Personally, it is Kirby Puckett’s game-winner in the 11th of game 6 at the 1991 World Series.
IIRC, the rules have since been changed so that you don’t have to touch all the bases on a walkoff homerun, but you’ll still be awarded a homer and all the appropriate RBIs.
Cite? I couldn’t find this in the official rules on mlb.com.
I’m afraid not. No such rule change has been made.
Being a Blue Jays fan, I’m obliged to choose Joe Carter’s homer, though it does have the disadvantage of being accompanied by a less-than-memorable call. A great call does a lot of a homer, such as “Go crazy folks! Go crazy!” for Ozzie’s blast, or “The Giants in the pennant! the Giants win the pennant!” for the Shot Heard 'Round the World.
I have been lucky to live in an era of many memorable circuit clouts.
Longtime Cards fan, so mine have already been mentioned…
…except for Fernando Tatis’ record two Grand Slams in the same inning against the Dodgers. All the sweeter b/c the game was in LA and I was there in red amidst a sea of Dodger blue.
Hey, don’t you know that being a Yankee fan means never having to say you’re sorry?
“I don’t believe what I just saw.”
Agreed that a home run call helps. That’s why Gibson’s ranks #1 for me, besides what I mentioned before.
Still get chills when I hear that call.
That’s cause it ain’t there. My memory is indeed faulty, please carry on.
Aside from all of the classics that have been mentioned… one that I will always remember is the Bill Mueller walk-off HR off Rivera in the “brawl game” last summer at Fenway, where 'Tek and A-Rod went at it early, it went back and forth, the Yankees were up late, and then Mueller hit a walk-off two run shot into the Sox bullpen. That game was arguably where everything turned around, and that hit was the one that made Rivera completely mortal to the Sox.
I’ve got to admit that Boone’s homer is #1 for me. It was a dramatic moment and I just happened to be explaining to my friends about how Boone had broken out of a slump after joining the Yankees with an extra-inning home run as Wakefield threw the pitch.
McGwire’s 62nd was pretty magical. The electricity actually got to the point that, at the start of that game, everyone was just assuming he was going to break the record that night. (It was the Cardinals’ last game before a road trip.) Very unusual and intense, and of course, it did happen.
Rafael Belliard’s second home run. I believe he holds the record for longest time between 2 home runs. Everybody was so shocked, the announcers were just cracking up about it. And you just felt so good for the guy too.
George Brett’s pine tar homer at Yankee Stadium was very memorable.
Mike Cameron’s 4 home run day at Comiskey Field while he was still a Marimer. He almost got his 5th, which has never been done. He backed Magglio Ordonez up against the fence in right center.
2 homers by Mickey Mantle. The first is still the longest home run ever hit. It went 565 feet. It needed no commentary just awe that a human could hit a ball that far. The second was in Yankee Stadium before it was remodeled. It hit the top of the facing of the upper deck in right field, some 4 stories up, and was still climbing when it made contact.
Another favorite home run memory happened in 1969. The Mets were playing the Braves at Shea in a doubleheader. Yes, Virginia. 2 games scheduled back to back in daylight. They won both games by the score of 1-0 and beat Spahn and Burdette to do it. Both games were won by the Mets pitcher hitting a homer.