What was the greatest single moment in baseball history?

Question

What was the greatest single moment in baseball history?

Answer 1

Gibson's HR in the 88 World Series. That was when I really started to love the game.

Answer 2

The Called Shot or Kirk Gibson in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.

Answer 3

I saw a program recently called Baseball's 50 Greatest Plays (or something like that) and if I remember correctly they picked Bobby Thompson's HR as number 1.

But, for me, it was in 2005 when the White Sox won the World Series.

Answer 4

when boone hit the home run against the red sox

Answer 5

Great question,..to me it is a tie between Babe Ruth calling his homerun and Bobby Thompson's shot against the Dodgers in 1951.

Answer 6

every moment for the last 100 years has been great

i assume you know why since your logo is a cubs symbol

Answer 7

My favorite has to be the Boone shot, but if I go back a little further, my second favorite is probably the Knoblauch fakeout in Game 7 of the '91 WS.

Answer 8

when derek jeter won his first world series =]  

Answer 9

Willie Mays' running back catch and throw.

Edit:

I hope this year involving the Cubbies winning the World Series in Wrigley Field.

Answer 10

when the giants won the pennant

Answer 11

hennighg had a good one... But I wasn't even born back then.  I'm sure that if I was, I would agree, but since I wasn't...

I'm an O's fan, so I'd have to say when Cal Ripken Jr. broke Gehrig's record of 2,130 consecutive games.

After the fifth inning and he had officially played in 2,131 games, the crowd went wild and gave him a standing ovation for 20 minutes.  I saw it live and it gave me chills.  To this day, every time I see that clip, I get goosebumps up my spine...

Answer 12

I toned down my first comments and deleted some angry words. i got a little carried away and didn't mean to offend anyone.

Hank Arron hitting his 775th home run.  Your probably thinking right now  it's not that big of deal because a lot of guys today have hit 500 or 600 already.

Well, things are a little easier today to be able to do that. If they have a double header they hardly ever have to play all 18 innings unless one of the games goes extra innings and there's no one left on the bench to play

Back in Henry Arrons era when he played. They played a lot of double headers and they played all the innings even if it went in to extra innings late in to the night. They played more games through the season and when they did get a day off. They practiced most of the day.

If they were on the road they might end up traveling all night on a bus or train maybe from one coast to the other coast  even if they had just finished up a double header that day. If they had a afternoon game the next day they would end up trying to get as much sleep as they could while traveling with no air conditioning.

These ball players were some pretty tough guys and they loved to play the game because most of them didn't get paid much.  

Look what the guys today are getting paid and they feel like they are getting cheated if it's not what their agents are asking for. The next time you see one of those super stars complaining because he slid in to base wrong and stubbed his toe and sits out for the next game. Remember what guys back in Hank Arrons day had to do. Play whether they had aches and pains or the flue or minor injuries that didn't require serious medical attention.

Mickey Mantle was beat up but he still played because he loved the game. I look, at Hank Arrons stats and I don't know how he was able to hit that many home runs in a career under those conditions. Had a lot of hits too. Baseball is sure a lot different today.

This is a tough question because like so many that commented about Jackie Robinson playing for the first time.  That, defined baseball to what it is today.

Answer 13

From a selfishness point of view, the moment in 2004 that the series ended with my boys on top.  I waited a long time for that.

Answer 14

Its gotta be Kirk Gibson's homerun. I mean he had a hurt leg and he hit a walkoff homerun in the World Series. Not to mention you need your legs to hit. It was unbelievable.

Answer 15

This question has been asked many times before on this site and I am going to use a response that was used by Chipmaker about a month ago.  The greatest and most significant moment in MLB was when Jackie Robinson walked on the field for the first time.  Baseball would not be close to the great game it is today without the occurrence of that one single moment in time.

Answer 16

Oh, now, that isn't even a question worth regarding. Who says that there is one greatest moment? Now, I have a favorite one. There are famous ones. But why does everything have to be boxed up like a package? There isn't one single greatest moment.

My favorite one, and I do not give a d**n what anyone else thinks or says: Pee Wee Reese deliberately walking across the infield in Cincinnati to put his hand on Jackie Robinson's shoulder to show the mostly southern crowd there: I'm good with the idea of this guy being in the game. Great freaking moment.

Answer 17

For me, it's the Twins winning the WS in 1987.  I know it doesn't have the magnitude of Bobby Thompson't HR or Gehrig's speech, but the Twins had no business making the playoffs, let alone winning the whole thing.  They beat the Tigers in the ALCS, who had the league's best record.  They trailed 3-2 in the WS to the Cardinals, trailed 4-2 in game 6 and forced game 7.  They trailed 2-0 in game 7, came back and won 4-2.  It may not mean anything to non-Twins fans, but for a team that went only 85-77 and were outscored 806-786 in the regular season, it was very special.  

Answer 18

lou gehrig's farewell speech in yankee stadium on the 4th of july...it's probably the most recognizable moment in the history of the sport

Answer 19

there are diffrent catagories for example the greates home run was babe ruths called shot  the best thing was when jackie robison broke the color barrior the most insirational was lou gehrigs farewell speech and well the most famous maybe greates moment was when the sound heard all over the world "the giants win the pennent the giantd win the pennent" ok one of the biggest rivalry was one on walkoff style and it was when both eams called new york home and the last time they played for a pennentand that prhase is know all over the world so i would say that one

Answer 20

Tigers 1984 world series victory

Answer 21

When Bartman tried to make a catch   HAHAHAHA

Seriously though I'm gonna go old school and say Thompson in '51 at the Polo Grounds

Answer 22

I'm not gonna be selfish here and I'm not gonna go with an obvious one either. I'm gonna go with Joe Carter hitting a walk off home run to win a world series!

Every kid dreams of this moment and he definitely deserved it! With the fireworks and everything and just imagine it: You just won the greatest prize for a baseball player FOR 25 players with one swing of the bat

Answer 23

The greatest single moment in baseball history was probably when Jose Canseco  had the ball hit off of his head, and the play resulted in a home run. It makes me chuckle every time I see it.