2006-06-15 05:02:53 · 21 answers · asked by rob e 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
In baseball, a walk-off home run is a home run which ends the game. It must be a home run that gives the home team the lead in the bottom of the 9th inning or the bottom of any extra inning. It is called a "walk-off" home run because the teams walk off the field immediately afterward. Sportscasters also use the term "walk-off double" or other such terms if such a hit drives in the winning run to end the game. The terms walk-off hit by pitch or walk-off balk have been applied, and the latter has been dubbed a balk-off (these types of questionable walk-offs are seen by some fans as cheapening the concept). Although the concept is as old as baseball, the term itself has come into use only in the last few decades.
2006-06-15 05:07:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anry 7 · 12⤊ 0⤋
A walkoff homerun is when the player hits a homerun to win the game in the bottom of the inning.
2006-06-15 13:00:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A homerun that ends the game.
Only the home team can hit one, since they always bat after the visiting team if they are behind or if the game is tied.
A homerun that puts the home team ahead of the visiting team in the ninth inning or later ends the game and everybody "walks off" the field.
2006-06-15 12:07:36 · answer #3 · answered by poohba 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A walkoff homerun is one that wins a game for the team that hits it.
2006-06-15 12:42:53 · answer #4 · answered by lilallis01 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A walk-off home run is a term coined by famous relief pitcher Dennis Eckersley to signify a home run that immediately ends the game, so named because after the run is scored, the players can "walk off" the field.
In order for this to happen, a member of the home team must hit a home run in the bottom of the last inning to either come from behind or break a tie.
2006-06-15 12:05:50 · answer #5 · answered by Shep 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a walkoff homerun is when you hit a homerun in the 9th,10th ect to win the game.
2006-06-15 12:22:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A home run in the bottom of the ninth, or the bottom of any "extra-inning" that wins the game for the home team. The term means that both teams "walk off" the field after the hitter rounds the bases and scores.
2006-06-15 12:07:15 · answer #7 · answered by lmnop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the situation for a walk off home run to occur is when two teams are either tied or the home team is losing and has last at bats. if the home team (which bats in the bottom of an inning) hits a home run that breaks the tie or puts the home team ahead of the away team, they are able to "walk off" the field because they have scored enough runs to beat the other team (making it unnecessary to continue with the rest of the inning)
2006-06-15 13:15:59 · answer #8 · answered by soxfan3030@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a walk off home run, is a game ending homerun by the home team in the bottom of the ninth inning, or any inning thereafter that results in a lead for the home team, thus winning the game...
2006-06-15 12:06:32 · answer #9 · answered by docsbm2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is when someone hits a home run that ends the game because their team has scored enough to guarantee the win. It can only happen when the home team is batting in the 9th inning or later.
2006-06-15 12:06:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋