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Babe Ruth's called shot is the home run hit by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During his at-bat, Ruth made a pointing gesture before hitting the home run to deep center field.
He continued working for the team through 1970, when he retired. His signature home run call was, "Bye-Bye, Baby!", a phrase that was set to music as the Giants' theme song during the 1960s. [6] It had previously been the name of another song. Hodges was also the lead announcer for Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts on CBS from 1948 to 1955. [7]
This is a list of the 300 Major League Baseball players who have hit the most career home runs in regular season play (i.e., excluding playoffs or exhibition games). In the sport of baseball, a home run is a hit in which the batter scores by circling all the bases and reaching home plate in one play
Sterling's debut of the Giancarlo Stanton home run call created plenty of confusion in 2018. "Giancarlo, non si può stoparlo," Sterling said on his first attempt, which translates from Italian to ...
Tom Hamilton calls David Fry go-ahead home run in Game 4. Fry entered the game as a pincher-hitter in the seventh and blasted a homer to left. "Hit a ton," Hamilton began the call, letting ...
Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run was a baseball play that occurred in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, on October 15, 1988, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Gibson was initially held out of the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup with injuries to both legs, but after being called upon to pinch hit in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs, he hit a two-run, walk-off home run against ...
John Sterling is back calling home runs. The legendary Yankees radio voice is back in the booth for the Bronx Bombers' stretch run to end the regular season and the postseason, following his ...
Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski hit his iconic home run off pitcher Ralph Terry, winning the game and the 1960 World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates.. Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series home run was a baseball play that occurred in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series on October 13, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.