Joe Carter hit four World Series home runs.
And all of them have special meaning to me.
They all came of left-handed pitchers.
His first one, was in the Toronto Blue Jays very first World Series game back in 1992. I remember it well, because it was the only run the Jays got as the Atlanta Braves won a pitcher's duel between Jack Morris (20 game winner) and Tom Glavine (also a 20 game winner). So it was the first homerun by a Toronto Blue Jay in a World Series.
His next one put the Jays ahead, again! This time, right there at home. Game 3.
So in the bottom of the fourth inning, Joe Carter came up, as everyone tried to settle down. And he promptly smacked the first pitch by Steve Avery for a homerun. It was the first homerun ever hit on Canadian turf in a World Series. The Jays eventually won the game 3-2. And the Jays would go on to win the World Series, 4-2.
The Jays were back the next year to take on the Philadelphia Philies. And this time, the Jays took the opener, 8-5. But in the second game, against Terry Mulholland, the Jays got behind 5-0, and Carter came to bat with Paul Molitor on first.
On the fourth pitch, he smacked at 2-1 pitch to left. And it was out of here! 5-2. Joe was letting 'em know this game had a long way to go!
The Jays were back in the game, but they still lost by a final score of 6-4.
Carter's next home run was off Mitch Williams in game 6, but you don't need to know about that, do you?
References
Sports Reference LLC. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. http://www.baseball-reference.com/. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.
And all of them have special meaning to me.
They all came of left-handed pitchers.
His first one, was in the Toronto Blue Jays very first World Series game back in 1992. I remember it well, because it was the only run the Jays got as the Atlanta Braves won a pitcher's duel between Jack Morris (20 game winner) and Tom Glavine (also a 20 game winner). So it was the first homerun by a Toronto Blue Jay in a World Series.
His next one put the Jays ahead, again! This time, right there at home. Game 3.
The Jays were back the next year to take on the Philadelphia Philies. And this time, the Jays took the opener, 8-5. But in the second game, against Terry Mulholland, the Jays got behind 5-0, and Carter came to bat with Paul Molitor on first.
On the fourth pitch, he smacked at 2-1 pitch to left. And it was out of here! 5-2. Joe was letting 'em know this game had a long way to go!
The Jays were back in the game, but they still lost by a final score of 6-4.
Carter's next home run was off Mitch Williams in game 6, but you don't need to know about that, do you?
References
Sports Reference LLC. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. http://www.baseball-reference.com/. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.
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