'75 World Series, Game 6 - Fisk Pushes It Fair

October 21, 1975 - Feway Park, Boston, MA

In the bottom of the 12th inning of a 6-6 game, Carlton Fisk looked to extend the World Series to a seventh game. Fisk blasted a long fly ball toward the Green Monster, that danced with the foul line. The Red Sox catcher slowly made his way up the first base line, waving at the ball to stay fair. The ball hit the foul pole sending Red Sox nation into a frenzy.

I Am The Greatest!.....

May 1, 1991 - Oalkand Alameda Coliseum, Oaklan, CA

On May 1, 1991, the same day that Nolan Ryan threw his 7th no-hitter Henderson broke one of baseball's most famous records when he stole the 939th base of his career against the New York Yankees, one more than Lou Brock.

The Rickey of the 80's and 90's was the Manny of today. With Brock looking on from the field, he proclaimed, "Lou Brock was a great base stealer, but today, I am the greatest."

No. 7 for the Ryan Express

May 1, 1991 - 1, 1991 - Arlington Stadium, Arlington, Tex

On Arlington Appreciation Night, Nolan Ryan pitched his seventh no-hitter on May 1, 1991, striking out Roberto Alomar of the Toronto Blue Jays for the final out.

On this same date, Rickey Henderson broke Lou Brock's career stolen base record by stealing his 939th career base. However, Henderson's achievement was somewhat overshadowed because Ryan, at age 44, set a record that same night by throwing the seventh no-hitter of his career, striking out Roberto Alomar of the Toronto Blue Jays for the final out. Coincidentally, Ryan's second baseman in his first two no-hitters had been Alomar's father, Sandy Jr.

Edmonds' Catch for the Ages

June 10, 1997 - Kaufman Stadium, Kansas City , MO

Top of the fifth inning. Two men on, tie score. David Howard at the plate. Edmonds, in center field for Anaheim, was playing shallow. Howard lined a shot to straightaway center. Edmonds turned his back and took off running, then dove, fully extending his body horizontal to the ground, and caught the ball over his shoulder. He landed on the warning track, a few feet from the wall.

"That was one of the greatest plays ever," veteran umpire Dave Phillips told the Kansas City Star. "That made Willie Mays' play look routine."

Clemens Throws Bat at Piazza, Game 2, 2000 World Series

Sunday, October 22, 2000 - Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY

The "Subway Series" in 2000 had its share of plotlines, but one of the dominant stories, was Clemens and Piazza. When the two had last faced off in July of that year, Clemens was accused of head-hunting when he drilled Piazza in the helmet. Clemens was pitching Game 2, and the face-off was highly anticipated. After two quick Clemens’ strikeouts, Piazza strode to the plate. On a 1-2 count, Clemens hummed a fastball inside, which Piazza fouled-off his hands, shattering his bat into three pieces. The barrel of the bat landed between the mound and first base, where it rested until Clemens ran over and picked it up (later saying that he thought it was the ball), and threw it over the first base line and into foul territory, directly in the path of Piazza. A confused Piazza turns towards Clemens, yelling at him "What's your problem?" The two would get close to one another, but Clemens refused to acknowledge Piazza, and the situation eventually deescalated. Piazza grounded out on the next pitch, while the Yankees would go on to win the game, 6-5, and the series, 4-1, but the Clemens-Piazza fight remains the most memorable moment from the Subway Series.

Bill Buckner's Error, Game 6, 1986 World Series

October 25, 1986 - Shea Stadium, Queens, New York

The visitor’s locker room had already been covered in plastic, in preparation for the celebration. The scoreboard in Shea Stadium had even accidentally flashed a message, congratulating Boston on their 1986 World Series victory.

Entering the bottom of the 10th inning, the Red Sox were leading 5-3, and after two quick outs, the title was seemingly inevitable. Three straight singles from the Mets made it 5-4, but still, all Boston needed was one out for their first World Series win since 1918. But then Bob Stanley uncorked a wild pitch, allowing the Mets to tie the game at five. Mookie Wilson followed, and hit a slow-bouncer down the first-base line, and it looked like, finally, the Sox were out of the inning, and onto the 11th. All Bill Buckner had to do was field the ball and toss it to first…

For nearly 20 years, Buckner was vilified and, perhaps unfairly, marked as the goat of the 1986 World Series.

Joaquin Andujar's Meltdown - Game 7, 1985 World Series

October, 27 1985 - Kaufman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

The 1985 World Series was not a good one for pitcher Joaquin Andujar. Andujar had won 21 games for the Cardinals that year, but he couldn’t replicate that success against the Royals in the Series. In Game 3, Andujar lasted just four innings while giving up four earned runs as the Royals won the game, 6-1. He would appear once more in Game 7, with the Cards already down 9-0. Having gone through four pitchers already, the Cards sent Andujar out in relief. After giving up an RBI single, things got a little chippy. He began to argue with home plate umpire Don Denkinger about balls and strikes, and then manager Whitey Herzog was ejected. But on the very next pitch, Denkinger called a ball, and that set Joaquin off. He charged Denkinger and had to be restrained by three of his teammates. Andujar was of course thrown out of the game, but his terror didn’t end there. Once he was banished to the clubhouse, he took a bat and destroyed a toilet. Because of his outburst, he was suspended for 10 games the following season.

Loma Prieta Earthquake

Game 3, 1989 World Series

October 17, 1989 at 5:04 p.m. local time, San Francisco, CA

The 1989 World Series was billed as the "Battle of the Bay" between the Oakland A's and the San Francisco Giants. Never did anyone think that the geographical features of the region would be so prominently displayed. Shortly before Game 3 began at Candlestick Park, the 6.9 magnitude Lorna Prieta earthquake struck. It was the first major earthquake in America to be broadcast on live television. At the time the quake struck, Tim McCarver was narrating highlights and Al Michaels cut in to say "I'll tell you what -- we're having an earth--," and at that point the feed from San Francisco was lost. Fans in the stadium were heard cheering "Let's play ball," shortly afterwards, as the damage at the stadium itself was minimal. A power outage forced the game to be postponed, however, and the damage to the rest of the bay area was far greater than a mere power outage.

In total, the quake killed 63 people throughout northern California, injured 3,757 more and left some 8,000-12,000 people homeless. The Series would not resume for 10 days, the longest delay in World Series history, after which the Oakland A's won in a sweep. At the conclusion of the series, out of respect for the earthquake victims, the Athletics weren't allowed to celebrate the victory with champagne. Years later, Al Michaels admitted that if the earthquake had lasted much longer than 15 seconds, he would have been killed.

Bo Breaks......

Best pure athlete I've ever seen, hands down. "WORLD CLASS." He should have been an Olympian in something. What a shame we didn't get to see more. The breaking the bat over his knee only added to his legend. (Now it's just vogue when someone does it.) He broke a bat over his head too (Haven't see anyone else try to copy that....) In a world where we scour the world to find professional athletes, he was a two sport All-Star in both MLB and the NFL. If he had more time, I'm sure he could have chosen just about any sport he wanted and been world class at it.

Move over Lou....2131.....

September 6, 1995 - Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltomore, MD

And so it was that on September 6, 1995, before a packed house at Oriole Park at Camden Yards ("The House That Cal Built"), Cal Ripken, Jr. passed the magical mark established by the heroic and tragic Gehrig nearly 60 years before. When the game became official after the top of the 5th inning, Ripken took a well-deserved victory lap around the park and into the record book.

Ripken would go on to play 2,632 straight games before removing himself from the lineup before a game with Gehrig's old team, the Yankees, in late September of 1998. Ripken retired after the 2001 season, having cemented his place among baseball's immortals.

Bronx Bedlam......

October 14, 1976 - Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY

The Yankees had not been in a World Series in twelve years. Entering the bottom of the ninth inning in the final game of the 1976 American League Championship Series, the Bronx Bombers found themselves tied with the Kansas City Royals. If they could score just one run, they would return to their first Fall Classic since Mantle and Maris were active players. If not, they would be forced to play into extra innings and risk going home for the off-season.

First Baseman Chris Chambliss led off the inning, and smashed the first pitch offered by Kansas City reliever Mark Littell over the right-center field wall, winning the pennant for the Bombers and touching off bedlam at the Stadium.

Thousands of fans vaulted over the dugouts and walls and celebrated on the playing field. It was pandemonium. Chambliss reached second, then dodged hordes of fans in trying to reach third, then proceeded to make a beeline towards the safety of the clubhouse as the area around home plate and much of the field was covered by a mass of humanity.

Some time later Chambliss was escorted back out onto the field to touch home, or at least the area where it had been. The game and Series were over and the Yankees had reached the top of the AL once again while the Royals were sent packing for a long, cold off-season in Kansas City.

The Healing Begins..........

September 21, 2001 - Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

The Mets take on the Braves in the first game played in New York after the attacks on 9/11. Mike Piazza, emotional in his support of the police and firefighters, hits a two-run homer in the eighth inning for a 3-2 win.

"I'm just so happy I gave the people something to cheer," Piazza said. "There was a lot of emotion. It was just a surreal sort of energy out there. I'm just so proud to be a part of it tonight."

"These people are great," he said. "New York has been so strong through all this. I feel so sad. I met two kids today who lost their fathers. "I'm glad to give people a diversion from the sorrow, to give them a thrill. If the season ends tomorrow, we're all winners, because we didn't give up," Piazza said.

"Shot Heard 'Round the World"

For those of you old enough to remember, at 3:58 p.m. E.S.T on October 3, 1951 Bobby Thompson hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World". And if you are old enough to remember, you remember just where you were and what you were doing. As a result of the "shot", the Giants won the game 5–4, defeating the Dodgers in their pennant playoff series, two games to one. It is also referred as the most famous case of sign-stealing in baseball. Thomson's homer, and the Giants' victory after overcoming a double-digit lead in the standings by the Dodgers in the weeks preceding the playoff, are also sometimes known as the Miracle of Coogan’s Bluff.

Perhaps the most famous baseball call ever....... by Russ Hodges.......

"Bobby Thomson... up there swingin'... He's had two out of three, a single and a double, and Billy Cox is playing him right on the third-base line... One out, last of the ninth... Branca pitches... Bobby Thomson takes a strike called on the inside corner... Bobby hitting at .292... He's had a single and a double and he drove in the Giants' first run with a long fly to center... Brooklyn leads it 4-2...Hartung down the line at third not taking any chances... Lockman with not too big of a lead at second, but he'll be runnin' like the wind if Thomson hits one... Branca throws... [audible sound of bat meeting ball]

There's a long drive... it's gonna be, I believe...THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! Bobby Thomson hits into the lower deck of the left-field stands! The Giants win the pennant and they're goin' crazy, they're goin' crazy! HEEEY-OH!!!'' [ten-second pause for crowd noise]

I don't believe it! I don't believe it! I do not believe it! Bobby Thomson... hit a line drive... into the lower deck... of the left-field stands... and this blame place is goin' crazy! The Giants! Horace Stoneham

has got a winner! The Giants won it... by a score of 5 to 4... and they're pickin' Bobby Thomson up... and carryin' him off the field!"

John Kruk vs. Randy Johnson.....

July 13, 1993 - Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland

With two outs in the top of the 3rd inning, the Phillies John Kruk strolled to the plate to face-off against the American League's Randy Johnson, a hard-throwing lefty with a nasty slider. Johnson's first pitch, a fastball, sailed right over Kruk's head, noticeably spooking the Phillies first baseman. Kruk might as well have been sitting in the dugout for the remainder of the at-bat, as he was stepping out of the batter's box seemingly as Johnson went into his wind-up. Funny stuff.

Rose-Harrelson.....

October 8, 1973 - Shea Stadium, Flushing Meadows, NY

During the third game of the NLCS, with the Mets leading 9-2, shortstop Bud Harrelson objects to the way Pete Rose upended him on a double-play ball. Rose objects to Harrelson's objection, and the two are soon throwing punches and rolling in the dirt. The Mets won the series in five, but Rose got a measure of revenge with a game-winning homer in the 12th inning of game four.