Baseball gets stuck in outfield wall (Video)
By Hayden Kane
One aspect of professional baseball, at multiple levels and internationally, is the quirks of the different ballparks. Locations have different outfield dimensions, different types of outfield walls that are made of different materials and stand at different heights, and different sized foul territories.
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As such, one can never truly predict the different bounces that a baseball might take. Not every hit results in the same outcome depending on the park in which it is hit. A bounce here, a different angle in the outfield wall there, and a double in one park might turn into a triple in another.
Even knowing that, players would probably never expect to see the baseball simply get stuck in the wall. That is exactly what happened to Yoo Han-Joon of the Nexen Heroes in the Korean Professional League.
Watch the video below as this line drive shot lodges into the wall and gets stuck.
That ball somehow hit the exact perfect spot between the two sections of padding on the wall. Following the typical outcome for zany plays like this one that result in an unplayable ball, Han-Yoon cruised into second base for a ground rule double.
An entertaining highlight from a sport that tends to be good for a few like it each season.
h/t Bleacher Report