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Today's story is about a bizarre walk-off that forced MLB to create a new rule.

Chris Chambliss played in the big leagues from '71 to '88.

He is best known for his time with the Yankees, and his iconic home run in Game 5 of the '76 ALCS.

Definitely one of the most epic walk-offs of all time.

But this moment goes way beyond the '76 ALCS.

It actually forced MLB to rethink a rule that had been in place since the beginning of the game's inception.

Previously, for a home run to be legit, the player had to touch every base; regardless of the situation.

However, something like this had never happened before.

Yankee fans absolutely lost their shit when Chambliss punched their ticket to the World Series.

They stormed the field like maniacs, mobbing the players and making it physically impossible for Chambliss to touch all four bases; which caused him to reroute to the dugout straight from third.

After the pandemonium, Chambliss was brought back out to the field to touch home and make the dinger official - only to find that the fans had snatched it in the chaos.

The home plate umpire, Art Frantz, ended up having to make a judgement call. He gave Chambliss the base, but the league made sure to edit the rulebook to avoid future confusion.

Rule 5.08 covers “How a Team Scores.”

After the incident with Chambliss, this comment was added:

Despite the heroics from Chambliss, the Yankees got obliterated by the Reds in the World Series, getting swept and outscored 22-8.

DEAD BALLPLAYERS

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He’s an insanely talented artist that paints baseball players - mostly dead ones.

Here’s some of his work:

Something that I find super impressive about his art is the attention to detail and his ability to transport you back in time.

The ballplayers almost seem to come back to life in a weird way.

I highly recommend giving Graig a follow on X, and if you want to check out his paintings, he’s got some amazing stuff on his site right now.

STRANGE NAMES

If you're just joining us, we play this game every day where we try to find the weirdest names throughout baseball history.

Why? Don't ask us, it's just something we like to do.

If you've been rocking with us for awhile now, you know what time it is.

Today's winner is:

Pony was terrible fielder, but he had some giddy-up on the base paths.

During the singular month that he played in the big leagues, he swiped five bags and got 11 hits during that time.

Sager played on the Rockford Forest Citys with the legendary Cap Anson, and was mentioned quite a bit in his memoirs.

THE DEAD LEGENDS ARCHIVE

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