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Pennant-Winning Home Runs by the Visiting Team<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On Monday we looked at the six pennant-winning home runs<\/a> hit in the 100 League Championship Series and five pre-divisional tiebreakers. Those hits were immortal, special, and rare. There are five other home runs, however, that are just as immortal and special. People often overlook these, however, since they weren\u2019t walk-offs. These are go-ahead home runs hit by the visiting team that turned out to be pennant-winning home runs.<\/p>\n

With walk-offs, the player hits the homer, the fans go nuts, the player runs the bases, and everyone goes home. These home runs are different. After the visiting player hits the home run, the home fans typically gasp and then fall silent before trying in desperation to rally their team to victory. The home team must regroup, get out of the inning, and then try to come back in their final at-bat. All five times that a visitor hit a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning or later of a deciding game of the LCS, the home team did not even score in the bottom half, let alone come back. These hits were daggers<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Inclusion Criteria<\/strong><\/h3>\n

All home runs on this list meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n