With All-Star first baseman Chris Chambliss leading

Though Podsednik was an All-Star in 2005, the left fielder hit zero home runs in the regular season (he notched his first dinger of '05 in the ALDS). Even so, the Astros and Brad Lidge probably did not feel that the game was immediately on the line when he came to the plate with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning of a 1-1 game.
After four innings of Game 7, Julio Urias Authentic Jersey the Red Sox seemed well on their way to the World Series. Not only did they hold a 4-0 lead over the Yankees, but they had Pedro Martinez on the mound. All was going according to plan until the bottom of the eighth inning when a 5-2 Red Sox lead turned into a 5-5 tie on four straight one-out hits from Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada.

The bullpen got out of the inning and kept the game tied until the bottom of the 11th when Aaron Boone -- who entered the game in the eighth inning as a pinch-runner -- led off and took the first Wakefield knuckleball he Justin Turner Authentic Jersey saw to the left-field corner of Yankee Stadium:The home run sent the Yankees to their sixth World Series in eight years. Now that's something to get excited about.7. Kirk Gibson off Dennis Eckersley, 1988 WS Game 1

Having injured both his legs in the NLCS, Gibson was not expected to appear in the World Series. However, with a man on and two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Tommy Lasorda sent Gibson to the plate as the winning run in a 4-3 game.

Fortunately for Gibson, Kenley Jansen Authentic Jersey the Dodgers and history, there was enough strength in his upper body to smack Eckersley's offering over the right-field fence:
6. David Ortiz off Paul Quantrill, 2004 ALCS Game 4:

After an uncharacteristic blown save from Mariano Rivera, the Red Sox found themselves in extra innings with their season hanging in the balance. They had already lost the first three games of the ALCS and were in danger of extending their championship drought to 87 years.

In the bottom of the 12th inning, Ortiz came up in a 1-1 game and gave the Red Sox their first win on the way to a historic comeback in the ALCS and their first World Series title since 1918:
5. Chris Chambliss off Mark Littell, 1976 ALCS Game 5

In a back-and-forth series Kenta Maeda Authentic Jersey through the first four games, the Yankees and Royals found themselves tied entering the ninth inning of a decisive Game 5 after a three-run Royals rally in the eighth.

With All-Star first baseman Chris Chambliss leading off the bottom of the ninth, Yankee Stadium was pumped up and ready to go wild. When Chambliss hit the first pitch of the inning over the wall in right-center field to send the Yankees to the World Series, fans rushed the field. It was an adventurous trip around the bases for Chambliss:

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For safety, Chambliss ran to the clubhouse before even reaching home plate. After the crowd dispersed, he was brought back out to touch home only to find that the plate had been stolen. So, he did the best he could under the circumstances: He touched the area home plate used to be.