Which Cub robbed Barry Bonds' 714th home run?

by kevinbreit on Feb 14, 2012 8:41 AM CST

I have a Cubs daily trivia calendar and today's trivia doesn't seem to be matching what my memory is. The trivia for today is:

"On May 9, 2006,Cubs outfielder Juan Pierre robbed Barry Bonds of what would have been his record-breaking 714th home run when he caught a fly ball as it topped the outfield fence."

I seem to remember it as Felix Pie who made that play and not Juan Pierre. Can anyone confirm my suspicion?

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Pierre

My recollection is Pierre.

Here is a boxscore for the game

Pie didn’t play in that game

Eamus Ursuli!

by WGNstatic on Feb 14, 2012 8:48 AM CST reply actions

baseball-reference.com is your friend

It was Pierre. A quick glance at the 2006 Cubs page shows that Pie wasn’t even on the big league club that year.

boxscore – http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN200605090.shtml

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by ballhawk on Feb 14, 2012 8:48 AM CST reply actions

last

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by daver on Feb 14, 2012 9:51 AM CST reply actions

Maybe he remembers it in shorthand

Pie/Pierre

It could happen.

Chicago. Enough said.

by BeerCub on Feb 14, 2012 11:01 AM CST reply actions

Poor penmanship on his scorecard.

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by daver on Feb 14, 2012 11:07 AM CST up reply actions

With Szczur coming up scorecard penmanship will be essential

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by LongLiveHarryCaray on Feb 14, 2012 11:14 AM CST up reply actions

hmm

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by RIP Slim on Feb 14, 2012 11:28 AM CST via Android app up reply actions

Matt S

by CJK on Feb 14, 2012 11:48 AM CST up reply actions

"Caesar"

by RyeNo13 on Feb 14, 2012 4:02 PM CST up reply actions

Hail Szczur!

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by Al Yellon on Feb 14, 2012 4:29 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, it was definitely Pierre.

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by wrigleyrocker12 on Feb 14, 2012 2:35 PM CST reply actions

Huh?

What record would’ve been broken by #714?

by Easy Ed on Feb 14, 2012 3:53 PM CST reply actions

None.

But it would have tied him with Babe Ruth, which was (as I recall) a big deal at the time.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 14, 2012 4:01 PM CST up reply actions

The National League career home run record.

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by ballhawk on Feb 14, 2012 4:21 PM CST up reply actions

Nope.

The NL career record (before Bonds broke it) was 733, held by Henry Aaron, who hit 22 home runs for the then-AL Brewers.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 14, 2012 4:30 PM CST up reply actions

“Umm… the NL career home run record for left-handed hitters?” he lamely retorted…

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by ballhawk on Feb 14, 2012 4:36 PM CST up reply actions

Heh.

Well, yeah.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 15, 2012 9:50 AM CST up reply actions

Juan Pierre made two excellent catches in 2006.

He made the one in San Fran to rob Bonds of 714, which was awesome to watch. Pierre robbed the fans who showed up that night in hopes of seeing #714. The reaction by the fans was priceless.

Then Pierre made a leaping catch in the vines on Saturday, August 19, 2006. The bases were loaded with 2 outs in the top of the 9th, game tied 4-4. Up comes Albert Pujols. Pujols rips a 1-0 pitch from Michael Wuertz to deep center field. This one sure looked like it was going to be a grand slam. Pierre leaped up, and pulled the ball out from the top of the ivy. It wouldn’t have been a grand slam, but it would have given the Cardinals the lead and possibly the win if Pierre hadn’t made that catch. The Cubs won 5-4 on a walk-off single by Phil Nevin in the 10th.

But that catch against St. Louis and San Fran had me jumpin’ from my seat at home. They was awesome man.

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by #1 iowan cubs fan on Feb 15, 2012 8:03 PM CST reply actions