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It is the 40th anniversary of the Rick Camp Game...
Posted on 7/4/25 at 9:17 pm
Posted on 7/4/25 at 9:17 pm
The Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets met on this day 40 years ago and played one of the wackiest games in the history of Major League Baseball. Tied at the end of nine innings, the game would go into extras. Before long it was early in the morning of July 5 and the game was in the Bottom of the 18th with Braves trailing by one.
Up walks the relief pitcher Rick Camp, a man who had just 12 hits in his entire MLB career, who improbably homered into left field to send the game into the 19th inning.
Up walks the relief pitcher Rick Camp, a man who had just 12 hits in his entire MLB career, who improbably homered into left field to send the game into the 19th inning.
This post was edited on 7/4/25 at 9:24 pm
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Posted on 7/4/25 at 9:27 pm to RollTide1987
And.... the Mets go on to score five in the top of the 19th and win the game 16-13. 
Posted on 7/4/25 at 9:27 pm to RollTide1987
bArves lost that one too
Posted on 7/4/25 at 10:39 pm to RollTide1987
...and he ran the bases like he expected to go deep.
Posted on 7/4/25 at 11:11 pm to RollTide1987
I would have loved to have seen the bat flip
Posted on 7/5/25 at 7:35 am to chalmetteowl
I think that game caused a local ordinance to be changed because they still had the July 4th fireworks show after the game.
Posted on 7/5/25 at 7:48 am to SoFla Tideroller
I was 15 and watching that game on TV while my dad had fallen asleep on the couch. I went crazy and startled the crap out of him. I still live watching that replay. It’s those little memories that are precious.
Posted on 7/6/25 at 4:20 pm to RollTide1987
Chief Noc-a-homa was there
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:10 am to Lithium
So many great things about that video and that game:
Darryl Strawberry and Davey Johnson getting thrown out after arguing ball and strikes in extra innings
John Sterling musing about Camp going deep before it happened
Gary Carter waving the outfielders to come in
Danny Heep in LF realizing the game wasn’t going to be over yet.
And Camp came up again in the bottom of the 19th as the tying run but struck out.
Darryl Strawberry and Davey Johnson getting thrown out after arguing ball and strikes in extra innings
John Sterling musing about Camp going deep before it happened
Gary Carter waving the outfielders to come in
Danny Heep in LF realizing the game wasn’t going to be over yet.
And Camp came up again in the bottom of the 19th as the tying run but struck out.
This post was edited on 7/7/25 at 11:00 am
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:46 am to SoFla Tideroller
quote:
I think that game caused a local ordinance to be changed because they still had the July 4th fireworks show after the game.
Yep, the city of Atlanta banned fireworks after midnight.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:50 am to RollTide1987
Rick Camp would hit 6th in the current Braves lineup
Posted on 7/7/25 at 3:14 pm to VADawg
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Rick Camp would hit 6th in the current Braves lineup
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