Umpire Controversy
This MLB umpire infamously blew the final out call of what would have been a perfect game for Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga in 2010, later tearfully admitting he got it wrong.
Jim Joyce
On Sunday Night Baseball in 2018, this unlikely hero broke the shutout with a 2-out ultimate grand slam.
David Bote
In 2024, this Padre tormented the Dodgers and their fans with his flamboyance and his bat before ultimately dropping the series.
Fernando Tatis Jr.
This slugger holds the MLB record for most career home runs with 762.
Barry Bonds
In 2008, Brad Lidge had a perfect season as the Phillies’ closer, converting all 41 of his save opportunities in the regular season and remaining flawless throughout the postseason. His performance culminated in striking out Eric Hinske for the final out of the World Series, giving the Phillies their first title since 1980. Lidge would go on to win the NL Cy Young Award for his dominant performance that year.
In the 2012 NL Wild Card Game, Braves fans littered the field with trash after an _________ was controversially called by the left field umpire on a pop-up to shallow left.
Infield Fly Rule
This player stole the show in Vlad Jr.'s debut, launching a walk-off home run
Brandon Drury
This player said "pressure is something you put in your tires", before struggling in his postseason debut
Alek Manoah
his pitcher recorded the most no-hitters in MLB history, throwing 7 over his career.
Nolan Ryan
Mark McGwire led the majors in home runs five times during his career, including his 70-homer season in 1998. Though often remembered for his power, McGwire also posted a career batting average within 20 points of .300 at .283, and had a higher career OBP than Ken Griffey Jr., showcasing a more complete offensive profile than he’s typically credited for.
His career batting average was .263
In the early 2010's, Jerry Meals called the winning run safe in one of baseballs most initially agreeably wrong calls in history in the ____ inning of the games.
19th
This pedestrian bench player won the pennant for the San Fransisco Giants in the mid 2010s.
Travis Ishikawa
In a possible turning point, this Blue Jay got picked-off at 2nd base to end the Blue Jays best threat in their 2023 ALWC series.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
This Hall of Famer holds the MLB record for most RBIs in a single season with 191 in 1930.
Hack Wilson
The 1991 Atlanta Braves stunned the baseball world by going from last place to the World Series, led by a rotation of John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, and a young Greg Maddux. They lost to the Twins in a dramatic seven-game series, but that postseason marked the start of the Braves’ dominance throughout the 1990s.
In Game 3 of the 2013 World Series, tAlan Craigg was awarded home plate on an obstruction call after tripping over Red Sox player..
Will Middlebrooks
Early on in his 2018 rookie season, this future Yankee launched 3 homers against them in the Bronx
Ronald Guzman
With his fastball a few ticks down on the day, this pitcher was the victim of Rhys Hoskins' 2022 bat slam after his memorable home run
Spencer Strider
This pitcher holds the MLB record for most career shutouts with 110.
Walter Johnson
Despite a dominant four-year stretch with the Pirates, where he posted sub-3.00 ERAs on several occasions and ranked among the league leaders in strikeouts, A.J. Burnett was never selected to an All-Star Game during his career. In fact, he holds the distinction of having the most career strikeouts of any pitcher never to make an All-Star team.
Burnett was a 2015 all star.
In the 1996 ALCS, this Yankees shortstop was credited with a home run when 12-year-old Jeffrey Maier reached over the right-field wall and deflected the ball away from this Orioles outfielder.
Tony Tarasco
(Blank) only got one Fall Classic at-bat, but what an at-bat. Called into pinch-hitting duties in the top of the 12th inning of Game 5 against the Mets, (blank) helped the Royals clinch their first World Series championship in 30 years. In his first appearance of the postseason, taking his first at-bat in nearly a month, the light-hitting infielder laced a tiebreaking single to left field off Addison Reed.
Christian Colon
In the 2019 NLDS, this pitcher made the start for the Cardinals who led them to allowing 10 runs in the first inning in a Braves route
Mike Foltynewicz
This team holds the MLB record for longest winning streak in a single season, winning 26 games in a row in 1916.
New York Giants
On July 31, 2008, the Dodgers acquired Manny Ramirez from the Red Sox in a three-team trade that sent Jason Bay to Boston and several prospects to Pittsburgh. Ramirez immediately caught fire, hitting .396 for the Dodgers and propelling them to the NLCS. The trade came just two weeks after Ramirez hit his 500th career home run at Fenway Park.
Manny's 500th home run was on the road in Baltimore.