Do you know where the term "Walk-Off" originates?

[CochiseCowbell]

I always knew it was baseball, but assumed it basically meant the home run was hit so no need to run, you can walk around the bases.

I stumbled upon a bunch of these MLB Network presents videos on YouTube and this one claims that the term came from how Eckersley walked off the field after Gibson's '88 WS HR.



Also, Eck's wife left him for his best friend and teammate! WT17?!

 

[The Peeper]

 

[thekimmer]

The vast majority of baseball games are won by the team in the field at the end of the game where they naturally remain to congratulate and celebrate.

I always assumed the term 'walk-off' referred to the one rare scenario where the team in the field when the game ends loses. Having nothing to celebrate, they just walk off the field.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

The vast majority of baseball games are won by the team in the field at the end of the game where they naturally remain to congratulate and celebrate.

I always assumed the term 'walk-off' referred to the one rare scenario where the team in the field when the game ends loses. Having nothing to celebrate, they just walk off the field.

Pretty much the same thing, but it apparently started from that particular swing & game.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Man, I'm learning so much from these things.

Here's a few more, I learned today:

-Mattingly doesn't have a WS ring. Injured back made him retire a year before their 1996 win, the first in like 15 years. But, he was the nucleus Steinbrenner built that dynasty around.

- Tim Raines gave Randy Johnson The Big Unit nickname in Montreal. Nolan Ryan taught him control. Said Unit is now best friends with Geddy Lee, of Rush, through his photography.

-When the owner of the Kansas City A's moved the team to Oakland, he saw a young kid dancing on the street for money. He hired him as a gopher. The kid looked a lot like Hank Aaron, so he got a nick name & he narrates that episode. We know him as MC Hammer; that nickname was Lil Hammer.