Baseball
The greatest moments in baseball.
8 moments in this segment.
- — Shot Heard Round the World. October 3, 1951. Bobby Thomson hits a 9th-inning walk-off home run off Ralph Branca, winning the NL pennant for the Giants over the Dodgers. "The Giants win the pennant!" — Russ Hodges's call is the most replayed baseball broadcast ever.
- — Hank Aaron Passes Babe Ruth. April 8, 1974. Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run, surpassing Babe Ruth's record. Two fans run onto the field to congratulate him as he rounds the bases. The journey to 715 was shadowed by years of racist hate mail.
- — McGwire & Sosa Chase Maris. September 8, 1998. Mark McGwire breaks Roger Maris's 1961 single-season home run record (61). Sammy Sosa runs the friendliest pursuit. The two's hug at the moment of McGwire's 62nd defined the summer.
- — Red Sox Break the Curse. October 27, 2004. Boston wins the World Series — first time in 86 years. Pitcher Keith Foulke's underhand toss to Doug Mientkiewicz at first base. Generations-long Boston catharsis in three pitches.
- — Babe Ruth's Called Shot. October 1, 1932. Babe Ruth points to centerfield at Wrigley, then homers there in the 5th inning of World Series Game 3. The most-disputed homer in baseball history — but the most retold.
- — Cubs Win the World Series. November 2, 2016. Chicago Cubs win the World Series — first time in 108 years. Game 7, 10 innings, rain delay. Five-million-person victory parade in Chicago.
- — Jackie Robinson Steps Onto Ebbets Field. April 15, 1947. Jackie Robinson takes the field as the first Black player in modern MLB. The Brooklyn Dodgers Opening Day photograph is a permanent fixture in every American civil-rights exhibit.
- — Curt Flood Refuses Trade. October 7, 1969. St Louis Cardinals trade Curt Flood to Philadelphia; Flood refuses, sparking the legal battle that ends baseball's reserve clause in 1975. Cost him his career; reshaped player rights forever.
