I thought we could nominate so top plays/videos then have a poll.
Here's what I've come up with so far:
Nolan Ryan beating Robin Ventura
HomeRun off Canseco's head
Kevin Mitchell barehanded catch
Who can think of others
Hrbek wrestling Ron Gant off first base
Brett running out of the dugout to argue about the pine tar homer
Sandberg slamming 2 game tying homers off Bruce Sutter
Dawson throwing bats and water coolers out onto the field after an ejection in 1988.
McGwire and Canseco having sex in the Oakland colesium bathroom stalls.
Kirby puckett making that awesome catch in the 91 World Seies
Ozzie Smith rounding the bases after his NLCS homer.
Kimmy Gibler gimping around the diamond after his WS homer.
Quote from: defen on 04/07/05, 10:51:41 AM
Kimmy Gibler gimping around the diamond after his WS homer.
Good one
Quote from: BeefMaster on 04/07/05, 10:41:01 AM
Hrbek wrestling Ron Gant off first base
Brett running out of the dugout to argue about the pine tar homer
Definately the Brett one.
Quote from: Ryno on 04/07/05, 10:50:56 AM
1) McGwire and Canseco having sex in the Oakland colesium bathroom stalls.
2)Kirby puckett making that awesome catch in the 91 World Seies
3)Ozzie Smith rounding the bases after his NLCS homer.
1- Pics?
2- I can't picture it
3- Reminds me of one of my favorite higlights, a defensive play Smith made while a Padre, diving for a one hopper that bounced funny so he had to reach mid dive, behind his head to barehand it and throw the guy out.
Buckner
Clemens "I thought it was the ball!"
Buckner-Mookie, certainly
Clemens - I don't remember the one you are referring to, there is also Clemens throwing the broken bat at Piazza
Quote from: ultimate7 on 04/07/05, 10:57:20 AM
Quote from: Ryno on 04/07/05, 10:50:56 AM
1) McGwire and Canseco having sex in the Oakland colesium bathroom stalls.
2)Kirby puckett making that awesome catch in the 91 World Seies
3)Ozzie Smith rounding the bases after his NLCS homer.
1- Pics?
2- I can't picture it
3- Reminds me of one of my favorite higlights, a defensive play Smith made while a Padre, diving for a one hopper that bounced funny so he had to reach mid dive, behind his head to barehand it and throw the guy out.
I think it was game 7. A Brave smashes a deep fly ball, Puckett goes back, back, back. leaps like no fat man has lept before, crashing back first into the plexi glass wall and making a spectacular catch to help preserve the win.
Dawson getting hit in the face by Eric Shaw--blood everywhere.
Dave Henderson's HR offa Donnie Moore.
Kirby's catch was in game 6 of that Series - he also hit the game-winning homer in the 11th inning (something I almost mentioned on the list) and had a triple earlier in the game.
The Twins removed the plexiglass three or four years later, which would've made the catch even more impressive - robbing a homerun. As it was, he prevented a double or triple. The plexiglass only ran about 1/3 of the way across the outfield fence, and Puckett did rob lots of homers during his career.
The '91 WS had lots of RBIer highlights - Puckett's catch and homer, Hrbek's wrestling match and clutch 3-2-3 DP late in Game 7, Morris's entire game 7 (the fist pump after a late strikeout is the enduring image), and Larkin driving in Gladden to end the Series.
- Clemens getting tossed in the ALCS against Oakland in the first inning.
- Dave Henderson homering off of Donnie Moore.
- Reggie's three straight home runs in the World Series against the Dodgers.
- Also, Potatoes and Billy Martin having to be restrained after almost killing each other in the dugout in Boston one afternoon on national TV.
- Also, Potatoes hitting a ball off the light tower on top of the right field roof at the old Tiger Stadium during the 1969(?) All-Star game.
- Jack Clark's series-winning home run in Game 6 of the 1985 NLCS after Tommy Lasorda idiotically decided to pitch to him with first base open.
- McGwire's historic home runs*
- Mike Schmidt's 500trh HR
- Tony Gwynn's 3,000 hit
- John Kruk acting like a little bitch when facing Randy Johnson in the AS Game.
Potatos throwing damn near everything in the dugout onto the field after being tossed by the ump.
Potatos trying to kill the queen.
Boggs riding the back of the horse after winning a Series with the Yanks.
Boggs getting his cooties all over home plate after homering for his 3,000 thousandth hit.
EDITED to correct the grammar of "3,000 thousandth" to proper Dee-NeEnglish.
Bobby Ojeda's boat ride? :-\
Quote from: fknmclane on 04/07/05, 12:31:40 PM
Potatoes trying to kill the queen.
Enrico Pallazzo should have been knighted for his courageous actions.
Boggs crying like a little sally to Barbara Walters, think it was about being a sex addict...
Boggs finishing his 72nd beer or whatever they claim he drank on that flight...
Fucking Boggs hits so many damn homers off of me...
Quote from: JoeDirt on 04/07/05, 11:10:35 AM
Dave Henderson's HR offa Donnie Moore.
damn you, i shoud not be laughing at this.....bastid! ;D
downing crashing into fred lynn at the outfield wall, forgot who caught it but downing was sent to the dl for killing his shoulder.
downing getting hosed at the plate by dave parker inthe 79 all-star game... why can't i think of any good highlights for my favorite player???
i second the ozzie smith padre play, one of the best i've ever seen.
eric davis fouling a ball off the ground and back into his nads.
ozzie smith doing a back flip while taking his position in the field.
wally joyner playing tic-tac-toe against an opposing first baseman as they took turns in the field.
Quote from: Teddyballgame on 04/08/05, 11:42:11 AM
ozzie smith doing a back flip while taking his position in the field.
If more players would do this, the hall of fame would be quite crowded ;)
I think that Gene Larkin's series winner is worth mentioning.
I know this is too late to add, but I was just reminded of Robin Yount's diving catch (http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/baseballs_best/mlb_bb_gamepage.jsp?story_page=bb_87reg_041587_milbal) to end the game and preserve Juan Nieves' no-hitter (the first in Brewers history).
While Robin probably should have been an the AL All-Star team, I don't think that one will qualify
You can use Yount and the Brewers on my Arcade II ROM, I think they'd make a hell of a straight pitch team with the right subs.
Yeah, I just said I was reminded of it. I didn't say it was RBI related. Plus, the other two batters Nieves retired in the inning? Rick Burelson and Cal Ripken.
Quote from: fightonusc on 04/08/05, 02:30:21 PM
Yeah, I just said I was reminded of it. I didn't say it was RBI related.
You said it was too late to add...
Yeah, well...shut up, you, you...shut up!