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Speaking of the Pirates, you could make a case for memorability for...

1959: Harvey's Wallbanger - Twelve perfect innings. Wrecked in the thirteenth on an error, a hit, and a two-run homer that turned into a long double (because Henry Aaron inadvertently let Joe Adcock, who hit the blast, pass him on the basepath - or was that Adcock passing Hammerin' Hank on his own steam?) but still meant the game. Could you blame Harvey Haddix if he felt like banging his head against the wall? (Sidebar: The winning pitcher also pitched all the way that night: Lew Burdette (a.k.a. Chief Slobber on Stitches) of the Braves. When he argued for a contract raise the following year, he used the Haddix broken perfecto as his rationale: That guy pitched the greatest game in baseball history and he still couldn't beat me - so I must be the greatest pitcher in baseball!)