1 THE HOME RUN it it starts with a bang A home run just sounds different coming off the bat With that loud cracking sound fans turn their heads to watch the ball soar A home run is one of baseball’s most exciting plays Many of the most memorable moments in Major League Baseball MLB were home runs Some have famous nicknames The Shot Heard Round the World came in 1951 Bobby Thomson of the New York Giants gave his team the National League NL pennant with his homer in the bottom of the ninth inning Joe Carter jumps for joy after his World Series winning home run clears the fence 4 4
Hank Aaron slugs his 715th career home run to pass Babe Ruth on April 8 1974 Home runs have won World Series titles In 1960 future Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates past the New York Yankees with a ninth-inning blast in Game 7 6
In 1993 Joe Carter hit a walk-off homer in Game 6 to win the title for the Toronto Blue Jays Barry Bonds also holds the single-season MLB home run record with 73 in 2001 The all-time home run record is one of baseball’s most storied Babe Ruth retired in 1935 with 714 home runs Hank Aaron broke that record in 1974 in one of baseball’s most memorable moments San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds broke Aaron’s record in 2007 He retired with 762 homers Ruth didn’t just hit a lot of home runs He hit legendary ones One of his most famous homers came during the 1932 World Series Ruth’s Yankees were playing the Chicago Cubs The Bambino stepped to the plate in the top of the fifth inning of Game 3 The score was 4 4 With the count of two balls and one strike Ruth appeared to point toward center field On the next pitch he swung and hit a homer to deep center 7
