The Two Greatest Home Runs in MLB History

[@MrKruger88]

The best part about Carter making the final play to clinch both WS titles was his super dorky and endearing freak out jumping

[@jmwburner]

Such an authentic expression of the ecstasy of triumph

[@AmisAngelstreams]

It's interesting, he said in an interview that he was jumping at first because he lost the ball in the lights and wasn't sure if he hit it foul or not, so he was trying to jump up to see it. Then later, obviously, he was jumping to celebrate.

[@finnhobart9100]

Ironically enough, I think the kid losing that baseball is the perfect way for it to go out, because at the end of the day, that’s where all of these aspirations and hopes for heroism like that come from. They come from the thrill of those first swings in a makeshift diamond in the middle of nowhere, and that’s where all those kids get the idea of that kind of home run locked in their heads. There’s almost no place better for that ball to go in my opinion. Rather than collecting dust it got the chance to go back to the very beginning, where the seeds of dreams are planted, and got lost like a thousand other baseballs do on the journey of loving baseball.

[@amhelm86]

As a Jays fan, the "Touch 'm all Joe" call by Tom Cheek still sends shivers down my spine. Watching Joe Carter hit this home run was AMAZING!!

[@jaykaufman9782]

Bill Mazeroski is on everybody's short list for greatest defensive second baseman of all time. On close plays he didn't even catch the ball in his glove: He taught himself to deaden a hit ball with his glove so it ricocheted directly into his throwing hand, at the same time moving his feet to put him into throwing position, towards second base for a double play, or towards first base against speedy runners. (The National League was known as the faster, small-ball league.) As far as I known, he's the only man to play his position this way, his entire career.

[@i_t_brennan]

My father's story about the 60 WS is so quaint. He was heading home from high school, the train stopped at 125th Street. Instead of getting on the next subway train, he stood around a radio with a group of strangers. Heard the home run call in disbelief, then headed home.

[@MachoMessiah]

"Touch em all Joe!" still gives me chills!

[@sweatypnuts]

Man I remember being 13 years old watching the Joe Carter home run live on TV. Amazing memory!!!!

[@chrisallen2954]

Joe Carter never gets credit for his sweet swing. So underrated.

[@WantonBaby]

How Oddly Forgotten!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jamesMarjan]

That's not true.

[@WantonBaby]

Theo Fluery Paul Henderson AND JOE NEEEEEED TO GO COOOOOPERS TOWN !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@scottnotpilgrim]

Touch 'em all Joe! And the shot heard round the world

[@wobblertv8083]

That Joe Carter call is one of the great ones in any sport .

[@payrysdoscs4903]

@@wobblertv8083 As an aspiring broadcaster, it 100% is. As a Phillies fan, it's a mf nightmare.

[@jonnyblayze5149]

Bobby Thompson's Homer is the shot heard round the world🙄

[@jonnyblayze5149]

Bobby Thompson's Homer is the shot heard round the world

[@tigershark5019]

Not the shot heard round the world. Touch em all Joe, you'll never hit a bigger homer in your life

[@MercilessMe]

Dude there was something absolutely beautiful about the ball being found, signed, given, then lost again. It's weirdly wonderful that it's fate was the same as any other baseball.

[@richardceller4885]

No Bartolo colon no watch. 0 stars

[@kevingutierrez6845]

😢😢

[@StarkRavingSports]

understandable

[@ChadsT.A.]

lol i came here to post "Barto Colon's homerun was in the top 3. I don't care what anyone says." I posted that before looking at the comments... and half of the comments are about Bartolo Colon. LEGEND!

[@payrysdoscs4903]

@@ChadsT.A. That was a gigachad moment 🤩

[@jontarr7444]

Bartoloooooo

[@hughjaass3787]

My Aunt is married to Pat Borders. I was in attendance when Carter walked it off. Unbelievable moment and it was incredible to be there. Not even a Jay's fan.

[@soultrax101]

Not gonna lie, I always thought Mazeroski was like 35 or something, based on the pictures and videos of him rounding the bases, so hearing that he was only 24 really threw me for a loop lol.

[@triadmad]

Unfortunately for me, I was just days short of my 4th birthday when Maz hit that homerun. I was probably playing with toys in my bedroom or outside, so I have no recall of any celebrations going on in our living room. My sister, who was six at the time, does remember our father giving a big whoop at the moment.

[@maliktalaat1]

Playing the Meek Mill Outro over the Phillies losing a World Series is hilarious 😂

[@S_Over_Street]

I missed out watching the Joe Carter ‘93 game winning HR for having A terrible time at homecoming dance my sophomore year of HS. Will always regret this.

[@Lgz009]

Phillies fan here, I wasn’t around in 93 but my dad says it was the most painful moment of his life

[@hithere748]

Just curious,how old is your dad right now??

[@Lgz009]

48

[@hithere748]

Right on! 💪

[@MrLeoni2]

I was around in 93 and your dad is right. It was painful to watch as a Phils fan. And before anyone ask, I'm now 62.

[@L4NkYb]

I live in Pittsburgh and now I want a Legends of the Hidden Temple style competition to find the Lost Home Run Ball of Bill Mazaroski

[@adambulmash6880]

Love this video. Such a great idea. I'm surprised only two people in MLB history have pulled off the "Dream Scenario." I wonder how many have had a chance to, though? Like, this is two out of how many?

[@riltalk4055]

Off the top of my head I think of Luis Gonzalez in 2001 in game 7 against the Yankees , Salvador Perez in game seven in 2014 against mad-bum. 1997, Edgar Renteria beat the Indians to win the World Series.

[@mmrips]

As a pirates fan the Maz homer is legendary for us. I’ve even gotten to hangout with him before. Great man.

[@AverageScott]

Jays fan for life. Got to watch Joe touch em all with my pops at 9 years old.

[@portland9880]

I hate the Jays but thats what it's all about, lucky man.

[@benthelearner6104]

I watch a video of the last play of world series 1991-2023. I think only four times it did not end with a out. The Carter homerun, the Diamond Back victory against NYY in 2001 and two others. It is very rare to win a WS with a hit... You first need to be the home team, leading the series (or game 7), the game has to be tied, or trailing by 3,2,1 (with appropriate runner on base)...

[@b.wolfgang12]

The site of Forbes Field is where the University of Pittsburgh is located, the section of wall that that 1960 WS Home Run went over still stands on campus

[@stevencooke6451]

I was 27 at home with my dad when Joe Carter hit that 2-2 pitch over the left field wall. Not mentioned is that Toronto had been comfortably up 5-1 with Dave Stewart pitching in the seventh before a Lenny Dykstra home run capped off a 5 run gut punch. Then in the bottom of the 8th the lower part of the Jays order managed to set up the top of the order for the fateful ninth with the Wild Thing pitching.

[@kennethgriffin7921]

I'm canadian and grew up a blue jays fan. was born in 84. don't remember anything about the 2 championships. maybe some of the celebration and the team set cards and the championship team shirt. but I don't remember any of the actual games. and the homerun was replayed so many times I probly lost the original memory of it. so don't feel bad. the amount of time since it happened is long enough to where it's like it never really happened. I have one memory of each year from ages 5 to 10. it fades

[@murrethmedia]

As a Blue Jays fan I was watching live when Carter hit his homer. Never forget that.

[@David_Drums]

Love the MF DOOM background music

[@loganfrosch7758]

love rhymes like dimes

[@mikedmoon2]

In October 1993 my parents moved us from 40 minutes outside Toronto to 40 minutes outside Philly. I was 13. I made no friends at school that year. Oddly we moved to the town where Mitch Williams (the RP who gave up the Carter HR) lived.

[@charliep123]

My parents were at game 6 of the 1993 World Series. I was born in 2001 and grew up hearing their stories of that day. I took the tickets (ok, a copy) to school for show and tell. I found a can of coke from the game in the basement. To this day I still use it as a bragging right.

[@alexw0310]

The lack of acknowledgement for Hal Smith hurts

[@ILoveMisty1985]

He'll always have the acknowledgement from Baseball Bits.

[@rdspam]

Most impactful at-bat in MLB history. Didn’t even mention his name.

[@jozefgames1997]

Lost the ball, playing a pickup baseball game…… Sounds a little bit familiar don’t y’all think? One of the greatest baseball movies ever made? “ THE SANDLOT “ ( yes I know they didn’t full on lose the ball in the movie ) but still yenno? Close enough. Gotta love it.

[@MrRhino6699]

One of the best parts about the 1960 World Series is the iconic pic of students watching the game from atop the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh

[@nannerthepuss]

Touch 'em all, Joe! You'll never hit a bigger homerun in your life! The fact that I remember that call as vividly as the homerun means that is one of the best calls of all time in addition to the homerun as an All Timer.

[@apacheman3131]

I may be biased, but Jorge Soler's third inning homerun in Game 6 in 2021 is undoubtedly the best homerun of all time, even if it wasn't a walkoff. That absolute moonshot (that still hasn't landed, prove me wrong) killed the Astros spirit and solidified the championship.

[@jaerockchalk3216]

Nice to see our man Joe getting some recognition . Guy was the Definition of CLUTCH!

[@Aubreykrendale]

Without Hal Smiths homer in the 8th there would be no Maz homer. Maz himself calls Smith " My Hero Maker".

[@SplitLetters]

It's a crime that there isn't a Joe Carter statue outside of the skydome, what an absolute legend

[@WantonBaby]

How Oddly Forgotten

[@TheScotian82]

"The winners..and still World Champions!" is still probably my favorite moment in sports history.

[@rickcole349]

I was listening to the game on the radio at work. “Touch ‘em all Joe!” still gets me.

[@azkhawaja]

One of the best SRS vids ever, loved it!

[@actioninmyphannypack]

Shoutout Hal Smith!

[@felixorozco6514]

Wow remember watching that Joe Carter home run. Will never forget it😎

[@russellst.martin4255]

20:00 straight up plot to The Sandlot

[@KennyFrierson]

the ball was lost might be the greatest thing ever

[@cravenharp5318]

I hope they found it

[@jeffarmfield2346]

Maaaan, you can't make up the story of what happened w Maz's hr ball...crazy

[@tuxedotwins6349]

The crazy thing for me is the pitcher that gave up the home run to joe carter actually went to my high school and was drafted out of high school

[@payrysdoscs4903]

I'm sure everyone was his friend in school.

[@djmcconnell_]

Baseball rules, man.

[@ka7583]

Mazeroski with the greatest HR in MLB history because the Pirates were true underdogs against a juggernaut Yankees team.

[@seancole22]

Carter’s home run is one of the happiest moments of my life and I was 12 - I havent felt such a thrill since

[@donpersak102]

i lived in Toronto during that time and saw it live on TV. Toronto downtown was a party. the whole city came out after that homerun aahh an unforgettable night 😊 the whole team was great tho.. Roberto Aloma 😁

[@AkumaAPN]

Bartolo Colon for sure, but what about David Ross's World Series Game 7 Homer, in his final game, and helping the Cubs break the longest drought in baseball history! Without the Old Man coming through with one more run, the Cubs don't stack up enough runs to reach Extra Innings. At 39 years, he's the oldest player in history to secure a HR on baseball's biggest stage, Game 7 of a World Series. ---- And then there's the Kirk Gibson walk-off HR in the 1988 WS. Two bad legs, and still managed to knock it out, against one of baseball's best pitchers. And one of the best calls in baseball history... "The Impossible has happened!"

[@anthonylombardo1261]

Bill is the classic “white guy did it first thou” line.

[@kylepope-tryon8140]

You definitely make the best baseball videos on KZbin.

[@fcolli8889]

In 1991, you mentioned that Joe Carter had a walk-off single to clinch the division title for the Blue Jays. In the top of the 9th, the Angels almost took a two run lead, but the runner was thrown out at home - by the right fielder, Joe Carter. Also, Bobby Richardson was voted MVP in 1960 due to 11 hits, 1 HR, 8 runs scored, and 11 RBI's - and because the MVP votes had to be counted by the end of the 7th, when the Yankees were ahead 5-4.

[@MrRhino6699]

19:41 dude that’s some stuff taken right out of the sandlot lol

[@quoththekraven5911]

I was 8 for Carter's homerun. Stayed up with my dad. Just incredible.

[@jeffcollins1097]

I also watched this at ten years old as a huge jays fan. unbelievable

[@DoctorEw220]

I think if they put Bill Mazeroski in the Hall Of Fame, essentially for his iconic home run, then they kinda have to put Joe Carter in as well.

[@WantonBaby]

Joe should be inn just as a great player on back to back wins The homer is just a further insult to the Rock n Roll Haul of Clevelandernessssss

[@lauramattes6531]

Such a good video! I came across this while looking up some other stats. My Grandfather would have loved seeing this video! He was a minor and major league umpire ❤️

[@JoeyOnly]

It was still the greatest thing I ever saw as a Toronto sports fan.

[@KB-313]

now that's a damn good video! props for the mf doom instrumental and the sopranos shirt!

[@KMcNally117]

This kid did a real life Sandlot with the most valuable baseball ⚾

[@jokersinurface]

Excellent video. Keep up the good work.

[@ianalexander4]

Unreal. I couldn't imagine what it's like.

[@kylebeguhl8516]

I can. You’re a baseball player, a man, about to go up to bat in the World Series. You have high expectations put on you, as do your teammates, but then… *it happens.* You’re an instant celebrity, the hero of your team, but you know you’re more than that. You’re not a baseball team anymore. You’re not even a man anymore. With one swing of the bat, you have, for all intents and purposes, *ascended to godhood.* Your life has peaked. Nothing you ever do, now and forever, will come close to this moment. You could die tomorrow, and you would still be remembered forever.

[@nickkaufmann6554]

I remember being 11, a st.louis kid watching David freese smash a rocket up center to send the Cardinals to game 7 and yeah I don't think I'll ever see a greater sports moment

[@K37-h1z]

Curb and a bronxe tale references!?!? Did we just become best friends?

[@paulanderson9650]

Thats baseball baby! I swear, if that kid losing that ball isn't the most "sandlot" story I've heard. Dude might have some royalties from the movie if they could prove anything!

[@Ashura96]

Wonder if we will ever see the ultimate scenario of hitting a walkoff grand slam in game 7 down 3 runs with 2 outs

[@hithere748]

I still remember the blue jays world series winning home run when I was very young. I wanted the blue jays to win all because I liked their logo 😄

[@rdspam]

17:16 no, the most valuable thing in baseball history came the previous inning. Highest Championship Probability Added ever - Hal Smith. Great video though.

[@tyeikenberg8938]

those kids playing street ball with that home run ball are real life sandlot

[@Yallcheatin]

8:04 nice baysox shirt

[@booradley6832]

14:30 is so frustrating because he just need to move his foot 6 inches to touch the base, not tag Mantle.

[@katrinaroebuck525]

Yeeees Joe Carter. Got me right in the childhood! 😁

[@Astr0b0y8]

The rarest of baseball plays

[@JakeRyan28]

an edinson volquez homer was not something i was expecting in this video

[@jobckts682]

We Phillips fans, Knew Jays were All Stars. Knew it was History making.

[@MAEVELOVE1]

It's so Chad to lose the world series home run ball playing street baseball.

[@TravelatorH8r]

I thank baseball for humans advancement in arithmetics

[@stevencooke6451]

I didn't that part about Maz's home run ball. Someone must have found it, unless it's still in that bush in Pittsburgh.

[@HufflepuffBaseball42313]

To Bobby Richardson’s credit- he did have a series record 12 RBI

[@The_Zilli]

Touch em all Joe! Toronto fans had to wait until a famous basketball bounced the right way before they would experience their next once in a life time moment but albeit that would be in a completely different sport. Meanwhile, the Leafs fans...well...they still wait...

[@bmac4]

Its gotta be extra sweet to beat the Yankees in game 7 lol

[@classjacksonlawsuit]

Kirby Puckett and Game 6 of the 1991 WS would like a word.

[@SSJRadioBluth]

I wonder if The Sandlot is based on that ball.

[@cornelwilson1369]

Came to the comments to see if anyone else thought that. “Its signed by someone named Baby Ruth?”

[@jontarr7444]

I don't, believe, what I, just saw!

[@Madfuego]

😂 my boy this video almost made me subscribe then I realized I already was fantastic video bravo

[@Cracker_Barrel_Kidd_55]

Man idk. 2009 alds game 2. Tex’s hr was about as big as it gets. But I saw that one in person so I may be bias. Still remember the dude screaming maniacally allll the way round the bases

[@nohbuddy1]

I like how MLB, NBA, and NFL all have 1 guy from the losing team to win their championship's MVP

[@MaxwellWarawa]

The NHL has a few win the Conn Smythe.

[@ismaelgm13]

Bro hearing this stories is just amazing bro how can you not been romantic about baseball ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂 Baseball is a love story bro

[@DaNnY_cAsIlLaS]

So wait, is the sandlot based off of this??? I mean he lost one of the most important balls ever in a pickup game, that’s literally the sandlot.

[@aVerveQuest]

Maybe the kid getting older just pretended to lose the Mazeroski baseball in order to keep people from bugging him to sell it, looking for hand outs down the road. Even as a little kid it's likely that everybody in the neighborhood bugged him on the regular to see the ball touch the ball, etc etc

[@Yallcheatin]

How can you not be romantic about baseball

[@elijah-hb9um]

love the music

[@pathayes5946]

"I sell rhymes like dimes..."

[@mpaulm]

2 million people apparently attended that Jays game.😏

[@rocknrallsoul94rockero4]

Though not mlb but in lmb (Mexican Summer Baseball League) in 2014 Diablos Rojos star Juan Haper Gamboa hit a game 7 10th inning walk off homer to give the Diablos the championship and was also the last game in that ballpark (Foro Sol)

[@zqrahll]

You left out one of the best parts of the Mazeroski trivia-- the footage was found because Bing Crosby had it taped. It was in Bing's basement many years later that they found it.

[@zackaryhaselius2226]

The got bounced from the playoffs in 91? By the greatest Twins team ever!

[@aurelious2114]

Chances of a Jose Ramirez video one day?

[@alexhanson6327]

Gimme #3: Kirby Puckett, 1991 World Series game 6, on the brink of elimination. We'll see you tomorrow night.