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In baseball, a grand slam is a home run hit with all three bases occupied by baserunners ("bases loaded"), thereby scoring four runs—the most possible in one play. According to The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, the term originated in the card game of contract bridge, [better source needed] in which a grand slam involves taking all the possible ...
The Washington Nationals celebrate a walk-off grand slam hit by Justin Maxwell in 2009. A grand slam is a home run hit with all three bases occupied by baserunners ("bases loaded"), thereby scoring four runs—the most possible in one play. A walk-off home run with the bases loaded is therefore known as a walk-off grand slam.
Another theory is that the corn refers to the practice in the very early days of baseball of calling the outfield the "corn field", especially in early amateur baseball where the outfield may have been a farm field. Frequently used by Red Barber, a variation, 'A #8 CAN OF GOLDEN BANTAM' was favored by Bob Prince, Pittsburgh Pirates' announcer.
Tennessee baseball has hit 12 grand slams entering the NCAA super regional. The record is 14 set by Arizona State in 2003. ... Burke accounted for UT's 11th when he hit a grand slam on May 17 ...
In baseball, a grand slam is a home run that is hit when the bases are loaded (i.e., there are runners occupying first, second, and third base simultaneously), thereby scoring four runs—the most possible in one play. [1]
Freddie Freeman’s historic walk-off grand slam ball from Game 1 of the World Series has sold for $1.56 million at auction. The bidding at SCP Auctions went into the late hours of Saturday night ...
The baseball from Freddie Freeman's walk-off World Series grand slam sold for $1.56 million at auction on Saturday night.. The $1.56 million bid made the ball the third-most expensive game-used ...
Grand Slam (figure skating), winning all three major annual senior-level international competitions within a single season; Grand Slam (rugby union), one national team defeating all others in the Six Nations Championship; Grand Slam (shinty), one club winning four annual shinty trophies; Grand slam, in roller derby, a five-point scoring pass