OT: Coolest Home Runs You've Witnessed

[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.

[itjclarke]

I had season tickets in the RF Arcade at AT&T Park for a few years as Bonds closed out his career. I saw just about every meaninful HR/milestone, including 756. Controversial or not, it was pretty crazy to witness.

Other memorables seen at the ballpark- Pablo hitting 3 bombs (2 off Verlander) in game 1 of the 2012 WS. JT Snow hitting a 3 run HR with 2 out/2 strikes in the bottom of the 9th to tie game 2 of the 2000 NLDS vs the Mets. Ichiro hitting an inside the park HR that smacked off the bricks in front of me in the 2007 AS game. Andres Galleraga hitting the longest HR in AT&T (PacBell) history, I think 474 ft. Ray Durham hitting 2 HRs to my seat in right center in back to back games.

... and probably my favorite since it was with my dad and one which is known by Giants fans. The late September Brian Johnson homerun that beat the Dodgers and tied division race in 1997.

Go Giants!!

[slidekellyslide]

In Person:

Around 1995: Jed Dalton, University of Nebraska....hit one out of the park and into the window of a moving car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCSq8x6SqAc