I spent some time admiring Ken Griffey Jr.’s beautiful swing this weekend, so here’s a quick 🧵 featuring some of his milestone home runs.
#Mariners
#SeaUsRise
#Reds
#ATOBTTR
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10/7/2015: Kyle Schwarber absolutely crushed this Gerrit Cole offering for a mammoth homer that completely left PNC Park. He added a subtle, yet still baller bat flip at the end, too.
#Cubs
#CubTogether
(via MLB)
@BleacherNation
@ChiSportsDay
Preeeetty sure this ball still hasn’t landed yet.
@BoJackson
gets extra points for easily giving us the most intimidating HR trot of all time.
#Royals
#AlwaysRoyal
#BoKnows
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9/12/2021: Francisco Lindor made his mark on the Subway Series with a three-homer performance on Sunday Night Baseball.
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#LGM
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@RisingAppleBlog
@genymets
6/9/2014: Lonnie Chisenhall tied a franchise record with nine RBI for Cleveland. This performance included five hits, with three of them leaving the yard.
#ForTheLand
(via MLB)
@CovertheCorner
@TheBsblr
5/9/1993: Mark Grace hit for the cycle at Wrigley Field. He would earn his first All-Star Game selection and finished the year with a .325/.393/.425 line to go along with 14 homers and 98 RBI.
#Cubs
#CubTogether
(via MLB)
@BleacherNation
@TheAthleticCHI
7/31/2010: Carlos Gonzalez hit for the cycle at Coors Field. He secured the feat by slugging a walk-off home run for the
#Rockies
.
(via MLB Extras)
@PurpleRow
@RoxPileFS
9/29/2008: Alexei Ramirez hit his fourth grand slam of the season, which broke the rookie record for grand slams in a single year. And, of course, there was a legendary call to appropriately narrate it.
#WhiteSox
#ChangeTheGame
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@barstoolWSD
@SouthSideSox
7/20/2004: Albert Pujols was a one-man wrecking crew at Wrigley Field, enjoying a five-hit day that included three home runs.
#STLCards
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@vivaelbirdos
@C70
10/20/2004: Jim Edmonds forced an NLCS Game 7 between the Cardinals and Astros with this dramatic walk-off home run to win Game 6 for St. Louis.
#STLCards
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@vivaelbirdos
@BaseballCentraI
The final
#MLB
homer of Craig Biggio’s career came on 8/21/2007. It was a leadoff dinger, something he did 53 times as a big leaguer.
#Astros
#ForTheA
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@brianmctaggart
7/8/2015: Jhonny Peralta gave the Cardinals a ninth-inning lead with this two-run homer to silence Wrigley Field. St. Louis would go on to win the game, 6-5.
#STLCards
(via MLB)
@C70
@RandomSTLCards
6/18/2017: Nolan Arenado hit a walk-off home run for the
#Rockies
, but it wasn’t just any walk-off tater. He became the fifth
#MLB
player ever to complete a cycle like this.
(via MLB)
@BaseballBros
@PurpleRow
7/25/1985: Gary Carter rocked Shea Stadium with this three-run homer, and Keith Hernandez’s hand is probably still stinging from that high five.
#LGM
#Mets
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@MetsLegends
@RisingAppleBlog
8/25/2011: The
#Yankees
became the first
#MLB
team to hit three grand slams in one game during a 22-9 win vs. the A’s. Robinson Cano, Russell Martin, and Curtis Granderson all went deep.
#RepBX
(via MLBGlobal11)
@yankeethrowback
@YankeesMuse
5/19/2011: Jason Giambi enjoyed his first three-homer game, doing it as a member of the
#Rockies
. At 40 years old, he became the second-oldest hitter to accomplish such a feat.
(via MLB)
@RoxPileFS
@PurpleRow
9/4/2018: Brandon Phillips’ first hit as a member of the
#RedSox
was this 432-foot moonshot, and he knew he got all of it the second he made contact.
#DirtyWater
(via Rush Sports)
@OverTheMonster
@Starting9
6/23/1971:
#Phillies
pitcher Rick Wise tossed a no-hitter, but he also hit two home runs. This was his second dinger of the game. Hope he got some ice cream afterward because this was a vintage Little League performance.
#RingTheBell
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@PhilliesNation
@Jaysonst
8/21/1990: The
#Phillies
were staring at an 11-1 deficit entering the eighth inning. They scored two in the eighth and nine in the ninth to steal the victory, punctuated by this game-tying homer from John Kruk.
#RingTheBell
(via MLB)
@philliesbell
@TheGoodPhight
4/5/2013: Chris Davis slugged his fourth homer in four games to start the season, and this one was a grand slam. He’d go on to slug a league-leading 53 dingers for the
#Orioles
.
#Birdland
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@CamdenChat
@BirdsWatcherFS
8/24/2009: Ryan Spilborghs hit the first walk-off grand slam in
#Rockies
history, and he went oppo-taco in the bottom of the 14th to get the job done. His sprint around the bases will always be elite.
(via MLB)
@PurpleRow
@spillygoat19
6/24/2003: Brad Wilkerson’s day started with a bunt single, and it ended with him becoming the fifth
#Expos
player to hit for the cycle.
(via MLB)
@ExposBlog
@Montreal_Expos
9/13/1996: Mark Whiten slugged a grand slam at the Metrodome that still may be in the air as we speak. He always made sure to bring the swag on his way out of the box, too.
#SeaUsRise
#Mariners
(via MLB)
@LookoutLanding
@CespedesBBQ
5/17/2016: Khris Davis enjoyed a three-homer night for the
#Athletics
, with his final dinger being a walk-off grand slam. This would become his first of three straight years with at least 40 homers and 100 RBI for OAK.
#RiseAndGrind
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@jennifertru07
@WhiteCleatBeat
It’s David Wright’s birthday, so let’s take a peek at his first and last
#MLB
home runs. He slugged a total of 242 dingers during his time with the
#Mets
.
#LGM
(via Mets)
@RisingAppleBlog
@metsrewind
8/7/1999: Wade Boggs joined the 3,000-hit club. He distinguished himself by becoming the first player to hit a home run while doing so.
#Rays
#RaysUp
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@RaysTheRoofTB
@draysbay
9/18/2007: Todd Helton’s walk-off homer helped the
#Rockies
complete a sweep of the
#Dodgers
, as Colorado was on its way to winning 11 games in a row and eventually capturing the National League pennant.
(via MLB)
@PurpleRow
@RoxPileFS
Blasting a ball 430 feet after hearing “Overrated!” chants is the ultimate flex. That’s what Pedro Alvarez did with
@VandyBoys
in 2008.
(via Vanderbilt)
@BucsDugout
@RobBiertempfel
9/8/2015: Kirk Nieuwenhuis came to the plate as a pinch-hitter in a tie game. He untied it with this eighth-inning home run to give the
#Mets
a lead.
#LGM
(via MLB)
@MetsLegends
@MetCastPod
9/14/2003: Vladimir Guerrero Sr. hit for the cycle against the
#Mets
. In his final year with the
#Expos
, Vlad slashed .330/.426/.586 with 25 homers and 79 RBI in 467 plate appearances.
(via MLB)
@ExposBlog
@Montreal_Expos
4/7/1994: The first Cleveland home run in Jacobs/Progressive Field history came off the bat of Eddie Murray.
#OurCLE
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@hoynsie
@CovertheCorner
Merry Christmas, everyone! As a way to celebrate, here’s birthday boy Rickey Henderson turning the swag up as he makes his way around the bases.
#Athletics
(via MLB)
@athleticsnation
@whitecleatbeat
9/13/2015: Down to their last strike, Daniel Murphy clubbed a three-run homer for the
#Mets
to tie things up against the
#Braves
. NYM would score three more in the 10th to win, 10-7.
#LGM
(via MLB)
@greg_prince
@HowieRose
5/31/1997: Andres Galarraga hit a home run in Miami that is still in orbit somewhere. He finished the year with 41 homers and 140 RBI.
#Rockies
(via MLB)
@PurpleRow
@1990sBaseball