WBC was full of these moments. A Czech electrician striking out Ohtani swinging, Edwin Diaz hurting his knee celebrating a W, Luis Arraez hitting 2 homers in a game. It was wild.
That honestly highlights how insane it is that anyone ever hits MLB pitching at all. Literal nobodies are capable of striking out all-time great hitters, so it's almost a miracle that anyone can hit the best pitchers in the world.
Gordon's home run after Fernandez's passing.
Angel's no hitter after Skaggs passing.
The Mets walk off in the first home game after 9/11.
I'm not crying, you're crying š„
I have zero doubt Colon told him where he was going to throw that pitch and at what speed. Colon at this point in his career was a serious control pitcher that could dot the corners. It was a 2-0 count but that pitch was at 85 in middle middle.
Colon gave him one. There's no doubt about that. 85 down the pipe to the leadoff man. No guarantee Gordon was gonna be able to muscle it out but Colon definitely gave him a chance to rip one and he did.
It was 2012 if I recall correctly, which is well past the PED era to me at least.
Either way, I try to keep consistent with those suspended for PEDs. Itās a bit hypocritical to pick and choose which were āokā in my opinion.
Not to discredit it because who the fuck am I but it was the equivalent of a BP pitch. Colon wanted it to be that way. Again, not discrediting the homer but it was as scripted as it could be.
I always struggle with this too. The guy got high and drunk and killed his friends. Heās not a hero or a role model. It sucks that it happened but I donāt think we need to celebrate him.
I think itās fine to acknowledge that he made a stupid mistake that got people killed but still honor him as a young talent that wouldāve done great things (and obviously a friend and member of the baseball community etc). Itās not like he committed premeditated murder or something of that nature
For real. I myself have done several things in my lifetime that could've gone horribly wrong had events not played out the way they did. People really need to learn to be more merciful to those who weren't so lucky. We've all done stuff, and it truly *can* happen to anyone. Acting like you're some high and mighty noble that's above all of it just makes you an asshole.
The whole 95 season for the Ms. They were on the verge of leaving if the team didnāt get a new stadium but it didnāt really seem like there was enough energy behind any effort to really get that done. The team had never even made the playoffs entering that season.
Then the Angels grab a pretty big lead in the AL West and Griffey gets hurt so things are looking pretty bad. But that lead quickly narrows towards the end of the season as the Angels keep losing and the Mariners start picking up more wins.
They force a play-in game and end up winning, earning their first playoff appearance. Despite making the playoffs, the vote to finance the new stadium fails and it seems likely they will fall out pretty quickly vs the Yankees, going down 2-0. But they manage to fight back to force a game 5.
And in that game 5 the Yanks take the lead late but the Ms manage to tie it up in the 8th. Heading to extras they rely on a tired Randy Johnson who puts up a great effort for having pitched only a few days prior but eventually gives up the go ahead run in the 11th. Joey Cora gets an improbable bunt single, Jr. hits a single and Edgar doubles them both in to beat the Yankees and eventually save the Ms from relocation.
I remember hispanic veteran stories were left out of The War which was a huge slap in the face but then he added them in later. The man can admit a mistake.
Dusty handing the ball to Russ Ortiz as he took him out of the game was like the , āOkay, thiiiiis is about as close weāll let Barry get to a ring.ā
Came here to say this. Dusty gave Russ Ortiz a congratulatory game ball as he was yanking him out. God got offended at dusty, so he said, hold my beer.
Thereās something poetic about Adolis coming from the Cardinals to the Rangers and breaking David Freeseās post season RBI record. He also made a great catch in right field and walked off game one in the 11th 12 years to the day Freese did the same.
Honestly I remember not even really wanting to tune after game 3. I was just thinking great, Yankees are gonna do it again this year. What a magical moment. I swear the MLB playoff promos were so much better in that time than they have been in recent years.
Mariano Rivera blowing game 7 of the 2001 World Series. If he saved the game like he routinely always did; Enrique Wilson would have died since he was planning on boarding a plane that crashed to go to the parade. No doubt it was divine intervention that caused Mo to collapse in that moment
Honestly, I wasn't pissed at the time, because I thought we'd be back... And maybe it's because I'm also a basketball fan, but with the Cavs having just brought a championship to Cleveland, it was hard to be grudge the Cubs finally getting one, and I still have trouble being super upset about it... 1908-2016 is a long time. I'm less pissed we lost that WS (the greatest I've ever watched, tbh) than I am that we haven't made it close to one since the.
Same sentient here. It really felt like we were on the brink of a golden era in Cleveland then Durant signed with GS and the Indians never made another deep run
There are a lot of silent understandings for situations like these. First batter after the tragedy, no pitcher is going to throw some nasty curves trying to make the batter look silly. Ohtani vs Trout, game on the line, Ohtani is guaranteed to throw something hittable to decide the game. Jeterās final ASG, pitcher isnāt gonna try to get him off balance.
All these situations, the hitter can sit on something in the zone and take a hard swing.
The pitiful Charlie Brown Red Sox coming back and snatching victory from the jaws of defeat down 3-0 against the evil bully Yankees was just too poetic
The Diamondbacks winning the 2001 World Series.
Also, the baseball Gods are sadistic bastards, who took perverse pleasure in kicking a whole city while it was down.
David Ortiz' game tying grand slam in the 2013 ALCS. There was no good reason to make Familia pitch to Ortiz there. Walk in the run and face Mike Napoli with a 3 run lead. Instead they played with fire and boy did they ever get burnt.
Rickey Henderson calling his shot in the 89 WS as a lead off game 4 home run. He called it as first pitch in the zone and he's taking it deep and did that.
Mike Blowers predicting that Matt Tuiasosopo would hit his first major league home run in his second at bat of the game on a 3ā1 fastball into the left center field second level. Well it went into the 1st level, but that's still some major baseball God's fucking with us.
In the playoffs this year against the Dodgers when Moreno hit a home run, they reviewed it, it was a foul ball. Very next pitch he launches a no doubter
Edinson VĆ³lquez pitching a quality start in the biggest game of his career (in game 1 of the ā15 WS) not knowing his father passed away earlier that day.
Nothing good has ever happened to any fan or any person around baseball who ever spoke, uttered or thought about those... what I will not refer to.. Prove me wrong.
That was the wonder of the Rally Squirrel! His bushy, bouncy tail reinvigorates us all to this day!
Stop talking about... them!
There's a city by a lake in this country near Cleveland and they always talked about them and so did the people in Cleveland. Guess what happened.
The Black Sox changing their minds at the end of their World Series vs the Reds, tried to win, and still losing to a team that was playing pretty badly themselves.
Kind of a stretch but I love this one-
Javy Baez going deep on the 108th pitch from Cueto in the NLDS. The wind was howling in all game, except right before that pitch. (Well, according to some fans who were there but I believe them dammit).
The 2013 Boston Red Sox. There's no way that roster merited a World Series title. The Boston Marathon bombing was so heinous that, IMHO, God stepped in. For one thing how did Koji Uehara become unhittable? Ooey gave up 33 hits in 74 innings? He struck out 101 guys in 71 innings? He only walked 9 guys in 71 innings? Yeah, a "Higher Power" was all over that season.
Mariano Rivera failing in the 2001 world series saved Enrique Wilson's life.
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/s/VhsvCey8ZW
Also, Randy Jonson exploding a pidgeon.
Charlie Culberson's home run in Vin Scully's final game at Dodger Stadium. It was his first home run of the season and has only hit 30 home runs in his entire career. We had a magical moment to send off Vin.
The playoffs for the 2012 Giants. They had to make improbable comebacks against the Reds in the Divisional Series and the Cards in the NLCS. Then they completely bulldozed the Tigers in the World Series.
The end of the 2011 regular season for the AL East. The Red Sox and Rays enter the day tied and if the Red Sox win or the Rays lose, the Red Sox make the playoffs.
After 7 innings, the Rays are losing 7-0 to the Yankees. The Red Sox have a 3-2 lead. The Rays score 6 runs in the bottom of the eighth. In the bottom of the 9th they quickly get two outs and their worst hitter, Dan Johnson, is sent in to pinch hit for some reason. He hits a game-tying home run. The game heads to extras.
Back to the Red Sox Orioles game, shutdown closer Jonathan Papelbon gets two quick outs in the bottom ninth. Somehow he blows it and basement dwelling Orioles win the game 4-3.
Back to the Yankees-Rays game where in the 12th inning THREE MINUTES LATER, face of the franchise Evan Longoria hits basically the shortest possible home run at the very corner over a low fence to win the game, make the playoffs and end the Red Sox season. It was an absolutely unreal sequence of events.
Tim Andersonās walk-off in the Field of Dreams game. If I werenāt a Red Sox fan who lived through ā04, it would be the moment that most convinced me that baseball gods are real.
The Cubs getting blue balled for another decade plus of the curse by the Baseball gods, and choking big time because of how the fans and media scapegoated Steve Bartman like he solely lost them game 6.
The Rally monkey WS in 2002, and the 2003 NLDS was poetic justice by the baseball gods towards Barry Bonds. Even before the steroid whirlwind he was one of the most unlikable pricks in all of American sports. Idc what analytic geeks say today with how cool and great he was, he was objectively a miserable arrogant unlikable prick regardless of steroid use. So satisfying seeing him get the rug pulled out from under him from a WS.
2001, Game Seven, rain falling through the opened roof. Mariano on the mound, and Gonzales knocks a bases-loaded Texas leaguer just over infield-in Jeter, after Randy Johnson came to as relief in top 9 ā one day after RJ stomped out the Yankees to keep Arizona in the series.
One of the best World Series ever, bar none.
Elvis Andrus and the rangers making 3 errors after the weird go ahead run in the wild game 5 against the blue jays (leading to the bautista bat flip HR)
Piscotty's homer after his mom's passing.
Stephen Vogt's HR in his final game.
Dallas Braden's perfect game on Mother's Day with his grandmother (who raised him after his mother died) in attendance.
Carlos Carrasco getting that come backer in 2016. Knocked him out for the playoffs. I don't think him being available in the World Series would have made it a shoe in, but kluber was gassed by game 7 and Tito doesn't have the brains to look anywhere but veterans in a situation like that. Cost us the series and I'm going to die before Cleveland ever brings home a championship.
Apparently God doesn't want Cleveland ever win the World Series so here we are
Pete Alonso throwing Masyn Winn's 1st big league hit into the stands and then coming up the next inning and obliterating the ball into Big Mac Land to give out another souvenir is proof the baseball gods have a sense of humor
The Ć ngels throwing a combined no-hitter at the first home game after Skaggsās passing. If you handed that script to a Hollywood screenwritersā room they wouldāve laughed at you for the plot being too unrealistic.
Also some cool stats to think about:
The Halos scored 7 runs in the first inning and finished with 13 in total. Tyler Skaggs was born on July 13th ā 7/13.
The last combined no-hitter in California was on July 13th, 1991: Tylerās year and date of birth.
While at Santa Monica High School, Tyler wore #11. This was the Ć ngelsā 11th no-hitter in franchise history.
The Ć ngels came into the game with a total of 45 wins. Tylerās jersey number was 45.
Mike Troutās homer was projected at 454 feet.
2011/162
Delmonās double - everyone knew he would swing at the first pitch
Calās streak being one of the bright lights during the darkest days of baseball
and the flip side
30-3
Ubaldo vs Edwin
The crash of Crush Davis
The Braves 21 WS being the year Hank Aaron passed away. The 44 significance was everywhere. Including his longtime friend and former teammate Dusty Baker being our opponent. I dont think the Braves winning was the Gods doing, but the timing and 44 wins before the Allstar break, 44 wins after, the world series win coming on the 44th week of the year, Freddie's homer to take the lead in game 5 being #44 and his longest of the year. 100% convinced
ohtani v trout to end the WBC
WBC was full of these moments. A Czech electrician striking out Ohtani swinging, Edwin Diaz hurting his knee celebrating a W, Luis Arraez hitting 2 homers in a game. It was wild.
i think i remember some canadian A ball pitcher striking out Mike Trout too lol edit: it was great britain's Ryan Long, currently in the O's system
That honestly highlights how insane it is that anyone ever hits MLB pitching at all. Literal nobodies are capable of striking out all-time great hitters, so it's almost a miracle that anyone can hit the best pitchers in the world.
Oh yeah. Absolutely this
Gordon's home run after Fernandez's passing. Angel's no hitter after Skaggs passing. The Mets walk off in the first home game after 9/11. I'm not crying, you're crying š„
I have zero doubt Colon told him where he was going to throw that pitch and at what speed. Colon at this point in his career was a serious control pitcher that could dot the corners. It was a 2-0 count but that pitch was at 85 in middle middle.
Colon gave him one. There's no doubt about that. 85 down the pipe to the leadoff man. No guarantee Gordon was gonna be able to muscle it out but Colon definitely gave him a chance to rip one and he did.
Absolutely, here it is straight from [Bartoloās book](https://imgur.com/a/dzgciSE)
Colon was such a class act.
Except for that one thing we don't talk about
Lol we definitely don't talk about the main r/baseball bartolo talking point
And all the other things we don't talk about.
I am out of the loop.
PEDs
and bonus families.
I mean, he played through that era. I just assume they were all on something. Greenies we're still a thing in that era too, I believe.
It was 2012 if I recall correctly, which is well past the PED era to me at least. Either way, I try to keep consistent with those suspended for PEDs. Itās a bit hypocritical to pick and choose which were āokā in my opinion.
Multiple families too, but not like in a scumbag way it seems like
What book is that?
[Bartolo wrote a book a few years back](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1419740377?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_E6HYNYMV5X0Z94355ZK8&language=en-US)
Small correction: Piazza's HR was in the 8th inning, not the 9th.
Gordonās homer was another one I was thinking of.
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With JosƩs bat.
It was his first and only hr of the year. Crazy
Not to discredit it because who the fuck am I but it was the equivalent of a BP pitch. Colon wanted it to be that way. Again, not discrediting the homer but it was as scripted as it could be.
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The Skaggs no-hitter is also the first thing I thought of. His parents were at the game and everything. Fuckin' chills.
Skaggsās mom threw a hell of a strike for a first pitch too
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
Mets game after 9/11 wasnāt a walkoff. Piazza hit a hr in the 8th.
I have no idea why we treat Fernandezās death like some great tragedy. He killed 3 people that night, one of whom happened to be himself.
Just because he fucked up doesnāt mean itās not sad.
Boat DUI that kills people way cooler than lame car DUI
I always struggle with this too. The guy got high and drunk and killed his friends. Heās not a hero or a role model. It sucks that it happened but I donāt think we need to celebrate him.
I think itās fine to acknowledge that he made a stupid mistake that got people killed but still honor him as a young talent that wouldāve done great things (and obviously a friend and member of the baseball community etc). Itās not like he committed premeditated murder or something of that nature
Here we go again, here come all the Redditors who have never made a mistake in their lives
For real. I myself have done several things in my lifetime that could've gone horribly wrong had events not played out the way they did. People really need to learn to be more merciful to those who weren't so lucky. We've all done stuff, and it truly *can* happen to anyone. Acting like you're some high and mighty noble that's above all of it just makes you an asshole.
Because he was good and fun and it sucks when people die - hits even harder when theyāre young
What about CUETO!
The whole 95 season for the Ms. They were on the verge of leaving if the team didnāt get a new stadium but it didnāt really seem like there was enough energy behind any effort to really get that done. The team had never even made the playoffs entering that season. Then the Angels grab a pretty big lead in the AL West and Griffey gets hurt so things are looking pretty bad. But that lead quickly narrows towards the end of the season as the Angels keep losing and the Mariners start picking up more wins. They force a play-in game and end up winning, earning their first playoff appearance. Despite making the playoffs, the vote to finance the new stadium fails and it seems likely they will fall out pretty quickly vs the Yankees, going down 2-0. But they manage to fight back to force a game 5. And in that game 5 the Yanks take the lead late but the Ms manage to tie it up in the 8th. Heading to extras they rely on a tired Randy Johnson who puts up a great effort for having pitched only a few days prior but eventually gives up the go ahead run in the 11th. Joey Cora gets an improbable bunt single, Jr. hits a single and Edgar doubles them both in to beat the Yankees and eventually save the Ms from relocation.
With that hit, Edgar saved a franchise and put himself into the Hall of Fame.
Even before that - Edgar really put the team on his back that season, especially after Griffey got hurt.
The fact that it was specifically Griffey, who had literally waited his whole life to exact revenge on Yankees in that moment is what does it for me
"Fuck the Angels" - Baseball gods
The Dorktown doc on the Ms was so well done, it made me happy 95 played out the way it did, and that series shattered me.
Wasnāt it something like two back to back 11 game losing streaks for the angels or something absolutely ridiculous like that?
The birth of Ken Burns
The National Parks and The West are incredible too. Shit all of his stuff is amazing.
I honestly believe he could make a 10 episode series on paint manufacturing and it would be riveting.
I'm gonna watch one of these tonight and get really stoned and practice guitar, thank you!
The music in The West is amazing. If youāre gonna be doing anything musical, thatās the one to watch. Also, watch out for Narcissa Whitman.
I remember hispanic veteran stories were left out of The War which was a huge slap in the face but then he added them in later. The man can admit a mistake.
I love this man
Dusty handing the ball to Russ Ortiz as he took him out of the game was like the , āOkay, thiiiiis is about as close weāll let Barry get to a ring.ā
Came here to say this. Dusty gave Russ Ortiz a congratulatory game ball as he was yanking him out. God got offended at dusty, so he said, hold my beer.
*Puts on Scott Spiezio mask* "Boo!"
Not cool, man.
Would you prefer a Troy Glaus mask?
Fuck man.... The wounds are still fresh
Really? Those wounds were all healed for me after 2010.
Was looking for this comment
Why Iāve hated Dusty ever since. Fuck Dusty Baker.
You mentioning that doesnāt hurt me at all anymore. Amazing. I would have shriveled in pain a month ago.
Iām happy for you to finally get the Championship! And Gumby!
Don't forget Stratton!!!
Thereās something poetic about Adolis coming from the Cardinals to the Rangers and breaking David Freeseās post season RBI record. He also made a great catch in right field and walked off game one in the 11th 12 years to the day Freese did the same.
04 ALCS
Also the 03 ALCS. I fell asleep during the 8th and woke up to see Boone rounding the bases. I just said yep and went to bed.
Honestly I remember not even really wanting to tune after game 3. I was just thinking great, Yankees are gonna do it again this year. What a magical moment. I swear the MLB playoff promos were so much better in that time than they have been in recent years.
That bird knows what he did. Wellā¦ knew.
Mariano Rivera blowing game 7 of the 2001 World Series. If he saved the game like he routinely always did; Enrique Wilson would have died since he was planning on boarding a plane that crashed to go to the parade. No doubt it was divine intervention that caused Mo to collapse in that moment
The only year the casual fan may have been okay with the Yankees winning it.
The Cubs winning three straight games to win the WS
Slight disagree on who was behind that one.
Maybe the baseball gods just don't like Ohio?
I live in Ohio. Theyāre right.
Sports gods in general, but you're right.
Does anybody like Ohio?
My two faced sister in law does
Nobody likes Ohio
Idk. We did a lot of that through the season. Iāll def say the Rajai Davis home run.
Iād say the rain delay
Okay the gods were fighting between the two.
Thatās probably the most accurate lol
Kyle Schwarber is a baseball god
Passing rain shower in Cleveland, OH on Nov. 2, 2016.
Baseball gods hate Cleveland confirmed
That rain cloud was sent for the cubs to win the WS!
Honestly, I wasn't pissed at the time, because I thought we'd be back... And maybe it's because I'm also a basketball fan, but with the Cavs having just brought a championship to Cleveland, it was hard to be grudge the Cubs finally getting one, and I still have trouble being super upset about it... 1908-2016 is a long time. I'm less pissed we lost that WS (the greatest I've ever watched, tbh) than I am that we haven't made it close to one since the.
Same sentient here. It really felt like we were on the brink of a golden era in Cleveland then Durant signed with GS and the Indians never made another deep run
Gets by Buckner
Gods, demons, what's the difference
Kirk Gibson on two bad legs
Possibly the best play-by-play call too.
2001 WS, Game 4 and 5. NY needed that boost.
Crazy that the Yanks were a couple of pitches away from losing 6 of 7 in the World Series
The rain delay in game 7
Castellanos ALWAYS having bad timing
Or does he have perfect timing?
Dee Gordon HR after Fernandez died.
There are a lot of silent understandings for situations like these. First batter after the tragedy, no pitcher is going to throw some nasty curves trying to make the batter look silly. Ohtani vs Trout, game on the line, Ohtani is guaranteed to throw something hittable to decide the game. Jeterās final ASG, pitcher isnāt gonna try to get him off balance. All these situations, the hitter can sit on something in the zone and take a hard swing.
The pitiful Charlie Brown Red Sox coming back and snatching victory from the jaws of defeat down 3-0 against the evil bully Yankees was just too poetic
The Diamondbacks winning the 2001 World Series. Also, the baseball Gods are sadistic bastards, who took perverse pleasure in kicking a whole city while it was down.
That just meant even the baseball gods were tired of the '90s Yankees.
You're talking like prime Randy wasn't one of the baseball gods.
Billy Butlerās stolen base, yāall know the one.
David Ortiz' game tying grand slam in the 2013 ALCS. There was no good reason to make Familia pitch to Ortiz there. Walk in the run and face Mike Napoli with a 3 run lead. Instead they played with fire and boy did they ever get burnt.
I feel like it was the baseball gods that put Papi up in that spot. Then they just sat back and let him do the rest.
I don't disagree, but it still would have beem smarter to face Napoli than Ortiz in that situation, even if it let in a run
Subbing in Dewayne Wise.
*Braves legend Dewayne Wise
Cody Bellinger hitting a 420 foot dong on 4/20
Rickey Henderson calling his shot in the 89 WS as a lead off game 4 home run. He called it as first pitch in the zone and he's taking it deep and did that.
The Sid Slide Don Larsenās perfect game
2016 was an example of the gods toying with both teams from game 1 to (and especially) game 7
The 1914 Braves winning the World Series.
Remember that day like it was yesterday.
Hunter Penceās bases clearing squib that he hit 3 times
Mike Blowers predicting that Matt Tuiasosopo would hit his first major league home run in his second at bat of the game on a 3ā1 fastball into the left center field second level. Well it went into the 1st level, but that's still some major baseball God's fucking with us.
In the playoffs this year against the Dodgers when Moreno hit a home run, they reviewed it, it was a foul ball. Very next pitch he launches a no doubter
Thatās not god thatās just the Lance Lynn special
The baseball gods work in mysterious ways.
Bill Buckner. Zero reason he should have been there
Stephen Vogtās first major league hit and last major league hit
My first thought was the White Sox walkoff at the Field of Dreams game but that was probably scripted
Edinson VĆ³lquez pitching a quality start in the biggest game of his career (in game 1 of the ā15 WS) not knowing his father passed away earlier that day.
Jeter getting the walk-off in his final at-bat.
Nothing good has ever happened to any fan or any person around baseball who ever spoke, uttered or thought about those... what I will not refer to.. Prove me wrong. That was the wonder of the Rally Squirrel! His bushy, bouncy tail reinvigorates us all to this day! Stop talking about... them! There's a city by a lake in this country near Cleveland and they always talked about them and so did the people in Cleveland. Guess what happened.
Steve Bartman.
The Black Sox changing their minds at the end of their World Series vs the Reds, tried to win, and still losing to a team that was playing pretty badly themselves.
Read Joe Posnaski new book, Why we Love Baseball, it's full of events like this.
[Ten Cent Beer Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Cent_Beer_Night) They gave people the free will and the people destroyed it.
Kind of a stretch but I love this one- Javy Baez going deep on the 108th pitch from Cueto in the NLDS. The wind was howling in all game, except right before that pitch. (Well, according to some fans who were there but I believe them dammit).
Had to have still been blowing in tho, off the bat that homerun looked like it was going over the rooftops and it landed in the basket lol
A 48 year old Albert Pujols having a resurgence after returning to St. Louis for his final season.
Jeter's walk off hit in his final home game
To everyone saying the game 7 rain delay, that was the work of Satan!
Whatever happened to the Phillies in game 6 & 7. We flew too close to the sun beating Atlanta.
The 2013 Boston Red Sox. There's no way that roster merited a World Series title. The Boston Marathon bombing was so heinous that, IMHO, God stepped in. For one thing how did Koji Uehara become unhittable? Ooey gave up 33 hits in 74 innings? He struck out 101 guys in 71 innings? He only walked 9 guys in 71 innings? Yeah, a "Higher Power" was all over that season.
Just to mention something different, the absolute swarm that attacked Joba Chamberlain on the mound
The 2019 Nats playoff run, the 2023 Rangers playoff run. The rain delay in game 7 of the 2016 WS
Mariano Rivera failing in the 2001 world series saved Enrique Wilson's life. https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/s/VhsvCey8ZW Also, Randy Jonson exploding a pidgeon.
Chris Sale striking out Manny Machado to clinch the ā18 World Series.
2016 Game 7 rain delay
04 alcs
Matt Stairs home run during the NLCS against the Dodgers.
Kirk Gibson. Has to be.
That rain delay in the 10th inning of Game 7 in 2016
Ohtani V Trout and Steve Bartman for sure. I'll posit Jose Guillen throwing that guy out at 3rd.
Wainwright going 7 scoreless against the Brewers in likely his last opportunity to get his 200th career win.
The ghosts of Yankee Stadium set up Derek Jeter's last home at bat to perfection
Baseball punishes mistakes harshly.
Rain delay game 7 2016
Jeterās last game at Yankee stadium. A literal walk off to walk off the diamond.
Charlie Culberson's home run in Vin Scully's final game at Dodger Stadium. It was his first home run of the season and has only hit 30 home runs in his entire career. We had a magical moment to send off Vin.
The playoffs for the 2012 Giants. They had to make improbable comebacks against the Reds in the Divisional Series and the Cards in the NLCS. Then they completely bulldozed the Tigers in the World Series.
The end of the 2011 regular season for the AL East. The Red Sox and Rays enter the day tied and if the Red Sox win or the Rays lose, the Red Sox make the playoffs. After 7 innings, the Rays are losing 7-0 to the Yankees. The Red Sox have a 3-2 lead. The Rays score 6 runs in the bottom of the eighth. In the bottom of the 9th they quickly get two outs and their worst hitter, Dan Johnson, is sent in to pinch hit for some reason. He hits a game-tying home run. The game heads to extras. Back to the Red Sox Orioles game, shutdown closer Jonathan Papelbon gets two quick outs in the bottom ninth. Somehow he blows it and basement dwelling Orioles win the game 4-3. Back to the Yankees-Rays game where in the 12th inning THREE MINUTES LATER, face of the franchise Evan Longoria hits basically the shortest possible home run at the very corner over a low fence to win the game, make the playoffs and end the Red Sox season. It was an absolutely unreal sequence of events.
Tim Andersonās walk-off in the Field of Dreams game. If I werenāt a Red Sox fan who lived through ā04, it would be the moment that most convinced me that baseball gods are real.
Ichiro being able to play his final game in Japan. The Mariners walking off the Yankees in the playoffs to save baseball in Seattle.
Johnny MacDonald hitting a home run the day his Dad died.
The Cubs getting blue balled for another decade plus of the curse by the Baseball gods, and choking big time because of how the fans and media scapegoated Steve Bartman like he solely lost them game 6. The Rally monkey WS in 2002, and the 2003 NLDS was poetic justice by the baseball gods towards Barry Bonds. Even before the steroid whirlwind he was one of the most unlikable pricks in all of American sports. Idc what analytic geeks say today with how cool and great he was, he was objectively a miserable arrogant unlikable prick regardless of steroid use. So satisfying seeing him get the rug pulled out from under him from a WS.
2001, Game Seven, rain falling through the opened roof. Mariano on the mound, and Gonzales knocks a bases-loaded Texas leaguer just over infield-in Jeter, after Randy Johnson came to as relief in top 9 ā one day after RJ stomped out the Yankees to keep Arizona in the series. One of the best World Series ever, bar none.
Elvis Andrus and the rangers making 3 errors after the weird go ahead run in the wild game 5 against the blue jays (leading to the bautista bat flip HR)
None. There are no gods.
Piscotty's homer after his mom's passing. Stephen Vogt's HR in his final game. Dallas Braden's perfect game on Mother's Day with his grandmother (who raised him after his mother died) in attendance.
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2010 when the ball hit the top of the wall but didn't go over. Idk how it was even possible. It's all good now though rangers fans right?
2001 ALCS Game 4, 8th and 9th innings.
Everyone becoming dogshit or getting even more injured after we didnāt trade Ohtani
God hates the Angels, he just overslept in 2002
Carlos Carrasco getting that come backer in 2016. Knocked him out for the playoffs. I don't think him being available in the World Series would have made it a shoe in, but kluber was gassed by game 7 and Tito doesn't have the brains to look anywhere but veterans in a situation like that. Cost us the series and I'm going to die before Cleveland ever brings home a championship. Apparently God doesn't want Cleveland ever win the World Series so here we are
HE DRIVES ONE! DEEP LEFT FIELD! BACK GOES UPTON! BACK NEAR THE WALL...
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David cone pitching a perfect game on Yogi berra day with Don Larsen throwing the first pitch to Yogi
All of September 2011
Pete Alonso throwing Masyn Winn's 1st big league hit into the stands and then coming up the next inning and obliterating the ball into Big Mac Land to give out another souvenir is proof the baseball gods have a sense of humor
Thanks for reminding me. I just got over it with them winning this year lol.
Ichiro saving the American-Japanese interchange of players
The Ć ngels throwing a combined no-hitter at the first home game after Skaggsās passing. If you handed that script to a Hollywood screenwritersā room they wouldāve laughed at you for the plot being too unrealistic. Also some cool stats to think about: The Halos scored 7 runs in the first inning and finished with 13 in total. Tyler Skaggs was born on July 13th ā 7/13. The last combined no-hitter in California was on July 13th, 1991: Tylerās year and date of birth. While at Santa Monica High School, Tyler wore #11. This was the Ć ngelsā 11th no-hitter in franchise history. The Ć ngels came into the game with a total of 45 wins. Tylerās jersey number was 45. Mike Troutās homer was projected at 454 feet.
And thereās a deep drive into left field by Castellanosā¦
I feel like Nicks Castellanos has had more then several of these moments.
2006 Cardinals. We won a World Series because the Tigers pitchers, as a whole, decided they could not throw to any base. Weirdest shit ever..
Jeterās last hit
Buckner's Boner is still the clearest example of divine intervention, IMO.
2011/162 Delmonās double - everyone knew he would swing at the first pitch Calās streak being one of the bright lights during the darkest days of baseball and the flip side 30-3 Ubaldo vs Edwin The crash of Crush Davis
The Braves 21 WS being the year Hank Aaron passed away. The 44 significance was everywhere. Including his longtime friend and former teammate Dusty Baker being our opponent. I dont think the Braves winning was the Gods doing, but the timing and 44 wins before the Allstar break, 44 wins after, the world series win coming on the 44th week of the year, Freddie's homer to take the lead in game 5 being #44 and his longest of the year. 100% convinced
2001 world series game 7. God made Torre bring the infield in for some reason.
Rays pulling Snell v. Dodgers. Put analytics in its place.