Jose Bautista & the Postseason Bat Flip of His Life – HR History for Week of 10/14
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Monday, 10/14
10/14/2015: Jose Bautista gave us one of the most memorable bat flips ever in probably one of the craziest innings in BlueJ ays history.
10/14/1985: Ozzie Smith won Game 5 of the NLCS for the Cardinals with a walk-off homer.
10/14/2020: The Dodgers began NLCS Game 3 with 11 runs against the Braves.
Tuesday, 10/15
10/15/1988: Kirk Gibson went deep to help the Dodgers win Game 1 in what ended up being his only World Series at-bat that year.
10/15/1964: Mickey Mantle hit his 18th and final World Series home run.
10/15/2003: Kerry Wood tied up NLCS Game 7 with a good ol’ fashioned pitcher dinger.
Wednesday, 10/16
10/16/2003: Aaron Boone sent the Yankees to the World Series with this walk-off homer in ALCS Game 7 against the Red Sox.
10/16/2014: Michael Morse delivered a pinch-hit game-tying home run for the Games in NLCS Game 5.
10/16/1985: Jack Clark hit a clutch three-run homer to help the Cardinals clinch the pennant.
Thursday, 10/17
10/17/2005: Brad Lidge’s soul left his body as Albert Pujols hit this mammoth three-run homer for the Cardinals.
10/17/1999: Robin Ventura hit his famous Grand Slam Single for the Mets.
10/17/1979: Willie Stargell hit a go-ahead homer in World Series Game 7 for the Pirates.
Friday, 10/18
10/18/1977: When Reggie Jackson became Mr. October. He slugged three homers on three consecutive pitches for the Yankees.
10/18/2022: Kyle Schwarber hit an insane 488-foot home run to get his NLCS started.
10/18/1992: Ed Sprague’s only career postseason homer helped the Blue Jays win Game 2 of the World Series.
Saturday, 10/19
10/19/2019: Jose Altuve sent the Astros back to the World Series with this walk-off homer in ALCS Game 6 against Aroldis Chapman.
10/19/2006: Yadier Molina’s ninth-inning homer in NLCS Game 7 helped send the Cardinals to the Fall Classic.
10/19/2021: Cody Bellinger tied up NLCS Game 3 for the Dodgers with a three-run homer.
Sunday, 10/20
10/20/1996: A 19-year-old Andruw Jones became the fourth rookie to enjoy a two-homer performance, which he did during World Series Game 1.
10/20/2004: Jim Edmonds ended Game 6 of the NLCS with a walk-off dinger.
10/20/1972: Gene Tenace at the plate, and… WHAMMY! During World Series Game 5.
Joey Bats was a beast!