In baseball, there are few things more exciting than a home run. It doesn’t matter when it happens; there is something truly magical about watching these athletes turn on a 95 mph fastball and launch it deep into the night.
In the long and illustrious history of baseball there have been a number of memorable home runs. Some of them have won World Series, some have won All-Star Games and some have broken the hearts of the opposing team and their fans.
But above all else, these magical moments have withstood the test of time and become a part of the stories that we are told when we are children, and those become the stories that we tell our children.
Who can forget Joe Carter’s jump for joy around the bases when he smashed that Mitch Williams fastball over the left field fence to win the 1993 World Series? Or how about seeing Hank Aaron break Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record?
No matter what your favorite memory is, the home run, no matter when it happens, is a marvelous feat and something that sports fans everywhere will talk about forever.
Here are the 25 most memorable home runs hit in baseball history.