What do you think is the most memorible baseball moment of all time?
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lou gehrig's farewell speech at yankee stadium when he was very ill.  i wasn't even close to alive for that but you can watch "pride of the yankees", it's pretty cool.
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My favorite was back in 2003.  My friends and myself rented a motor home and had the infield.  Fantastic time!  We spent nearly a week infield. I am a Dale Jarrett fan and my first time in the infield he won.  We were on top of the motor home and when it looked like he may win I walked out to the fence between turn 3 & 4 to see the last 40 laps.  Well I was sporting my #88 hat and shirt got razzed alot.  But I will tell you when he won, I think everyone that was in the infiled must have come to shake my hand.  Cool people.   I had 'haters' offering me victory cocktails.  That day was the finest.  \n\nThat was back when Dale Sr. had just died and everyone held up the 3 fingers and silent moment, all 180,000 people were silent...incredible.  We sat in the Pit Terrace for the start of that race.  I had my picture taken in the Winners circle (before the race of course).  I had my pitcure taken with Jr's pit crew, that was cool!  I was lucky enough to be infield to wake up to the smells of fresh coffee brewing, bacon cooking and the roar of the cars practicing.  Wonderful memories!   Now MIS is something I do each and every year.  There is nothing better than the fans, the drivers and the expierence to be there in person to see them blow by.  I love NASCAR!!
259793
Baseball--the greatest tradition in the world.  It very well may be the perfect game.
522451
1. Willie Mays (best outfielder of all time, great homerun hitter - 4th all time, and very high batting average.\n\n2. Babe Ruth (maybe the best player in baseball history, set many HR records, revolutionized baseball)\n\n3. Mickey Mantle\n\n4. Ty Cobb\n\n5. Ernie Banks\n\n6. Barry Bonds\n\n8. Joe Dimaggio
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Although I never got to see the All Time Greats, I'd have to say Ted Williams. Stan Musial was great also. Ty Cobb was no slouch either. Adding power you need to add Willie Mays and Babe Ruth.
586495
Zippo.\n\nEspecially as the White Sox will be repeating.
881650
The Play:  Cal & Stanford in the Big Game, 1982, IIRC.\n\nJoe Starkey's raspy call of that play is a legend.  There is a crushed trombone in the College Football hall of fame to commemorate it.\n\nAnd it's just freakin' hilarious to watch...
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In my lifetime, the best 2B has been Ryne Sandberg, he was a great fielder, had good speed and stole bases, hit for average and power. My favorite all-time Cub...that's saying something coming from a die hard Cards fan. He just played the game the way it should be played...with that attitude of baseball owing him nothing and him owing baseball everything he had. He was fun to watch.\nBut of all-time, Rogers Hornsby had some unbelievable stats that will never be matched. Ever.
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i wasn't around when koufax was (tho i wish i could've seen him- he rocks!!!- not playing on yom kippur and stuff), but the best pitcher i ever saw was mariano rivera. the dude just rox!!!
215979
The thing I will remember most about Kirby was that he had a great smile that just cried out a love for baseball. He was also one of the best bad ball hitters I had ever seen. I have seen him hit pitches above his shoulders and tomahawk them off the wall for doubles. I have only seen one player better at that and that was Vladimr Guerrero. Kirby was like a human bowlingball out there in centerfield, it didn't look like he was moving fast until you saw his closing speed just to take a hit away. Kirby grew up in a rough town and I think baseball was his saving grace.  My favorite memory of Kirby was the sheer joy he displayed whe he was introduced during his first world series appearance, a very genuine moment, Kirby will be missed.
69979
Does Nolan Ryan count? Talk about the greatest arm when it comes to pitchers in the MLB history.
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Bob Forsch.\n\n"1982 World Series Game 5 Box Score"\nHR–Milwaukee Yount (1,7th inning off Forsch 0 on, 2 out).\nhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198210170MIL\n\nThe highlight of the series for Yount is the seventh inning of Game 5, as he homers off Bob Forsch to cap a 4-for-4 day, thus making him the only player in baseball history to have four hits in two games in the same World Series. \nhttp://www.sportingnews.com/archives/baseball/hof99/yount-moments.html
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The New York Yankees celebrated "Lou Gehrigs Day" on July 4, 1939\n\nFans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been to ballparks for seventeen years and I have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn’t consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure I’m lucky. Who wouldn’t have considered it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball’s greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky. When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat and vice versa, sends you a gift, that’s something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in the white coats remember you with trophies, that’s something. When you have a father and mother who work all their lives so that you can have an education and build your body, it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed, that's the finest I know. So I close by saying that I might have had a bad break, but I have an awful lot to live for. Thank you."\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig
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1 word. amamzing\n\ni went to a game last june. rangers vs. red sox. the sox were losing in the bottom of the ninth and you know who hit the walk off dinger. words cant explain what the atmosphere was like after he hit it. it is something i will never forget. i just remember everyone was standing up and cheering as soon as big papi stepped up. and after he hit it there was a constant stading ovation for like another 10 minutes after he hit it. no one wanted to leave. everyone wanted to soke in the moment. \n\n\njerry remi: "BIG PAPI DOES IT AGAIN!!!!! THE RED SOX WIN!!!!!!"\n\n\ngood stuff....
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Without a doubt, Koufax. From 1963-1966  had the greatest multi-year run of any pitcher in history...
1047889
I would have to say Josh Gibson with his 986 Home Runs hitting a whooping 0 in the major leagues and 986 in the negro leagues.
635116
yes all of the above, but don't forget the wild pitch high fastball.  It keeps going up and up and up until it's over everyone's head.