What is the single most impressive play/hit you've seen in person?

[failos]

14 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I wasnt there, but watching live on tv, the one he hit on to the roof of the buildings outside of wrigley... that was nuts

 

Watched kerry woods 20K game live, too

Memories coming back now. Same job at a sports bar for all these. Also saw tatis hit his 2 grand slams off chan ho the same inning while working there.

My Dodgers fan coworker was just telling me how he witnessed that one in person. Must’ve been a sight to see

Edited February 16, 2021 by failos

[ten ocho recon scout]

3 minutes ago, failos said:

My Dodgers fan coworker was just telling me how he witnessed that one live. Must’ve been a sight to see

Yeah, i was working as a barback at a sports bar. The inning kept going and going. Once tatis came back up, everything kind of paused. Whole bar. Went nuts when it happened.

Edited February 16, 2021 by ten ocho recon scout

[ScottT]

30 minutes ago, failos said:

Great thread btw

It doesn't compare to "Players you kinda liked for a silly reason that most people disliked because others liked that player"

[ten ocho recon scout]

I was like 2 rows back from home plate for trouts walk off against sale. That was nuts.

[Angels 1961]

2 hours ago, Blarg said:

Sunday, April 28th 2002 in the 13th inning David Eckstein hit a walk off grand slam. I was in the Diamond Club for the first time and the Usher just said, he hit a grand slam yesterday, wouldn't be great if he did it again? 

https://www.mlb.com/video/eckstein-s-walk-off-grand-slam-c25716845

 

I remember that game

[Lou]

No sure what game it was (G3?), but my brother and I moved over from our seats behind the 3rd base dugout to right behind home plate to watch Frankie's pitches against the Yankees in the 2002 ALDS. He was incredible.

Not before or since have i witnessed a pitcher make major league hitters look so ridiculous. We were literally laughing.

[Blarg]

I was watching that game at home when Soriano bailed out of the batters box for a slider that crossed over the middle of the plate. Frankie was seriously better at that pitch than anyone at that time. 

[T.G.]

Weave’s no-no was special. Definitely one of my favorite memories.

I also saw ARod hit his 40th HR of 1998 in the year he had his 40/40 season.

Trout hitting for the cycle, Jeff DaVanon too.

[T.G.]

8 hours ago, wopphil said:

I was at a freeway series game when someone on the Dodgers hit a foul ball out of Angel stadium. If I recall correctly, it was a curve ball that he was way, way out in front of. He pulled it, and it went out of the stadium on the third base side. 

I was there. It was Olmedo Sáenz.  I saw Mike Moustakes do that too.

Edited February 16, 2021 by T.G.

[T.G.]

Another...

Vlad’s 9 RBI night against Pedro and the Sox.

[Stradling]

The most impressive singular play I can remember seeing in person was that Bonds homer in the World Series.  I went to most of the games that year, And like @T.G. said game 7 was a blur, after being at the comeback in game 6 it truly felt like game 7 was in the bag. My favorite game of that post season was game 3, the first home game against the Yankees.  When we kept fighting back in that game you kinda knew we had a chance to go far that post season. 

[Stradling]

Figgins going 6 for 6.  Anderson’s 10 RBI game. 
Winning the first game back after Adenharts passing.  
No hitter after Skaggs passing. 

[wopphil]

14 minutes ago, T.G. said:

I was there. It was Olmedo Sáenz.  I saw Mike Moustakes do that too.

Damn, good memory.

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, Stradling said:

Figgins going 6 for 6.  Anderson’s 10 RBI game. 
Winning the first game back after Adenharts passing.  
No hitter after Skaggs passing. 

GA's 10 RBI game was on my birthday and against the Yankees--and I was at that game, too, with my good friend who's a Yankees fan. He eventually stopped going to games with me. Ha ha.

[T.G.]

3 minutes ago, wopphil said:

Damn, good memory.

It was such an unbelievable thing and yet most people didn't even know it happened.  I couldn't believe it.

[T.G.]

Another personal favorite was Joe Saunders's game, wearing his VA Tech hat after the shootings at the school.

[halonatic13]

10 hours ago, Erstad Grit said:

I saw Glenn Allen hill hit a bomb extremely high into the rocks.  I think he was on the Yankees then.  

I believe he was on the Angels when he hit that into the rocks.  Farthest homerun I've ever seen hit dead center at the Big A.

[m0nkey]

13 hours ago, m0nkey said:

Self explanatory thread title and question. Looking for a single hit or play that stands out in your memory, not a game's performance.

Not that self explanatory I guess, but still a nice discussion 

[T.G.]

15 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Not that self explanatory I guess, but still a nice discussion 

You get a bunch of old guys to start reminiscing and this is what happens...

[Angel Oracle]

6 hours ago, Lou said:

No sure what game it was (G3?), but my brother and I moved over from our seats behind the 3rd base dugout to right behind home plate to watch Frankie's pitches against the Yankees in the 2002 ALDS. He was incredible.

Not before or since have i witnessed a pitcher make major league hitters look so ridiculous. We were literally laughing.

I went to the first game after they clinched the 2002 WC spot.

I remember to this day telling a friend at the game “That is the Yankees worst nightmare.”, when K-Rod appeared in relief and proceded to K almost every M’s batter he faced.

[makepeac]

During the 1997 remodel with the OF grandstands removed, Ken Griffey hit a ball center which seemed to clear the construction and leave the stadium but I never heard or read any confirmation of what I thought I saw. 
 

Last summer we were golfing with my friend who used to share our piece of season tickets and his now 33 year old son. In the middle of the round we got to talking old games we saw and the son innocently and out of the blue asked if Ken Griffey actually did clear the park that day. He was 10 when it happened and like me still wondered if our eyes deceived us that day.

[Jeff Fletcher]

watch this 

[T.G.]

Is that more or less impressive because they were both roided up?

[Chuck]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

Figgins going 6 for 6.  Anderson’s 10 RBI game. 
Winning the first game back after Adenharts passing.  
No hitter after Skaggs passing. 

Those were all great ones! 

[Jeff Fletcher]

27 minutes ago, T.G. said:

Is that more or less impressive because they were both roided up?

Ha. More! Battle of the robots