It is not rare to see a player sprint from second base to score a run. It is fairly rare to see a player sprint from second base to cross the plate after a teammate hits a home run. Yet that's precisely what Astros outfielder Bob Watson did on May 4, 1975 against the Giants. Why? $10,000, a $1,000 Seiko watch, and one million Tootsie Rolls were at stake.
The 1975 Astros were coming off three straight seasons in which they finished .500 or better for the first time in their young history. But 1975 wasn't going so well.