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Ozzie Smith
Text: Ben Glicksman, SI.com
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Ozzie Smith

1985

When Ozzie Smith settled into the batter's box in Game 5 of the 1985 NLCS, the switch-hitting shortstop had never hit a home run from the left side of the plate. That all changed when "The Wizard" drove Dodgers' pitcher Tom Niedenfuer's offering just over the right field wall in the bottom of the 9th, earning the Cardinals a dramatic 3-2 win. Even legendary announcer Jack Buck couldn't contain his excitement, coining the phrase "Go crazy, folks. Go crazy."

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