnny Damon's grand slam to put Game 7 almost out of reach against the Yankees in 2004. Ortiz' slam against the Tigers last year. Gibson of course. We look back now in contempt but McGwire's 62 was pretty cool at the time.

[MVSNYC]

1) McGwire 62
2) Gibson 88 WS
3) Brett's Pine Tar HR
4) Robin Ventura's Grand Slam "Single" (was at this game)

[EGreenwood]

Mine would have to be the Griffeys hitting back-to-back home runs on September 14, 1990.

[RGold]

Cardinals vs Yankees 1964 World Series Game 4.

Cardinals down 2 games to 1, at Yankee Stadium, sure to lose their first World Series appearance since 1946 after Ray Sadecki yields 3 runs in the first inning.

With one out in the top of the 6th, Ken Boyer hits a grand slam off Al Downing, final score 4-3 on just 6 hits. Cardinals go on to win World Series in 7 games.

Old Yankee dynasty ends, new Cardinal dynasty begins, Ken Boyer makes Hall of Fame. Well, Boyer should be in the Hall of Fame.

[byrone]

Watching on TV as Joe Carter hit his World Series winning homer run off Mitch Williams.

I had a premonition just as Williams started his wind-up that the pitch was getting hammered, and couldn't believe it when Carter actually came thru.

Cool, but weird too

[packs]

I know this isn't an important home run, but I was at Yankee Stadium one day for a game against the Tigers and Damion Easly crushed a ball most of the way up the black seats in left center. It was one of the longest bombs I've ever seen and hit by such a relatively little guy. I went to Yankee games at the old stadium for 20 years and never saw anyone else hit a home run that deep.

Another time Manny Ramirez crushed a ball about half way up the upper deck in left field in the rain. What a bomb probably the only time I saw someone hit one into the left field upper deck at the stadium too.

[almostdone]

Was in Atlanta and saw my favorite player, Ken Griffey Jr., hit one to pass Frank Robinson on the all time HR list to number 6. Only time I saw him hit one live.
Drew

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by packs

I know this isn't an important home run, but I was at Yankee Stadium one day for a game against the Tigers and Damion Easly crushed a ball most of the way up the black seats in left center. It was one of the longest bombs I've ever seen and hit by such a relatively little guy. I went to Yankee games at the old stadium for 20 years and never saw anyone else hit a home run that deep.

Another time Manny Ramirez crushed a ball about half way up the upper deck in left field in the rain. What a bomb probably the only time I saw someone hit one into the left field upper deck at the stadium too.

I can identify with that. One night in the eighties I was at Yankee Stadium vs the White Sox. A lackluster game and the crowd is nonplussed. Hal Baines comes up to bat. The sound of the ball off the bat was incredible and the ball was really high and rising before it even left the infield area, and it was still rising when it landed in the right field upper deck, and it didn't take too much time to get there.

Another time, in 1999, I was given a pair of tickets for the Mets NLDS. My friend and I are both Yankee fans (but not Mets haters). Todd Pratt hits a walk-off in the 10th to send the Mets to NLCS. Video clips of this are deceiving because they have cheering all the way through. The crowd was indeed making a lot of noise in anticipation as the ball went out to center, and the fielder's glove went up over the wall as the ball was going over. But the crowd went completely silent for what seemed like an eternity. Nobody knew. Then the fielder opens his glove. Empty. Then the crowd erupts.

[MacDice]

On my one and only trip to Wrigley, saw Sammy Sosa hit his 60th home run (second season he hit 60).

Also was in attendance and saw Griffey Jr hit the last home run in the Kingdome

[HercDriver]

As for watching one on TV, it's either the Sandberg/Sutter game, or the bomb that Glenallen Hill hit on top of a roof in left field at Wrigley...that was amazing!

The best in person home runs were all the ones I saw Dave Kingman hit...majestic!