The night that Giancarlo Stanton made history twice

How could we possibly forget Giancarlo Stanton’s unbelievable 2017 season with the Marlins? His last season as a Fish was unlike anything the franchise has seen before or since, and one of its countless highlights occurred on this day, August 13.

Giancarlo helped Miami defeat the Rockies, 5-3, taking Germán Márquez deep on an opposite-field solo shot in Marlins Park. That shot tied the score three runs apiece.

For the former Marlins right fielder, it was the 250th career home run. Before him, no Marlin had ever hit more than Dan Uggla’s 154, but Stanton finished his tenure with 267 bombs, a mark that seems unreachable in the foreseeable future as the Fish don’t have a clear 40-homer-per-year…