2007-06-22 06:51:07 · 20 answers · asked by JDAWG 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
That was a pretty good moment in the history of baseball but it would really be tough to just pick out ONE moment. This would definitely be at the top of the list. Great choice!
2007-06-22 06:55:53 · answer #1 · answered by rudyg39 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It was dramatic, sure, but that was only Game 1 of the series. How about Joe Carter's walk off HR to win the World Series for Toronto in 1993? How about Luis Gonzalez's single to win the World Series for the Diamondbacks over the Yankees in 2001? The latter would get my vote, that was the most dramatic thing I can remember in 25 years of watching baseball.
2007-06-22 14:00:56 · answer #2 · answered by Wheels 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like Jesse said, the greatest moment is going to vary depending on whom you ask. While I think Gibson's moment was great, my personal choice would be Joe Carter's 1993 Series-ending homer that gave the Jays the title.
2007-06-22 13:59:46 · answer #3 · answered by Craig S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the greatest but it might have been the moment with the most drama behind it. I had season tickets to Dodger games but was not at the game when he hit that one. Gibson was a real hard nose player and a fan favorite and it must have really been something at the stadium that night.
2007-06-22 13:57:42 · answer #4 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it was.I was there that night. It was a long game and to hit a home run off the best closer that year. Injured too. It was a big turning point in the series. After that moment, all after wasn't as exciting as that homer. It was a once in a lifetime event.
2007-06-22 15:50:37 · answer #5 · answered by krazydboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a great moment in sports, period. That being said, there are other moments that I consider greater. My personal favorite was Edgar Martinez hitting a double to score Griffey and show that there is indeed great joy in baseball. That was a tremendous moment because it came a year after there was no playoff baseball and without something like that MLB baseball would have been doomed.
2007-06-22 16:11:20 · answer #6 · answered by Jeff S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Starks put up a good answer I was thinking of those myself.
Some others; Larson's perfecto and legend has it Ruth called a homerun to dead center, that would have been something to witness.
Non-game history is a different story, baseball has or had an unprecedented anti-trust exemption and also ushered free agency into pro sports, historically those are far more important than anything that occured on the field. And if you think baseball broke the color barrier for pro sports your not giving boxing and track and field (Olympics) their dues.
"Ya gotsta give due where due is due". Marvin Hagler.
2007-06-22 14:27:35 · answer #7 · answered by autolyceum 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's one of them (and I'm a Giants fan).
When he hit that, you knew the series was over. He limped out of the tunnel, and beat the A's best (Eck). Great "Hollywood" moment, too.
But the greatest? No, I don't think so. Too hard to pick just one moment as the greatest, when so many games have been played.
What about Mays' catch and throw in '54?
2007-06-22 14:00:03 · answer #8 · answered by pincollector 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a great moment...but there have been many others.
Bobby Thompson's "shot heard round the world" may surpass it.
Bucky Dent's HR to beat the Sox.
Joe Carter's Walk Off HR off Mitch Williams to win the series for the Jays.
2007-06-22 13:58:58 · answer #9 · answered by Starks 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a great moment. My favorite part about seeing it on tv now is that in the background. If you watch it look in the background out of the stadium. You can see people like slamming on their brakes with all of the break lights as the leave the stadium. Im guessing these people were listening to it on the radio and really kicking themselves in the @$$ for leaving the game.
2007-06-22 14:03:14 · answer #10 · answered by creggz12 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋