1987 WS Gm4: Lawless drills clutch homer, flips bat

10/21/87: Tom Lawless hits a three-run home run in the bottom of the 4th to give the Cardinals a 4-1 lead in Game 4


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[simplygu]

Tom Lawless during his 8-year career in the regular season batted only 531 times, hit only .207, drove in just 24 runs, and had only 2 home runs. During the 1987 season he was 2 for 25 with 0 RBI. In the 1987 World Series, he was 1 for 10 with this home run being his only hit. Despite a poor career, he will always have this memory.

[mglmill]

Just heard Al Michaels say to look it up on YouTube during the ABC Sunday Night Baseball telecast, and here I am!

[DoctorYo]

The bat flip that ends all other bat flips. Truly epic.

[keithcarlson]

Al Michaels had to have shit himself after seeing that homerun! I also love how Lawless thinks he hit the ball over 500 feet but it managed to just barely clear the fence at 360 feet.

[_frank]

.080, 1 lifetime home run? Hell yeah! Get your money's worth!

[hawkeyes]

The birth of the bat flip. From an .080 hitter, off Frank Viola in the World Series. Simply amazing to this date.

[youngbillionaire]

If this happened in today’s world the internet would break.

[timothywilliams]

At the moment of his epic bat flip, who knew that the great Tom Lawless still had 1/3 of his career HRs yet to hit?

[barcelonaguayaquil]

Old school baseball all the way....!!!!

[jamesbowman]

if the cardinals would have won that series he would have been a legend

[DevonWebster_DCWEBSTAR]

Tom Lawless' bat up there with Bobby Shmurda's hat.

[JonnyDIY]

Great HR, even better bat flip! Cant beat a HR in the World Series! 💕👍

[THERobertL]

On this date (August 16) in 1984, After nearly six years, Pete Rose was reunited with his hometown Cincinnati Reds when the Expos traded him for infielder Tom Lawless. The Reds immediately named him player-manager, replacing Vern Rapp.

[zachwerner]

POV: Your here because Al Micheal’s told you to be here

[weezkidaj]

Here because Al Michaels told us on Sunday Night Baseball on ABC to look it up

[Brimbino]

Al Michael's on Sunday night baseball brought me here

[cards]

Great moment. But we couldn't win in the Homer Dome.

[elpeomalo]

That was pure wrist and elevation power ! That stach gave em a boost up

[scottyb]

If I only hit 2 home runs in my career I'd be flippin' my bat too

[leestewart]

I remember watching this live..as a Reds fan it would have been equivalent to Shogo Akiyama hitting such a huge homerun..lol