Bases loaded, bottom of the 9th. Down by three. Two outs. Step up to the plate. Take a deep breath. And pound a ball deep to center field for a game-winning, walk-off grand slam.
While there were not two outs for him today and it was not really pounded to deep anywhere, Brooks Conrad satisfied every other criteria, knocking in, and scoring, the game-winning run for the Atlanta Braves, today. He tackled a feat that had only been accomplished 23 other times in major league history, that last which was Adam Dunn's in 2002 for the Cincinatti Reds.
To make Conrad's grand slam even more special, as something that has only been accomplished once before, was that fact that he came up to the plate as a pinch hitter. The only other pinch-hit, walk-off grand slam with their team down by three was by Roberto Clemente in 1956.
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20 May 2010
19 May 2010
Rookie Power
Jason Heyward, who hit a gribby in his first major league game on the Braves' opening day, hit his 6th GRBI tody (May 19, 2010) which not only leads 2010 rookies, but ties him for 3rd overall in the league. Only one of his gribbies has been via single, the other 5 have been on doubles (3) and home runs (2).
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