What, in your opinion, is the single most defining moment in MLB baseball history?

Question

What, in your opinion, is the single most defining moment in MLB baseball history?

Answer 1

I have to agree with everyone else  

Answer 2

Babe Ruth traded to the Yankees.

The best player in baseball moved to the biggest stage and the popularity of the sport took off.  It was because baseball was ALREADY the national pastime that breaking the color barrier was as significant as it was.

Answer 3

I think the best moment in baseball history is gibson walk off grand slam in the world series with 2 broken legs that was great watching him run around the bases and quite emotional thinking you can do anything.(I like the Red Sox)

Answer 4

What Jackie Robinson did to the game.

Him and Pee Wee Reese are my fav. players ever.

Answer 5

i agree, breaking the color barrier

Answer 6

The breaking of the color barrier by Jackie Robinson

Answer 7

I apologize for being repetitive, but I agree with the other posts about the color barrier.  

Answer 8

It would have to definitely be when Lou Gehrig said his "Luckiest Man On Earth" speech.

Answer 9

I think it has to be Babe Ruth's called shot. Timeless lore!

Answer 10

The road game when Dodger shortstop Pee Wee Reese, a Southerner from Kentucky, put his arm around rookie Jackie Robinson's shoulders and told him to ignore the vicious racial taunts coming from the crowd and the opposing bench.

Pee Wee broke with his own Southern heritage...he broke with some of his own family...by supporting his teammate.  It was an act of courage on his part.  He was not trying to patronize Robinson or "protect" him.  The Captain was simply saying "don't pay attention to what's going on over there....we got a job to do."

With that act, Robinson ceased to be "an Experiment" and became a Dodger....just another guy that The Captain wouldn't hesitate to pat on the shoulder...or for that matter, kick in the a**...if he thought he needed it.

Answer 11

Josh Hamilton coming back from drug addictions and him hitting the 28 HOMERS in the derby YEAH!

Answer 12

You can't go wrong with Robinson breaking the color barrier.  If your definition is moments that changed history, then you also have to consider the following:

Introduction of lights in a stadium.  

The end of the dead ball era and the live ball era was born(Babe Ruth days)with shorter fences down the lines.

Curt Flood and the birth of free agency in baseball(we all know how that changed the game!!)

The birth of the DH in the AL.

Jerome Holtzman creates the save rule which slowly changed the way managers ran their pitching staffs and the slowly end of the 9 inning starters.

Baseball extended regular season games to 162 from 154 which the same year Roger Maris break Ruth record which caused ALOT Of press and eventually asterick on the record.

Hank Aaron breaking Ruths all time HR record.

Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb all time hit record.

Nolan Ryan strikes out over 5000 career men 1st in ML history.

Steroids era and the record breaking HR seasons by McGwire and Bonds.

Cal Ripken breaks the most consecutive played games record of Lou Gehrig.

Babe Ruth decides to play outfield full time.  Imagine if he didn't!!

Answer 13

breaking the color barrier and hankAarons homerun record, Bonds record will be known in infamy, think not., if so why isn't bonds playing any more, Krukow andKuiper swear he still wants to play, too. bad Barry, baseball doesn't want you anymore!

Answer 14

Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier, think about it without him we wouldn't have seen some of the best players to play the game. Like Satchel Paige, David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, and many more.

Answer 15

Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier, definetely. i mean you look at the majors today and top players are of different backgrounds and the diversity is great

Answer 16

I think Chiefs and Nachos gets your best answer!

Answer 17

Lou Gehrig's "luckiest man alive" speech.

Answer 18

I'd agree with many, Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier.

Answer 19

I agree that it's Jackie Robinson breaking the barrier. So many things have happened in baseball, but breaking the color barrier is probably the single most defining moment.