If Jose Bautista can fling a bat for the ages with a go-ahead home run in a late inning of a division series, what type of theatrics could Joe Carter have produced with a go-ahead blast to end a World Series?
Carter didn’t have time to admire his moment, the three-run laser beam that cleared the left-field wall to walk off the 1993 World Series.
“I didn’t realize my ball was out,” Carter said. “I had to run. Joey hit a no-doubter,” referring to Bautista, whose nickname is Joey Bats.
Not that Carter didn’t celebrate. A few steps along his path to first base, the crowd noise in SkyDome — now Rogers Centre — let him know what had occurred.