It’s Friday, as Rebecca Black once sang.

That means it’s time for the Friday Mount Rushmore, an award-winning column.

This week, in honor of Jean Segura walking it off against the Braves, we are digging into Phillies history to present our best walk-off hits in franchise history.

There were a ton of good choices, and no doubt people will be disappointed with our choices, or find something to complain about, but there are only four faces on the side of the Mountain.

Our selections were mostly based on situational importance, like this one:

 

Jimmy Rollins vs. the Dodgers

Of course this one has to be on the list.

It was 2009, game four of the NLCS, Phillies down to their final out with J Roll facing Jonathan Broxton:

The Phillies were up 2-1 in the series at this point, and this was the moment where we knew they were going back to the World Series. They had already stolen a game in Los Angeles, which gave them a chance to close it out at home, and that’s what they did, winning 4-1 against the National League’s top-seeded team and advancing to a second-straight Fall Classic.

 

Choooooooch!

This wasn’t much of a hit, but of all the plays that fit this category, an infield single was the most significant.

It was game three of the 2008 World Series, bases loaded with Carlos Ruiz at the plate:

It was a massive sequence. The series was tied 1-1 at that point, and the Phillies blew a 4-1 lead later in the game, with Chooch committing a throwing error that allowed B.J. Upton to score. But in the bottom of the ninth, Eric Bruntlett was hit by a pitch, got to third base, and then Tampa loaded the bases and brought the infield in, which ended up not mattering.

At the time, Ruiz had hit the first walk-off infield single in World Series history.

 

Kim Batiste, from ‘goat’ to hero

Similar to Chooch’s infield single, this one wasn’t a massive bomb into the night, but it had a lot of situational significance.

It was the 1993 NLCS, game one, and Kim Batiste committed a late error that allowed the Braves to tie the game and force extra innings. But he would redeem himself just a short time later, knocking in the game-winning run and giving the Phils a 1-0 series lead:

It’s one of the best “goat-to-hero” stories in Philly sports history. He also had a walk off grand slam against the Mets that year.

Batiste passed in October, at the age of 52.

RIP.

 

“Mitchie Poo”

We had to include it. How could we not?

It was 1993, a doubleheader against the Padres at Veterans Stadium. What happened is that game one had several rain delays, and there were discussions to move game two to the following day. However, the umpires decided to forge ahead, which meant that we had a baseball game beginning at 1:30 in the morning.

The Phils went down 5-0, fought their way back, and then put a runner in scoring position in the 10th inning, which brought Mitch Williams, of all people, to the plate to face future Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman:

Mitchie Poo! 4:41 a.m.! Total insanity. What a moment.

 

Honorable mentions: George Vukovich in the 1981 NLDS, Chase Utley 2007 vs. the Mets, Bryce Harper’s grand slam against the Cubs, John Mayberry Jr. grand salami, Jim Thome walking it off with his last Phillies homer, Bob Dernier inside the park homer in 1989, Todd Pratt in the 13th inning, Trevor Plouffe 16th inning, Raul Ibanez in the 19th inning (after Wilson Valdez pitches)