What are the most historical things in baseball?

Answer 1

The most historical things in baseball...

1) Jackie Robinson joining the Dodgers. Breaking down baseball's color barrier long before the US as a majority could see the light

2) Lou Gehrig's Farewell. I think that baseball's greatest speech by one of baseball's true heros in the face of being stricken so tradgically deserves number 2

3) 1919 Chicago White Sox. People had long suspected that games were being thrown and they had proof. Baseball used it as a lithmus test to redefine integrity in sports that other sports adopted before there was a problem.

4) Curtis Flood's attempt at free agency. Challenging the reserve clause, baseball's version of slavery, cost Flood a HoF career and much happiness but was a crucial step in labour negotiations with sport moguls.

5) Houston Astrodome. Despite how it looked and all of its growing pains it took nature out of the equation when it came to where sports could be played. Without it, we would have never progressed to the Skydome, BOB or Safeco.

6) Al Campanis' remarks on Nightline or Dateline, whichever it was. Stating that african-americans were excellent athletes and wonderful people but lacking in the capacity to acheive greatness. This was made around 1990 at a point when it was obvious that baseball had not progressed much more than it had the day Jackie Robinson was signed, but hopefully opened eyes to a problem that needed fixing.

7) The invention of the hot dog. Imagine life without the hotdog.

8) Shot heard round the world. There have been many dramatic moments in baseball ie Babe Ruth's so-called shot, Fisk waving the ball fair, Buckner letting the ball get through his legs, etc. but there has never been one moment that set such a tone of climax to the end of a regular season that the WS was insignificant. The Giants won the pennant.

9) Pete Gray. the one-armed baseball player who, although he reached the Majors during WW2 with a lot of ball players at war, Pete got there because of skill. In 1944 with one arm, he batted .218 and inspired troops returning from war with similar injuries that life wasn't over and you could still dream to be better than the mere mortal. For those of you thinking that .218 isn't much, its .218 higher than I hit in the Majors. (-:

10) Pete Rose being banned for life. Everybody loved Pete. He epitomized hard work and a joy for the game. Baseball's unwillingness to test the integrity of the game for the sake of its beloved son showed that no one person should be above the game and sparked a debate that will be going forever whether he makes the Hall or not. I wanted to put Jim Gray's interview of Rose following the presentation of the All-Century team as number 10, but its just one of the best moments in my mind about baseball. After a whole week of press interviews where the media kept sucking up to Pete, Jim Gray asked him, "with the nation supporting you and wanting you back in baseball, don't you think as an act of contrition that you should admit that you gambled on baseball?" Pete answered that he had never bet on baseball. Even I may have felt inclined to change my attitude towards one of the greatest ball players of all-time if he had just said 'yes' at that point.

I tried to go with things that had a historical significants that transended the sport. These were what I could come up with off the top of my head.

Answer 2

Fenway Park is a historical site in baseball. There is no better ballyard to watch a game. You got the Green Monster in left field, Pesky's Pole in right field. It's the only authentic throw-back field left

Answer 3

No such thing as "most historical" in baseball. It depends on what team you like. Yankee fans like "Murderers row", Red Sox fans love the monster and Ted Williams. For me it will be attending the last game at Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia). Mike Schmidts 500th homer and the 93' Phillies.

Answer 4

Anytime someone breaks or ties a record,When new ballparks get put up and old ones get tore down.Everyday is historical in baseball in some way or another

Answer 5

that's actual the 77th time it has surpassed off because of the fact the twelve months 1900.The final time it surpassed off grew to become into Sep. a million of 2007 in a game between the Mariners and the Blue Jays.The final time it surpassed off with the Mets grew to become into could 2 of 1995.It grew to become right into a game with the Expos ,and there have been alternative umpires calling the sport,there grew to become into actual confusion in the time of that game.And a Met-Padres game on April 29 of 1977 the Mets actual batted out of order the completed game.The Padres didnt protest till the 8th inning. Take Care

Answer 6

When Bill Mazeroski hit the homerun to end the 1960 World Series .

Answer 7

The tradition is the most historical. No other sport has it.

Answer 8

The curse of the cubs
babe calls his shot
bonds caught on steriods
the grand slam in the bottom of the 9th at midnight on halloween to win the world seireis

Answer 9

The only historical thing I can think of is when Babe Ruth called his shot.

Answer 10

Cal Ripken Jr. - 2,632 straight games (the record that will NEVER be broken).