lamest HR you've ever seen? (difficulty: no shot heard round the world)

What may've been the last homer Pete Rose ever hit (Buck might know if this is correct) may also have been the weakest ball ever to make it over a major league fence. It was at Wrigley around 83 or 84, wind blowing out, looked like a cheap infield fly off the top of his bat until it caught a mighty gust and just barely squeezed over by an inch. I was a kid watching on WGN and still remember it b/c of everyone's astonished reaction that it went out.

 

Carter hit the shit out of that weak assed pitch by dead-armed Mitch Williams. Williams had no business being out there but Fregosi didn't have anyone else worth a shit in the pen.

 

The "Off Canseco's cranium" homer.

Still one of the funniest things I've ever seen. The camera angle they had on that was so perfect that it might have been fixed.

 

Donnie Sadler's first career homer, for Boston at Detroit. Because it cost me a round of beer and gave him his nickname. Donnie Fucking Sadler. Dang it all.

 

No offense, crusoes, but Donnie fucking Sadler?
Who the fuck is Donnie fucking Sadler?

 

That wasn't Hammonds in right field for Baltimore. It was Tony Tarasco, aka Tony Tabasco to one of my friends at the time.

 

Lou Merloni is a poor man's Lou Merloni.

 

McGwire's was my first thought and remains so for all the reasons stated. Line drive down the third base line, barely cleared the wall. I remember thinking, that's it?

 

McGwire's was lame. At least Jeter's caused some controversy. Oh wait...

 

Bucky Bleepin' Dent some game in Oct. 1978

 

This may not even qualify, but here goes nothing -- or something.

Robin Ventura's 15th-inning home run/single in Game 5 of the 1999 NLCS against the Braves to give the Mets the 4-3 win.

Ventura's ball cleared the right-center fence, but he never reached second base due to a frenzy. Instead of a grand slam, he got credit for a two-run single.