During his 17 years in Major League Baseball, Jeff Conine was a career .285 hitter, a two-time All-Star, a two-time world champion and an All-Star Game MVP.
Conine hit 214 career home runs. The majority of those came as a member of the Florida Marlins. His only walk-off blast however, came as a pinch hitter and on this day 25 years ago.
The Marlins had rallied to tie the game in the eighth at Pro Player Stadium on April 17, 1997. In the ninth, Conine’s bomb ended it in a 2-1 win over the St.