The 5 Most Important Home Runs in Giants' History
An... unusual list, and one that I disagree with (and one that is in fact completely wrong), but the writer is allowed his point of view. There was thought put into its construction, so I'm not going to complain too loudly, though that would be an understandable response. You lot can draw your own conclusions.
Tops in my mind are Bonds swatting #500 and #700. #500 because I was just starting to get into baseball, and because it marked the beginning of what would go on to become a magical regular season (a few other factors also at play). And the call, the call: "HIGH INTO THE SAN FRANCISCO NIGHT! IT'S INTO THE WATER!" Who can forget that? #700 was less dramatic, but I happened to be there, so woohoo.
A few others have stuck: Bonds drilling a long liner off of Schilling; Bonds hitting a key grand slam off Schilling; Bonds v Percival; Snow and the Mets; Gallaraga trying his best to hit the big mitt.
Too bad MLB is such a pig with its highlights, or I'd be reliving this stuff on YouTube right now.
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This is ridiculous; Thompson’s Shot Heard ’Round the World should be first. No question.
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Also, I still think Barry’s walkoff homer against the Braves his first game back after Bobby died was not only an all time great homer—in some ways better than any of the record breakers or milestones—but also the highlight of Joe Angel’s career. “Where have you been, Barry Bonds? I’ve been worried sick about you!”
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I was there for that game. Totally astounding.
by Reddish on Mar 16, 2010 10:16 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Brian Johnson’s homer over the Shot?? Really??
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The bit where he calls Johnson’s homer the beginning of the Giants most successful run in San Francisco is pretty funny.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 16, 2010 6:54 PM PDT reply actions
I was hoping that people would talk about their favorite Giant home runs instead of how much this list stinks, but I suppose I should have known better.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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Fair enough. My list:
1. Shot Heard Round the World (I don’t see how it can’t be)
2. Bonds #756
3. Bonds #71
4. Brian Johnson’s HR (I remember racing home from school to watch the game highlights, having hidden from scores all day, and it was awesome)
5. Kingman’s HR (I should perhaps rank it higher, but I wasn’t alive then and it didn’t technically win the game)
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by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 16, 2010 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, remove three and insert Snow’s bomb.
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by giantsfansince1981 on Mar 16, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Glad they included Kingman’s HR. I was going to say that that needed to be on the list before I checked the link.
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This was the first time I remember that a Giants home game was televised (I laugh when you youngsters complain about non-televised games when only about 20 were televised back in the early 80s).
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Mar 17, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
You live in So Cal?!?
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No he just screamed REALLY loud.
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It was more heavily interrogative than loud per se.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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I was actually at that game (and the two before it) and it was pretty exciting, but I’ve always thought it was overplayed. It didn’t win anything; the whole weekend was a bummer from having been eliminated Friday night. I just get that historically excited about preventing the Dodgers from making the playoffs once (after all they’d just won the friggin World Series the year before and would again 6 years later — I think they’re over it).
That’s why the Kingman HR is much bigger to me. It wasn’t as dramatic an ingame moment, but that team was really squeezing that clincher out down the stretch (as it is they managed to have burn Marichal on the final day of the season which probably was the decisive factor in losing to the Pirates), and that HR was a huge lift that pushed them into the playoffs.
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but that team was really squeezing that clincher out down the stretch
Hehe.
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I squeezed two of those out yesterday. It’s really not such a big deal if you drink enough water.
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by howtheyscored on Mar 17, 2010 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, Bleacher Report.
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Important
That word leaves a lot of room for interpretation.
Johnson’s shot probably made the Giants the most money. It also provided the yes-things-can-get-better topper to Beck’s buttsecksing in the top of the inning.
Thompson’s homer was just… singular. Forever wow.
Bonds homer in the only World Series ever cancelled in progress might also be on the list. Game 6, up 3-2, 4-0 lead with none out in the top of the 6th. 12 outs to go… shit was so cash…
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Bonds off Gagne needs to be on the list, and Santiago in Game 4 of the NLCS. And Shot Heard Round the World = #1.
Bonds off Gagne needs to be on the list,
Agreed. That was a 4:00 minute epic battle even though it no impact on the outcome of the game. Video available here, no MLB control in Japan.
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How about that one Randy Kutcher hit off Kevin Gross in ’86? That shit still gives me goosebumps.
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After the drug-induced surge in the long ball since 1998, we forget that 500 homers once assured entry to the Hall of Fame.
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I’d also mention the HR Bonds hit in the 1st inning of game 5 in Atlanta as a pretty crucial shot.
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Matt Williams off Bedrosian in ‘93 vs the Braves was pretty awesome too. Craziest game I’ve ever seen.
Yep
I was there for that one.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Mar 17, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
On my list of top ground rule doubles is the one from Barry Bonds’s return in 2005.
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Jesus, this list must have made by an 18 year old. Where’s Mays’ homerun in the 16th against Spahn? What about his homerun that propelled the Giants into the World Series in 62? Where the FUCK is Will Clark’s homerun against the Cubs in 89?
by Sabean_Is_Iago on Mar 17, 2010 12:57 PM PDT reply actions
What about his homerun that propelled the Giants into the World Series in 62?
I assume you’re talking about his 47th HR of that year, the one he hit in the 8th inning of the 162nd game of the season to give them a 2-1 win. That was pretty dramatic, but you can’t really say it propelled them into the Series. In fact, at the end of that game they were still in second place, and we all quicklike turned the radio over to the Dodgers game, which was itself in a 0-0 tie at that point. When the Cards beat the Dodgers (ending in that immortal call “… and he pops up to Javier!”) the Giants then had to win two of three in a tiebreaker series before earning their way to the World Series. Mays would add his final two HRs of the season in an 8-0 shellacking (of Koufax!) in game one. His 49 HR led the league.
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