What, in your opinion, are the 5 most significant home runs in major league history? Does not have to be just significant in terms of winning and losing but also in terms of a cultural impact.

Here are some of my candidates:

- Joe Carter 1993 World Series
- Bobby Thompson shot heard round the world
- Babe Ruth "the called shot"
- Barry Bonds #73
- Mark McGwire #62
- Roger Maris #61
- Bucky Dent
- George Brett pine tar home run


I know I am missing some. What do you think?

5/14/2007 6:53:37 PM

Mazeroski. I think that is probably the second most famous behind the Shot heard 'round the World

[Edited on May 14, 2007 at 6:55 PM. Reason : also the babe ruth 'called shot' is mythical]

5/14/2007 6:54:37 PM

yah def mazeroski

[Edited on May 14, 2007 at 6:56 PM. Reason : Kirk Gibson vs A's]

5/14/2007 6:55:38 PM

Zambrano's grand slam a few years back ... fucking hilariously classic

5/14/2007 6:56:53 PM

yeah forgot about maz... also the 'called' shot may be mythical, but it might not be, somebody was willing to invest many dollar bills on that baseball.

[Edited on May 14, 2007 at 6:58 PM. Reason : carlton fisk!]

5/14/2007 6:57:35 PM

ortiz's homer in game four of the 2004 alcs was pretty big

i don't think bobby thompson's was one of the most important, but it's definitely one of the most famous

and hank's #715 durrr


[Edited on May 14, 2007 at 7:02 PM. Reason : ]

5/14/2007 7:00:52 PM

Dave Henderson's Game 5 homer in '86 off Donnie Moore. Would have been bigger had they not choked the World Series away but Moore offed himself over that...

Tino/Brosius on consecutive nights shortly after 9/11 in the '01 Series..

[Edited on May 14, 2007 at 7:02 PM. Reason : x]

5/14/2007 7:01:31 PM

The one that bounced off of Canseco's head.



Or was that just a double?

5/14/2007 7:01:53 PM

I can't believe I'm the first one to throw out the obvious one, but Hank Aaron's 715th home run. How many times have you seen the clip, complete with the two fans who ran out and met him at 3rd base.

[Edited on May 14, 2007 at 7:03 PM. Reason : Ernie edited, I had it first ]

[Edited on May 14, 2007 at 7:05 PM. Reason : djakl]

5/14/2007 7:02:14 PM

andruw's two homers in his first world series game (as a 19 year old!) were pretty awesome

5/14/2007 7:04:45 PM

Kirk Gibson's Pinch Hit Homerun
Big Papi's Homerun in Game 4 of the ALCS
Mazeroski's
Joe Carter's Walk off
Hank's 715th

5/14/2007 7:06:50 PM

i second gibson

that was the greatest homerun ever

5/14/2007 7:07:30 PM

Grand Slam Single ft....w?

[Edited on May 14, 2007 at 7:09 PM. Reason : fuck you rey ordonez and benny agbayani.. well rey at least.]

5/14/2007 7:09:17 PM

Quote :

"Barry Bonds #73"

#71 would be bigger imo

5/14/2007 7:13:37 PM

#73 sparked the Popov Hayashi bullshit, so culturally it was probably bigger.

5/14/2007 7:19:10 PM

Quote :

"invest many dollar bills"

actually, they probably just wrote a check

5/14/2007 7:23:28 PM

Fernando Tatis's 2nd Grand slam in the same inning

5/14/2007 7:24:19 PM

Quote :

"Kirk Gibson's Pinch Hit Homerun"

My personal favorite.
injured as hell, not expected to play, fouls off the first 10 million pitches, and then BOOM!

5/14/2007 7:34:09 PM

5/14/2007 7:49:57 PM

- Joe Carter 1993 World Series

5/14/2007 8:18:58 PM

I was shocked to read halfway down the thread before Gibson's homer was mentioned.

That would have been my first thought.

5/14/2007 9:14:53 PM

aaron boone? as far as "cultural impacts" go i'd say that one is pretty big

[Edited on May 14, 2007 at 9:20 PM. Reason : ]

5/14/2007 9:19:39 PM

no bigger than bucky fucking dent.

5/14/2007 9:35:40 PM

future classic when Griffey Jr. comes all the way back from injuries and breaks Bonds' record

[Edited on May 14, 2007 at 10:23 PM. Reason : .]

5/14/2007 10:17:11 PM

doubtful, but it'd be nice

5/14/2007 10:18:27 PM

man fuck Aaron Boone and Bucky 'fucking' Dent

5/14/2007 10:21:50 PM

5/15/2007 3:07:06 AM

bonds' record breaker in a few weeks and kirk gibsons pinch hit HR

5/15/2007 4:10:07 AM

Smalls HR into Mr. Myrtles backyard

5/15/2007 8:19:46 AM

Fisk's homerun in extra innings, game 6 of the world series was one of the greatest ever.

Thompson's is the most dramatic, I love hearing the radio replay, "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrI7dVj90zs

[Edited on May 15, 2007 at 9:18 AM. Reason : good stuff]

5/15/2007 9:15:20 AM

1. Hank's 715

5/15/2007 9:18:59 AM

I was at the game where the ball bounced off Canseco's head.

and yeah, mazeroski's was huge. I have his autograph

5/15/2007 10:39:14 AM

the grand slam a couple weeks ago that helped us beat the shit out of carolina

5/15/2007 10:46:28 AM