Makes me laugh that SAS and others (on the morning before the game) were bagging on Ohtani’s “silent bat” in the playoffs and that his pitching would be the only redemption for him.
Dodgers have proven themselves to be the best team money can buy. While unfortunately that makes the Mets the worst team money can buy.
Thanks for your comment. I've been trying to figure out why Ruth stopped pitching when he became a full-time outfielder. He probably could have had an Ohtani type game. He did hit 3 homers in a World Series game TWICE - the only one to do that. I wonder if we'll start seeing more players like Ohtani who pitch and hit, especially now that you don't have to play in the field. I assume Ruth stopped pitching because it was just too exhausting to pitch one day and play right field the next. But I bet if Ruth could have been a DH he would have kept pitching.
And don't get me started on the Mets. What a disappointment the pitching was this year after a historic start.
Being a lifetime Cubs fan, RIP Ryne Sandburg’s 1984 9th inning game-tying homer and 10th inning game-winning homer against HOF Bruce Sutter and the Cardinals also ranks as one of the greatest clutch-hitting baseball performances of all time and helped spur the Cubs on to the playoffs in 1984 after a historically futile 40 years-long postseason drought.
I've been telling that story for the past 47 years. But this was my first opportunity to write about it in The Sports Time Traveler. I remember Jackson darting like a running back (which he was) from right field to the dugout when the game ended. Fans mobbed the field and he was rightfully concerned about his safety. When we get to the 50 year anniversary of that game I will write a more detailed article about it.
Great combination present time and past time story about the greatest game(s) in baseball history, to-date. Reggie Jackson’s 3 consecutive homers were “must TV viewing” back in 1977 when baseball was still the more popular national pastime.
Here's another performance that ranks high on the list of greatest baseball games by an individual player. On June 3, 1932, in a wild 20 - 13 Yankees victory over the defending World Series champion A's, Lou Gehrig hit 4 home runs in his first 4 trips to the plate. On his 5th trip he grounded out. But on his 6th trip, multiple newspapers accounts state Gehrig hit a tremendous drive to centerfield and only a brilliant running one-handed catch by Al Simmons prevented Gehrig from hitting his 5th home run of the game. Since no one has ever had a 5 home run game, had Gehrig's ball gone for a homer, his 5 homer game would surely be considered as perhaps the greatest game in history.
Kirk Gibson
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I assume you're referring to his famous HR in the 1988 World Series. Or is there another Kirk Gibson game I should look into?
1988! I was fortunate to be in the stands at Dodger Stadium that night.
Every 100 years or so, another Babe Ruth appears.
Makes me laugh that SAS and others (on the morning before the game) were bagging on Ohtani’s “silent bat” in the playoffs and that his pitching would be the only redemption for him.
Dodgers have proven themselves to be the best team money can buy. While unfortunately that makes the Mets the worst team money can buy.
Thanks for your comment. I've been trying to figure out why Ruth stopped pitching when he became a full-time outfielder. He probably could have had an Ohtani type game. He did hit 3 homers in a World Series game TWICE - the only one to do that. I wonder if we'll start seeing more players like Ohtani who pitch and hit, especially now that you don't have to play in the field. I assume Ruth stopped pitching because it was just too exhausting to pitch one day and play right field the next. But I bet if Ruth could have been a DH he would have kept pitching.
And don't get me started on the Mets. What a disappointment the pitching was this year after a historic start.
Being a lifetime Cubs fan, RIP Ryne Sandburg’s 1984 9th inning game-tying homer and 10th inning game-winning homer against HOF Bruce Sutter and the Cardinals also ranks as one of the greatest clutch-hitting baseball performances of all time and helped spur the Cubs on to the playoffs in 1984 after a historically futile 40 years-long postseason drought.
Sorry you missed two of Jackson’s homers!! I appreciate your honesty!
I've been telling that story for the past 47 years. But this was my first opportunity to write about it in The Sports Time Traveler. I remember Jackson darting like a running back (which he was) from right field to the dugout when the game ended. Fans mobbed the field and he was rightfully concerned about his safety. When we get to the 50 year anniversary of that game I will write a more detailed article about it.
Great combination present time and past time story about the greatest game(s) in baseball history, to-date. Reggie Jackson’s 3 consecutive homers were “must TV viewing” back in 1977 when baseball was still the more popular national pastime.
Thanks Jeffrey. I appreciate the feedback.
Here's another performance that ranks high on the list of greatest baseball games by an individual player. On June 3, 1932, in a wild 20 - 13 Yankees victory over the defending World Series champion A's, Lou Gehrig hit 4 home runs in his first 4 trips to the plate. On his 5th trip he grounded out. But on his 6th trip, multiple newspapers accounts state Gehrig hit a tremendous drive to centerfield and only a brilliant running one-handed catch by Al Simmons prevented Gehrig from hitting his 5th home run of the game. Since no one has ever had a 5 home run game, had Gehrig's ball gone for a homer, his 5 homer game would surely be considered as perhaps the greatest game in history.