Chris Hoiles' feat was just equalled

[SteveA]

A Cub rookie just hit a 2-out, 2-strike grand slam to give the Cubs a 4-3 win in the bottom of the 9th over the Nationals.

Chris Hoiles was the first player in MLB history to hit a grand slam with his team down 3 and with 2 outs and 2 strikes in the bottom of the 9th when he did it vs Seattle back in (1996?).

Rookie David Bote just did it for the Cubs, as a pinch hitter.   I believe that someone else had equaled Chris' feat since.

[Moose Milligan]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's not just the fact that Hoiles did it with 2 strikes, he also did it with a full count, too.  

Did Bote have a full count?

[25 Nuggets]

I read the headline and immediately thought a catcher just hit two grand slams in a game.

[25 Nuggets]

BOOM Baby

[SteveA]

3 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's not just the fact that Hoiles did it with 2 strikes, he also did it with a full count, too.  

Did Bote have a full count?

Yes he did

[SteveA]

2 minutes ago, 25 Nuggets said:

BOOM Baby

I was in my old 29 game plan seats, seciton 360 row AA -- front row upper deck a bit down the 3B line.   So that thing went right in front of me from right to left, I can still picture it.

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

Yes he did

That's pretty awesome, good for that kid.  That's gotta be a thrill, no matter how his career turns out he'll always be able to tell his grandkids about that.

I guess another cool thing about a 2 out, 3-2 grand slam to win a game...someone else can do it, but no one else can do it better.  Down to the last strike, last out, there's no one else that can top it.  

 

[SteveA]

Perfect timing, when you hit stop on your DVR your TV reverts to the channel you were watching before.   I watched FTWD and it ended and I hit stop just in time to see the pitch and the grand slam by Bote.   

[Moose Milligan]

7 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Yes he did

Nah, I just saw the replay, 2-2 count.

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=24360891

Still pretty awesome though, no doubt about it.

[99ct]

13 minutes ago, SteveA said:

A Cub rookie just hit a 2-out, 2-strike grand slam to give the Cubs a 4-3 win in the bottom of the 9th over the Nationals.

Chris Hoiles was the first player in MLB history to hit a grand slam with his team down 3 and with 2 outs and 2 strikes in the bottom of the 9th when he did it vs Seattle back in (1996?).

Rookie David Bote just did it for the Cubs, as a pinch hitter.   I believe that someone else had equaled Chris' feat since.

How many Scherzer gems have the Nats wasted? 

[Finisher]

Had money on Scherzer/Nats so of course that happened.

[Chavez Ravine]

Why exactly did Hoiles retire in 1999? Wikipedia says degenerative hip and back injuries, which sounds nasty. But he had a 0.833 OPS in 1998. Seems like that's enough to eek out a season or two pinch hitting/Dhing. Could he really not play at all? My memory is fuzzy.

[Moose Milligan]

8 minutes ago, Chavez Ravine said:

Why exactly did Hoiles retire in 1999? Wikipedia says degenerative hip and back injuries, which sounds nasty. But he had a 0.833 OPS in 1998. Seems like that's enough to eek out a season or two pinch hitting/Dhing. Could he really not play at all? My memory is fuzzy.

Mine is fuzzy too but I just remember talks of him being in extreme pain.  Just couldn't do it anymore.  Body gave out on him.

[OFFNY]

30 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's not just the fact that Hoiles did it with 2 strikes, he also did it with a full count, too.  

Did Bote have a full count ???

 

 

 

26 minutes ago, SteveA said:

 

Yes, he did.

 

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Yes, but Hoiles also walked 5 miles to school every day when he was a kid, in the snow, with no shoes, uphill (both ways), without having eaten any breakfast .........

 

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[section18]

I was at this game and started to leave.  I left my seats in closer to the Oriole dugout and was out in the CF Bleacher Section standing in one of the tunnels or openings. An usher tried to get us to leave saying we were blocking the entrance. Huge pet peeve with these guys. We didn't leave just sort of backed up a little but clearly could see the ball leave the park.  I almost got into it at a recent game where something similar happened and I said don't you have anything better to do?  He repeated your blocking the aisle. I was against the side wall and was not  blocking it. As memory serves it was raining  lightly when he hit it and it was to leftfield. Great moment !  My girlfriend said I'm glad you wanted to wait to the end.  I rarely leave a game before it's over. This was one time I will never forget.