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Home Run was designed and programmed by Bob Whitehead, who went on to found Activision, and David Rolfe. [5] The cover art was designed by Cliff Spohn. [2]According to a 1978 New York Times interview with Nolan Bushnell, the engineer who was first assigned to develop the game didn't know the rules of the sport of baseball.
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.
In the second inning, he beat the throw on a potential double play to drive in the eventual winning run. He then stole second base, making him the second player in All-Star Game history to hit a home run and steal a base in the same game (the first was Willie Mays). Jackson finished the game 2-for-4 with one run scored and two RBI. [33]
In his Monday Night Football debut, he rushed for 221 yards, ripping off a 91-yard run for one touchdown and adding a second by lowering his shoulder at the goal line and plowing through a cocky ...
Home runs are often characterized by the number of runners on base at the time. A home run hit with the bases empty is never called a "one-run homer", but rather a solo home run, solo homer, or "solo shot". With one runner on base, two runs score (the base-runner and the batter), and thus the home run is often called a two-run homer or two-run ...
Royals catcher Freddy Fermin achieved a career milestone against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Home run No. 49 traveled 438 feet and tied Shawn Green’s franchise record set in 2001. Shohei Ohtani hits his 49th home run, a two-run shot off Marlins pitcher George Soriano during the sixth ...
No player has ever hit four home runs in a postseason game; that record is three, first accomplished by Babe Ruth in Game 4 of the 1926 World Series. [2] According to the Society for American Baseball Research, Oil Cities catcher Jay J. Clarke went 8–8 with eight home runs, a single-game professional record. However, Clarke's total is ...