Frank Howard hitting what looked like a high popup except that it ended up in the center field upper deck at RFK.
The same Frank Howard hitting a laser off Sam McDowell that could not have been in the air more than 3 seconds.
A rookie I had never heard of hitting two over the Monster on consecutive pitches one afternoon I took off from work -- turned out to be Juan Gonzalez.
On TV, Don Baylor's 3 run shot against the Angels to bring the Red Sox back from the verge of extinction in 1986. Johnny Damon's grand slam to put Game 7 almost out of reach against the Yankees in 2004. Ortiz' slam against the Tigers last year. Gibson of course. We look back now in contempt but McGwire's 62 was pretty cool at the time.
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