One of the coolest things about baseball is that in any given game, anyone can be the hero. Anyone (at least on the active roster) can be the one who makes the play or gets the hit that saves the game, turns the tide ... (insert your cliché here). And the history of the game is filled to the brim with examples.
Take, for instance, the famous Nippy Jones World Series shoeshine incident.
The famous Nippy Jones World Series shoeshine incident?
For those who don’t know the story, in the 1957 Milwaukee Braves-New York Yankees World Series, Game 4 went into extra innings, where the Yankees took a 5-4 lead, already up 2-1 in the series.