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Recapping the slam: An oral history of David Bote's big blast

PITTSBURGH -- It'll be a night they'll tell their grandkids about, especially Chicago Cubs rookie David Bote. Last Sunday, on national television, Bote hit the only walk-off grand slam in baseball history in which a team was trailing 3-0 and down to its last out -- let alone the last strike. It had never happened before.

Five days later, it's a story worth retelling in this instant oral history of a moment that reverberated throughout the baseball world. Bote is still at a loss for words, so those closest to him will have to tell the story, beginning with his teammates.