OT: Coolest Home Runs You've Witnessed

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Deertick

Most disappointing in person: Eddie Murray's two HR in 1983 WS.

Most impressive in person: Greg Luzinski hitting the Liberty Bell in 1975. I have never seen a replay.

Longest I have hit: Approx 470 ft @ "Doc" Lang field in Tampa. Just to the left of center (408') and one hopped the street (another 70').

Longest I have given up: A knuckle curve that started a little too high to a lefty and got a lot higher in a hurry. We were on Tampa Catholic's field, and the ball cleared the RF fence (335'), a two story field house (+20') behind the fence (+10') over the adjacent field's fence (+10') and wound up in the infield halfway to home plate (+200' ??). My teammates had a meeting on the mound because we couldn't stop laughing.

I always hit like a pitcher, so it was good that we had the DH for most of my career.

I never really thought about it until I read your post, but I honestly do not remember ever giving up a homer. That may sound like I'm bragging a lot, but maybe I have selective memory loss, too. I was a full-time pitcher for over a decade, so it must have happened at least once.

[Tabe]

Here's one more:

I'm watching some random Expos game on ESPN one night and Andres Galarraga hits a grand slam for the Expos to win the game in extras, I think. I could have some of the details mangled. Anyway, for whatever reason, I was really into that game despite not being a fan of either team. The home run pumped me up and I ended up jumping out of my chair with a fist raised. Well, I hit the bleeping ceiling fan/light fixture over my head and shattered part of it. The glass rained down on me, cutting my elbow, leaving a 1/2" scar that is still plainly visible to this day.

Oh yeah, my parents were already asleep so I had to clean up and then try and explain it to them the next day. Ugh.

[sb1]

Aaron 715 for me, watched it on TV, had newspaper clippings before and after.

[Duluth Eskimo]

I was at game 6 of the 1991 World Series when Kirby Puckett hit the home run that took it to game 7 and their eventual win. The crowd was going absolutely bananas. It spilled over in to the streets and was pandamonium. I have seen some pretty great home runs in my time, but it would be hard for me to believe anything will top that. Jason

[mets41]

I'm a long-time Met fan and fillie and yankee hater so:

1960 Mazeroski's hr to beat the yankees

1993 Joe Carter's hr to beat the fillies

1999 Todd Pratt's hr to beat the D'backs

1967 Bud Harrelson (Mets vs. Pirates) hit a fly ball down the left field line. The ball was ruled fair and rather than play the ball, Al ("bonehead") Luplow argued the call, and Bud wound up with an inside the park hr.

1995 Ricky Otero (Mets vs. fillies) hit for the cycle. The homer was an inside the parker (this was the only one of these that happened when I attended the game--the others I saw on tv)

1966 at Connie Mack Stadium, Phila.--Bill White of the visiting Cardinals hit a homer that got my father and me on tv\

[Thromdog]

1998, Sammy Sosa's 66th and final home run off Jose Lima in the old Astrodome.

His monster home run landed in my seat....but I wasn't there. I passed over the ticket to my buddies an hour before the game....."had to go see about a girl."

Married 13 years now.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Thromdog

1998, Sammy Sosa's 66th and final home run off Jose Lima in the old Astrodome.

His monster home run landed in my seat....but I wasn't there. I passed over the ticket to my buddies an hour before the game....."had to go see about a girl."

Married 13 years now.

Very cool story!

In 1999 I seen Sammy Sosa's #63 and Mark McQwire's #64 & #65 in person. I was one of several people that paid insane money for bleacher seats in St Louis for the last 3 games of the season when they were both on pace to break the home run record again.