Some players have careers full of highlights; it seems as though they are in the middle of great or infamous plays all the time. Others have a handful of big moments to hang onto.<\/p>\n
But many players’ careers may have only one or two signature moments — something that defines their time in the big leagues, and for which we will always remember them: Billy Bates scoring the winning run for the Reds in the World Series in 1990; Travis Ishikawa’s pennant-winning home run for the Giants in 2014; Francisco Cabrera’s base hit against the Pirates in the 1992 playoffs that put the Braves into the World Series; and many more.<\/p>\n
I want to salute those players and those times in this section, because so many players never have a chance for such a moment (and to be sure, some who did, manage to “dine out” on that singular at-bat or play for years afterward). They may have played well, but without distinction, for years without getting a turn in the spotlight. I want to shine that light back on a few of them here.<\/p>\n
Here are a few of my favorites.<\/p>\n
Jim Kern’s 1979 Season<\/a><\/p>\n Larry Dierker’s best game 9\/13\/69<\/a><\/p>\n Darrel Chaney’s grand slam<\/a><\/p>\n George Culver’s no-hitter<\/a><\/p>\n Larry Dierker’s no-hitter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some players have careers full of highlights; it seems as though they are in the middle of great or infamous plays all the time. Others have a handful of big moments to hang onto. But […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-82","page","type-page","status-publish"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t