“That’s the one moment of time in my career I wish I could go back to.”
The biggest hit of Joe Girardi’s career happened in such a flash that he barely remembers anything about it. Oh sure, he remembers swinging at Greg Maddux’s first pitch and hitting it. And he remembers standing on third base after driving in the first run of Game 6 of the 1996 World Series.
But the actual moment — the feel of the stadium and the ground below it shaking like it had been struck by a meteor — is lost now to Girardi, who can only wish to get it back through a time-travel fantasy.