David Justice Helps Atlanta Clinch a Title – HR History for Week of 10/28
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Each week on social media, I share home run videos. They’re more random in the winter, but during the season, I look at what happened on that specific day in home run history. We’re getting to the point in the year where this week’s videos are a mixture of “on this date in history” and random postseason dingers I haven’t shared yet.
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Monday, 10/28
10/28/1995: David Justice put the Braves ahead in the sixth inning of World Series Game 6 with this solo home run. The reaction from Tony Peña behind the plate will always be elite.
10/28/1989: Rickey Henderson got the A’s off to a fast start with a leadoff homer in Game 4 of the Fall Classic.
10/28/2013: Matt Holliday tied up World Series Game 5 with a solo home run.
Tuesday 10/29
10/29/2017: During a wild World Series Game 5, Jose Altuve hit this game-tying three-run homer off Kenta Maeda.
10/17/1995: Carlos Baerga added to Cleveland’s lead in ALCS Game 6 with a solo homer.
10/22/2019: Juan Soto showed off his ridiculous opposite-field power during Game 1 of the World Series.
Wednesday, 10/30
10/30/2015: David Wright got fans on their feet during Game 3 of the World Series with this home run. It was the first Fall Classic homer by a Mets player in Citi Field history.
10/30/2010: Mitch Moreland won a nine-pitch battle against Jonathan Sanchez by slugging a three-run homer.
10/30/2013: Stephen Drew hit a solo homer for the Red Sox during World Series Game 6. They would clinch the title later that night.
Thursday, 10/31
10/31/2001: Game 4 of the World Series started in October but finished in November thanks to this walk-off homer from Mr. November.
10/31/2009: The first instant replay call in World Series history turned an A-Rod double into a home run.
10/31/2015: Michael Conforto enjoyed a two-homer game for the Mets in World Series Game 4.
Friday, 11/1
11/1/2010: Edgar Renteria launched this three-run homer off Cliff Lee, which held up as the game-winner and World Series clincher for the Giants. It was their first title since 1954.
11/1/2001: Scott Brosius tied up Game 5 of the Fall Classic with a ninth-inning home run.
11/1/2023: Marcus Semien helped seal the Rangers’ first World Series title in franchise history with this Game 5 home run.
Saturday, 11/2
11/2/2016: Rajai Davis hit a clutch home run to tie Game 7 of the World Series, and Tom Hamilton’s call of it was epic.
11/2/2016: Dexter Fowler slugged the first Game 7 leadoff home run in World Series history.
11/2/2021: Jorge Soler put an exclamation point on his World Series MVP performance with a three-run tank in Game 6 for Atlanta.
Sunday, 11/3
10/17/1998: Tony Gwynn’s first career postseason home run came during Game 1 of the World Series against the Yankees.
11/2/2009: Chase Utley tied Reggie Jackson’s record by slugging his fifth homer of the Fall Classic.
10/27/2015: Alcides Escobar got the World Series started for the Royals with this inside-the-park home run.