Father’s Day recollections: One for every group

Father’s Day is particular, significantly in baseball, which has a historical past steeped in recollections of fathers passing their love of the sport on to their kids. There have been some nice Father’s Day moments on the sector over time, and this is a take a look at one from every membership.

Blue Jays: McDonald’s emotional blast
June 20, 2010
Shortly earlier than Father’s Day in 2010, Blue Jays infielder John McDonald’s father, Jack, handed away after a battle with most cancers. The funeral was held on a Friday; two days later, McDonald was known as off the bench within the ninth inning in opposition to the Giants as a defensive substitute for Aaron Hill. Stepping in for the primary time since being activated from the bereavement checklist, McDonald snuck one over the wall in left area, pumping his fist as he rounded first base, and was noticeably emotional as he touched house plate and pointed to the sky. McDonald was a fan favourite and defensive wiz, however he hit simply 28 homers in his 16-year profession, which made this second all of the extra particular. — Keegan Matheson

Orioles: Roenicke’s $1 million slam
June 17, 1984
Gary Roenicke hit 121 house runs over his 12-year profession, together with 106 with the Orioles between 1978-1985. The tie-breaking eighth-inning grand slam he hit on Father’s Day 1984 was maybe his most particular, and never solely as a result of it despatched the Orioles to a dramatic 6-2 win over the Yankees at Yankee Stadium. The slam from Roenicke additionally received a fan a $1 million prize, courtesy of a promotion marketed on the printed earlier than and through Roenicke’s at-bat. — Joe Trezza

Rays: Shields dominates Marlins
June 19, 2011
James Shields holds the franchise file with 19 full video games, and certainly one of his most dominant performances got here in opposition to the Marlins on Father’s Day in 2011. Dewayne Wise began the sport by reaching on an error and got here round to attain on a Gaby Sanchez sacrifice fly. The run was unearned for Shields, who then settled in properly, permitting simply 4 hits and placing out 10 within the outing. Shields threw 110 pitches within the 2-1 win, 79 for strikes, and recorded 15 swings and misses. Shields completed with 11 full video games in 2011, his first All-Star season. — Juan Toribio

Red Sox: Green’s walk-off tops Braves
June 21, 2009
After spending the whole 2008 marketing campaign within the Yankees’ Minor League system, journeyman Nick Green surprisingly emerged as Boston’s beginning shortstop within the first half of 2009, and his feel-good story continued on Father’s Day. In a sport that had swung forwards and backwards in opposition to the Braves, Green led off the underside the ninth and supplied on the first pitch he noticed from reliever Jeff Bennett, completely lofting a fly ball down the road in proper, the place it curled round Pesky’s Pole for a walk-off homer. Joy ensued at Fenway because the followers went wild, and so did the Red Sox, who mobbed Green at house plate. It was certainly one of 17 homers Green would hit in his profession, and indubitably, the one he remembers the fondest. — Ian Browne

Yankees: That’s a wrap! Game-ending triple play
June 20, 2021

Aroldis Chapman had thrown eight balls and just one strike, strolling the primary two males he confronted as he tried to lock down a one-run lead in opposition to the Athletics on Father’s Day 2021. Chapman fired a 98.4 mph fastball down and in to Sean Murphy, who chopped a grounder to 3rd baseman Gio Urshela. Stepping on third base, Urshela threw to DJ LeMahieu for the second out, then LeMahieu relayed to first baseman Chris Gittens for the ultimate out of the sport. It was the Yankees’ third triple play of the season, tying a Major League file, and the primary game-ending triple play because the Phillies turned one on Aug. 23, 2009, in opposition to the Mets. — Bryan Hoch

Guardians: Hassey walks it off
June 20, 1982

Since 1982, the Guardians have seen eight Father’s Day video games finish in a walk-off or additional innings — or each. They received 5 of these eight video games, the latest being a string of three consecutive Father’s Day walk-off/extra-innings wins from 2014-16.

The one which takes the cake, although? Their 5-4 win over the Red Sox on June 20, 1982, in 14 innings. Tied at 4 with the bases loaded and one out within the backside of the 14th, Ron Hassey hit a walk-off single to finish a virtually four-hour sport. Cleveland’s starter, Len Barker, ended up pitching 10 innings that sport earlier than being relieved by Dan Spillner, who pitched the final 4 innings to earn the win. — Mandy Bell

Royals: Maldonado shines with ‘necktie’ chest protector
June 16, 2019
Royals catcher Martín Maldonado celebrated Father’s Day by carrying a blue necktie on his chest protector, a picture that went viral. Maldonado additionally delivered on the sector that day with three hits to guide Kansas City over the Twins, 8-6. Maldonado informed reporters after the sport that he wrote the names of his dad, brother, household and shut mates on the chest-protector tie, together with “Happy Father’s Day” on the backside.

“I simply needed to do one thing totally different for the fathers on the market, relations, mates,” Maldonado mentioned after the sport. Maldonado drove in two runs, one with a single throughout a three-run second inning and one other with a double within the eighth inning that triggered the win. — Jeffrey Flanagan

Tigers: Polanco’s walk-off ends wild sport
June 19, 2005
The Tigers and Giants had a loopy back-and-forth battle on Father’s Day in 2005, that includes a number of lead adjustments from the eighth inning on. Todd Linden’s three-run house run off Detroit nearer Troy Percival gave San Francisco an 8-5 lead, however Chris Shelton’s two-run homer off Tyler Walker with two outs within the backside half despatched the sport to additional innings. An inning later, Placido Polanco — who had been traded from Philadelphia to Detroit simply two weeks earlier — hit his first house run as a Tiger, a two-run walk-off for a 10-8 Detroit win. — Jason Beck

Twins: Extra innings yields fifteenth straight win
June 16, 1991
When Father’s Day rolled round in 1991, the Twins had been within the midst of solely their fourth streak of 10 or extra wins in membership historical past and hadn’t but misplaced a sport within the month of June. That didn’t change on that Sunday afternoon in opposition to the Indians at Cleveland Stadium, although it took greater than 9 innings to remain rolling. Kirby Puckett hit a solo homer within the sixth and Al Newman knocked an RBI single within the seventh to push the Twins forward in a pitchers’ duel between Kevin Tapani and Greg Swindell, however Rick Aguilera coughed up the tying run within the eighth. It took a small-ball rally within the prime of the tenth to safe a 4-2 victory, the Twins’ fifteenth straight win. The streak, which stays the longest in membership historical past, anchored a 21-2 run that pushed the Twins from fifth place to first within the division and put them in prime place to win their second World Series championship in 5 seasons. — Do-Hyoung Park

White Sox: Lee drives in seven
June 16, 2002
Carlos Lee persistently acquired the higher of the Cubs throughout his profession, producing 39 house runs and 109 RBIs in opposition to the membership general with 24 homers and 61 RBIs coming at Wrigley Field. The slugger outdid himself on Father’s Day in 2002, hitting two house runs and driving in seven throughout a 10-7 White Sox victory in opposition to their North Side rivals. Lee hit a grand slam within the third off Kerry Wood to erase a 4-2 deficit and added a three-run, go-ahead blast off Carlos Zambrano within the fifth amongst his three hits. Ed Walsh additionally deserves consideration for his one-hit shutout in opposition to the Cleveland Naps on June 20, 1909, defeating Cy Young, as do the 2000 White Sox, who trounced the Yankees, 17-4, on Father’s Day to finish a 7-0 street journey to Cleveland and New York. — Scott Merkin

Angels: Weaver’s dominant exhibiting
June 19, 2016
Jered Weaver made probably the most of Father’s Day in 2016, throwing a three-hit shutout in opposition to the A’s in a 2-0 victory in Oakland. All three hits he allowed had been singles as he fired the eighth and remaining shutout of his profession. Weaver in any other case struggled that season, however this was a throwback efficiency for a pitcher who completed among the many prime 5 within the AL Cy Young voting thrice and likewise threw a no-hitter in 2012. — Rhett Bollinger

Astros: Wilson’s no-no
June 18, 1967
On Father’s Day in 1967, Don Wilson threw the primary no-hitter in Astrodome historical past in a 2-0 win over the Braves earlier than a crowd of 19,199. The 22-year-old fanned 5 of the ultimate six batters he confronted, together with Hank Aaron to complete off the sport, and completed with 15 K’s general. Wilson, who threw 143 pitches within the no-no simply three days after throwing 155 in a sport, outdueled Phil Niekro in what was the longer term Hall of Famer’s third profession begin. It was the primary no-hitter within the NL since Sandy Koufax tossed his fourth and remaining no-no on Sept. 9, 1965, and the primary by an NL rookie since Chicago’s Sam Jones in opposition to Pittsburgh on May 12, 1955. Astros proprietor Roy Hofheinz reportedly ripped up Wilson’s contract after the sport and gave him a $1,000 elevate. — Brian McTaggart

Athletics: New father Canha shines
June 17, 2018
Playing his first Father’s Day sport after the delivery of his daughter 5 months prior, Mark Canha confirmed out with highlights throughout in a 6-5 comeback victory over the Angels on the Oakland Coliseum. Canha belted a two-run homer within the second earlier than delivering a game-tying RBI single with two outs within the ninth to ship the sport into extras. In the tenth, Canha coated 98 toes in 5.4 seconds on a deep fly ball from Andrelton Simmons to make a formidable operating catch simply earlier than hitting the wall in left-center area. The ball had only a 5% catch likelihood, per Statcast, making it a 5-star catch. The A’s ultimately received it on a walk-off single by Jonathan Lucroy within the eleventh. — Martin Gallegos

Mariners: Griffey’s two-homer day
June 20, 1993
Ken Griffey Jr. at all times cherished developing large on days of significance for his dad, Ken Griffey Sr., and that was undoubtedly true on Father’s Day in 1993 when Junior smacked two house runs and recorded 5 RBIs in a 13-2 victory over the Rangers on the Kingdome. The youthful Griffey was simply 23 on the time, although already rising as an MLB star in his fifth season with the Mariners. Griffey wound up hitting 5 house runs on Father’s Day in his profession and likewise hit eight homers on his dad’s birthday, April 10. Not to be neglected, Bret Boone — the son of former MLB participant and supervisor Bob Boone — additionally homered within the 1993 Father’s Day win in opposition to Texas for simply the sixth lengthy ball of his younger profession. — Greg Johns

Rangers: Hamilton delivers within the tenth
June 20, 2010
The Rangers, dealing with the Astros at Minute Maid Park, trailed, 4-3, going into the ninth earlier than tying the sport. Ian Kinsler led off with a single in opposition to Astros reliever Matt Lindstrom, stole second and scored on a single by Josh Hamilton. The Rangers then took the lead within the tenth after a leadoff single by Julio Borbon. Again it was a single by Hamilton — on his strategy to being voted the AL’s Most Valuable Player — that put the Rangers forward. The victory accomplished a three-game sweep of Houston and was Texas’ eighth in a row. The Rangers ended up successful 11 straight and opened up a 4 1/2-game lead within the AL West on their strategy to a division championship. — T.R. Sullivan

Braves: Hank hammers three
June 21, 1959
Hank Aaron ranks second in MLB historical past with 755 homers and seventh with 62 profession multi-homer video games, however he hit three homers in a sport solely as soon as — in a 13-3 win over the Giants at San Francisco’s Seal Stadium on Father’s Day in 1959. Aaron started his memorable efficiency with a two-run homer off Johnny Antonelli within the first inning. The Braves outfielder added two-run photographs within the sixth and seventh innings to additional again Warren Spahn’s full sport effort. — Mark Bowman

Marlins: Lowell helps Fish keep sizzling
June 15, 2003
The Marlins began off their 2003 World Series championship season with a 19-29 file earlier than they started to warmth up in late May. Florida carried that momentum into June, and on Father’s Day, the Fish routed the Rangers, 10-4, in Arlington, successful for the 14th time in 22 video games. Mike Lowell had an enormous sport, going 3-for-4 with two house runs, a double, a stroll and 4 RBIs, whereas Ivan Rodriguez and Luis Castillo chipped in with three hits every. That was loads of run help for left-hander Mark Redman, who gave up two runs in seven innings on his strategy to the win. — Joe Frisaro

Mets: Amazins sweep doubleheader
June 15, 1986
Father’s Day 1986 coincided with Banner Day at Shea Stadium, an everyday custom that noticed followers convey bedsheets with written messages — typically encouraging, typically flamboyant — to the ballpark. With greater than 40,000 followers packed into Shea in consequence, the Mets swept the Pirates in a doubleheader. Bob Ojeda pitched an entire sport in a 4-1 win within the day half, taking the lead for good on a Keith Hernandez RBI double within the fourth. In the nightcap, the Mets exploded for eight runs (six of them on homers by Mookie Wilson, Gary Carter and Ed Hearn), earlier than Roger McDoeffectively slammed the door on an 8-5 victory with a seven-out save. — Anthony DiComo

Nationals: Adams homers twice after catch with dad
June 16, 2019
Matt Adams performed catch along with his father, Jamie, at Nationals Park earlier than sport time. Then, he crushed two house runs and drove in seven on that very same area to energy the Nats to a 15-5 victory over the D-backs on Father’s Day final season. “Happy to have him here,” Adams said postgame. “It was something special. He’s always wanted to play catch, so it was nice to be able to finally let him do his dream.” Washington improved to 33-38 because it continued its climb from a 19-31 begin. That afternoon, Kurt Suzuki and Anthony Rendon additionally homered, and Aníbal Sánchez picked up the win with six innings of two-run ball. The win started a 27-game stretch through which the beginning rotation didn’t endure a loss, tying a Major League file set by the 1916 New York Giants. — Jessica Camerato

Phillies: Bunning’s perfecto
June 21, 1964
There have been 23 excellent video games in baseball historical past, however Jim Bunning threw the primary and just one on Father’s Day. He blanked the Mets at Shea Stadium in the midst of the Phillies’ notorious ‘64 campaign, when they held first place for most of the season before blowing a 6 1/2-game lead with 12 games to play. It was the first perfect game in the National League since Providence’s John Montgomery Ward’s in 1880, and the primary in baseball within the common season since White Sox lefty Charlie Robertson in 1922. Bunning’s excellent sport stays some of the memorable moments in Phillies historical past. — Todd Zolecki

Brewers: Vaughn caps large collection with walk-off slam
June 16, 1991
The Brewers personal the most effective file in baseball on Mother’s Day, however the worst mark on Father’s Day, so the pickings are considerably slim. Jimmy Nelson’s 10-strikeout pitching gem in opposition to the Padres on Father’s Day in 2017 was the Brewers’ first full sport in practically two years, however for sheer drama the nod goes to Greg Vaughn, who punctuated an enormous weekend in opposition to the A’s in 1991 at County Stadium by hitting a walk-off grand slam for an 11-7 Brewers win. It was the fourth walk-off slam in franchise historical past, and it capped a three-hit, six-RBI afternoon for Vaughn, someday after he homered twice and drove in 5 runs in Game 1 of a Saturday doubleheader in opposition to Oakland. Vaughn completed with 17 homers that season, his first yr with 500-plus at-bats. — Adam McCalvy

Cardinals: Historic Father’s Day comeback
June 15, 1952
In the primary sport of a Father’s Day doubleheader in opposition to the New York Giants, the Cardinals had been down 11-0 by the third inning. Starter Joe Presko allowed 5 runs within the second, and reliever Jack Crimian allowed six within the third. But then third baseman Tommy Glaviano led off the fifth inning with a house run. Pitcher Bill Werle singled, shortstop Solly Hemus walked and second baseman Red Schoendienst singled to load the bases for Stan Musial. “The Man” lined a two-run single to left area, and immediately the Cardinals had some momentum. First baseman Dick Sisler scored Schoendienst with a single, and proper fielder Enos Slaughter launched a three-run house run to cap the Cardinals’ seven-run inning. St. Louis scored three within the seventh, two within the eighth and two within the ninth for a 14-12 victory. The 11-0 rally set an NL comeback file, which wasn’t tied till Houston rallied from an 11-0 deficit in 1994 in opposition to, you guessed it, the Cardinals. — Anne Rogers

Cubs: Madlock’s large day
June 15, 1975
On Father’s Day in 1975, Bill Madlock delivered a classic efficiency in opposition to the Big Red Machine, going 4-for-4 with three RBIs in a 4-3 win over Cincinnati. He rapped an RBI single within the third, collected two extra RBIs on a double within the seventh and ended the day with a .360 common. Madlock completed the yr batting .354 to say that batting crown. Other noteworthy Father’s Day moments embrace Willson Contreras hitting his first Major League homer in his first profession at-bat in ‘16, Andre Dawson going deep against the Expos in both ‘88 and ‘89, backup catcher Steve Lake delivering an 11th-inning walk-off single vs. the rival Cardinals in ‘86, Jake Arrieta spinning a shutout and Dexter Fowler belting a grand slam in a rout of the Twins in 2015, Shawon Dunston’s two-homer day in opposition to the Giants in 1994 and Lou Brock homering over the wall in right-center on the Polo Grounds — a distance of 460 toes — in opposition to the Mets in ’62. — Jordan Bastian

Pirates: ‘Pops’ delivers on Father’s Day
June 20, 1971
Fittingly, Willie Stargell, the person who’d turn out to be referred to as “Pops,” starred on Father’s Day. On their strategy to successful the 1971 World Series, the Pirates swept the Expos in a doubleheader at Three Rivers Stadium — and Stargell homered in each video games. While Steve Blass pitched an entire sport and Richie Hebner drove in 4 runs, the Hall of Fame slugger Stargell took Howie Reed deep within the fifth inning of Pittsburgh’s 7-1 victory within the opener. It was a 430-foot shot into the higher deck, in accordance with a New York Times account, on the time the longest house run hit at Three Rivers Stadium, and certainly one of Stargell’s MLB-leading 48 homers on the yr. Then the Bucs bashed the Expos with a seven-run seventh inning within the second sport, with Stargell smashing a grand slam off Mike Marshall of their 7-3 win. — Adam Berry

Reds: Griffey launches No. 500 with dad within the stands
June 20, 2004
At Busch Stadium II in St. Louis along with his father, former Reds star Ken Griffey Sr., within the seats, Ken Griffey Jr. slugged his milestone five hundredth house run on Father’s Day. The lengthy ball to proper area got here within the sixth inning as Cincinnati defeated the Cardinals, 6-0. At the age of 34, Griffey was the sixth-youngest to achieve 500 homers and the twentieth general.

“It’s been a great Father’s Day for me. I’ve enjoyed every minute of it,” mentioned Griffey Sr., a member of the Big Red Machine. “I probably was under more pressure than he was. He’s still playing and I had to sit and watch. It was a nice Father’s Day present, but it’s an easy way to get out of giving me something. He ain’t getting off that easy.” — Mark Sheldon

D-backs: Womack’s particular slam
June 17, 2001
After dropping his father two months earlier, Tony Womack hit a grand slam on Father’s Day in what was an emotional second for the veteran. As he rounded first base, tears started to movement down Womack’s face. When he crossed house plate, he pointed to the sky and wiped the tears from his face. As his teammates consoled him, he wept within the dugout. Womack added two doubles within the sport.

“I didn’t even want to go to sleep last night knowing that the next day was Father’s Day,” Womack mentioned. “I needed to keep away from it if in any respect doable as a result of I wasn’t prepared. I’m nonetheless not prepared.” — Steve Gilbert

Dodgers: Vintage Koufax
June 20, 1965
In the primary sport of a Father’s Day doubleheader at Dodger Stadium, Sandy Koufax fired a 12-strikeout one-hitter to beat the Mets and Warren Spahn, 2-1, with a Ron Fairly double driving in each Dodgers runs. The solely hit off Koufax was a Jim Hickman house run within the fifth inning. That introduced Koufax’s file to 11-3 with a 1.96 ERA. He went on to a 26-8 mark, received World Series Game 7 with a shutout on two-days’ relaxation and received his second of three Cy Young Awards. — Ken Gurnick

Giants: Rueter’s extra-special day
June 14, 2000
Father’s Day arrived a bit early for Giants left-hander Kirk Rueter, who began and received a sport in opposition to the Reds on the identical day his spouse, Karla, was scheduled to offer delivery to the couple’s first daughter. Rueter fired six innings of one-run ball in a matinee efficiency to guide the Giants to a 6-2 win earlier than heading to the hospital for his spouse’s labor induction. A couple of hours later, the pair welcomed Hope Elaine Rueter into the world.

“It was a long day, but a perfect day,” Rueter mentioned afterward. — Maria Guardado

Padres: Brown’s gem caps 12-1 stretch
June 21, 1998
The 1998 Padres had been runaway NL West winners. But in early June, they slumped and fell behind the rival Giants. A crucial two-week stretch loomed, with the membership set to play the Giants seven instances. San Diego would win 12 of 13 over these two weeks, together with six of seven in opposition to San Francisco. The Padres capped the run with a Father’s Day gem from Kevin Brown, who struck out 9 Giants over 8 2/3 innings. Tony Gwynn had three hits, and Trevor Hoffman got here on to file the save in a 5-1 victory. In a two-week span, the Padres had gone from a sport again within the NL West to a 5 1/2-game lead. They had been on the right track for an NL pennant that October. — AJ Cassavell

Rockies: Nolan’s Father’s Day walk-off cycle
June 18, 2017
On Father’s Day in 2017, Nolan Arenado gave his dad — and loads of dads in Colorado — a historic reward. He turned the primary participant in Major League historical past to hit a walk-off house run to finish the cycle when his group was trailing getting into that plate look, lifting the Rockies to a 7-5 victory over the Giants at Coors Field. Only 4 different gamers had ever hit a walk-off homer for the cycle, interval.

“I was fired up,” Arenado mentioned afterward, carrying his blood-stained jersey after the invoice of Charlie Blackmon’s helmet reduce Arenado on the facet of his face throughout the post-homer celebration at house plate. “I heard the crowd. But I just said a little prayer. I was like, ‘Calm down, give me strength to be able to slow this game down.’ That’s what it’s all about.” — Thomas Harding