My favorite Lewis Brinson Marlins moment happened on Sept. 11, 2018. Tie game, top of the fourth inning, NL Cy Young award frontrunner Jacob deGrom on the mound. deGrom is ahead in the count 0-2, one strike away from escaping a jam. He tries to throw a 97 mile-per-hour fastball in, but misfires it belt-high and over the plate. Brinson clobbers it.
That’s a three-run homer in many major league ballparks; Citi Field makes him settle for a two-run double instead.