Sunday, May 26, 2013

The most exciting play in baseball....you decide


from MLB.com

If, as some have said, a triple is the most exciting play in baseball, how exciting is an inside the park home run? How about a walk-off, inside the park HR?

from Bleacher Report:
Rockies vs. Giants Video: Watch Angel Pagan Hit Walk-Off Inside-the-Park HR | Bleacher Report:

San Francisco Giants center fielder Angel Pagan raced around the bases for an inside-the-park, two-run homer to boost his team to a 6-5 home victory in 10 innings over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday.

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You decide.

Pagan combined the top two entries on this list.

from Rounding the Bases Blog:
http://roundthebase.blogspot.com/2011/08/top-ten-most-exciting-plays-in-baseball.html

2. Inside the Park Home Run- Inside the park home runs involve both luck and skill. The skill portion comes when the player is running and the luck portion usually comes from a defensive miscue. Any player can hit an inside the park home run at any moment. Chase Utley hit one a few days ago. Mark Teahen hit one to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth against the Twins a couple years ago. Prince Fielder, the giant first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers, has two career inside the park home runs. Usually the defense suffers from a mistimed dive or a bad bounce off of the wall. That’s when the fans get to stand up and watch the batters run out of gas circling the bases.
1. Walk Off Home Run- And finally, the most exciting play in baseball is when a player wins a game with one swing of the bat. Every young child’s dream is to come up to the plate in the bottom of the ninth, down three, with the bases loaded, two outs and a full count. The dream come true is to hit a home run to win it. Ken Harvey hit a walk off home run against Detroit in 2004, a meaningless game. Bobby Thompson hit “the shot heard round the world” to clinch the pennant for the New York Giants. Bill Mazeroski and Joe Carter won World Series championships for the Pirates and Blue Jays, respectively. Many players’ most memorable moments come when they won a game with a walk off home run. The adrenaline and energy that comes from the fans and the team is unrivaled by any other occurrence in baseball. The walk off home run is the most exciting play in baseball.


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