What is a walk off homerun?
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It is a home run hit by a batter for the home team in the 9th inning or later that wins the game for the home team.I think it is when the batter gets to walk to first base because the pitcher throw four balls resulting in everyone on the bases to walk even the guy on third base which allows him to walk to home plate.
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It's pretty much the home run that ends the baseball game."It must be a home run that gives the home team the lead in the bottom of the final inning of the game — either the ninth inning, any extra inning, or any other regularly-scheduled final inning."
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When a batter hits a homerun in the bottom of the ninth inning which either drives in the go ahead run or is the go ahead run, the game is immediately over.Is baseball based on the old english school yard game of rounders.?
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A home run hit by a player on the home team in the bottom of the 9th inning or later that seals the game.A homerun that ends the game.
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It is a home run hit by a batter for the home team in the 9th inning or later that wins the game for the home team.Who do you think are the top 20 current Dominican-born players in baseball?
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walk-off home run is a home run which ends the game. It must be a home run that gives the home team the lead in the bottom of the final inning of the game — either the ninth inning, any extra inning, or any other regularly-scheduled final inning. It is called a "walk-off" home run because the teams walk off the field immediately afterward. Sportscasters also use the term "walk-off double" or other such terms if such a hit drives in the winning run to end the game. The terms walk-off hit by pitch or walk-off balk have been applied, and the latter has been dubbed a balk-off (these types of questionable walk-offs are seen by some fans as cheapening the concept). Although the concept is as old as baseball, the term itself has come into wide use only since the 1990s.Outside of baseball, the term "walk-off" has been used recently in both college and pro football, using such terms as "walk-off field goal" and "walk-off touchdown", meaning a team scored the winning points to end the game either in sudden-death overtime or in the bottom half of the overtime period in college football.
The first known usage of the word in print appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on April 21, 1988, Section D, Page 1. Chronicle writer Lowell Cohn wrote an article headlined "What the Eck?" about Oakland reliever Dennis Eckersley's unusual way of speaking: "For a translation, I go in search of Eckersley. I also want to know why he calls short home runs 'street pieces,' and home runs that come in the last at-bat of a game 'walkoff pieces'. . . ." Although the term originally was coined with a negative connotation, in reference to the pitcher (who must walk off the field with his head hung in shame), it has come to mean a more celebratory term, for the batter who walks off with pride while drawing adulation from the crowd). The term attained widespread use in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
On 23 occasions in major league history, all during the regular season, a player has hit a walk-off grand slam for a 1-run victory; 14 of those occasions came with two outs. Some baseball observers call this an "ultimate grand slam" [1] [2] . This website lists all "ultimate grand slams", including which occurred with two outs. Note that Chris Hoiles' grand slam occurred with the cliché situation: two outs, full count, bottom of the ninth inning, and down by three runs.
Walk-off home runs are uncommon enough to be dramatic when they occur, especially during the postseason. There have been eight major league postseason series that have ended in a walk-off home run, including two World Series. The subject of the most famous walk-off home run in the history of the major leagues is one that creates a great deal of argument:
* Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" which gave the New York Giants a National League pennant-winning victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers in an October 3, 1951 playoff
* The one hit by Bill Mazeroski of the Pittsburgh Pirates to end the 1960 World Series, breaking a 9-9 tie in Game 7 against the New York Yankees.
* The one hit by Carlton Fisk of the Boston Red Sox off the left-field foul pole in the 12th inning to win Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, featured for many years in video slow-motion on NBC's Saturday afternoon Game of the Week broadcasts.
* Steve Garvey's series-tying home run in Game 4 of the 1984 NLCS, which helped lift the San Diego Padres to their first pennant.
* Kirk Gibson's hobbling, pinch-hit, two-strike, two-out, two-run home run off dominant Oakland Athletics closer Dennis Eckersley that gave his Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 victory in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.
* Kirby Puckett's walk-off in the 11th inning of Game 6 in the 1991 World Series to send it to a seventh game, with the Twins ultimately defeating the Braves 1-0.
* Joe Carter's 3-run blast over the left field wall in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series that gave the Toronto Blue Jays an 8-6 win, a 4-2 series victory, and their second straight World Series win.
* Aaron Boone 11th-inning blast to left field off of Tim Wakefield of the Red Sox in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS that won the American League pennant for the Yankees.
* David Ortiz's 12th-inning two-run blast into right field earning the Boston Red Sox a victory in Game 4 of the 2004 American League Championship Series over the New York Yankees. This was the first win of the Boston Red Sox's historic ALCS comeback after falling behind three games to none.
* Chris Burke's solo shot into the first few rows of the Landry's Crawford Boxes that ended the 18-inning marathon between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves in Game 5 of the 2005 National League Division Series, sending the Astros to the NLCS for the second straight year.
* Magglio Ordóñez's two out, 3-run shot over the left field wall in Game 4 of the 2006 American League Championship Series that sealed an ALCS sweep for the Detroit Tigers over the Oakland Athletics and sent Detroit to its first World Series since 1984.
A technicality of the walk-off home run is that the game is not officially over until the winning run crosses home plate (in the case of a solo walk-off home run, the batter must round all the bases). This fact almost caused a serious problem in the 1976 ALCS. Mark Littell of the Kansas City Royals served up a home run ball to Chris Chambliss of the New York Yankees, who hit the home run that won the pennant. When jubilant Yankee fans ran onto the field at Yankee Stadium (the Yankees had not won the pennant in 12 years), preventing Chambliss from rounding the bases, Chambliss had to negotiate a sea of fans in order to place his foot in the area of home plate. Announcer Bill White, on WMCA radio in New York, yelled into the microphone, in a voice of disbelief, "...and the game...I THINK...is over!"
Another example is Robin Ventura's "Grand Slam Single" in the 1999 National League Championship Series. In the bottom of the 15th inning, the New York Mets tied the score against the Atlanta Braves at 3-3. Ventura came to bat with the bases loaded, and hit a walk-off grand slam to deep right. Roger Cedeño scored from third and John Olerud appeared to score from second, but Todd Pratt, on first base when Ventura hit the home run, went to second, then turned around and hugged Ventura, as the rest of the team piled onto the field. The official ruling was that because Ventura never advanced past first base, it was not a home run but a single, and thus only Cedeño's run counted, making the official final score 4-3.
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A walkoff homerun is when the teams are tied in the last inning and the home team is up to bat and a player on the home team hits a homerun to win the game.More Questions & Answers...