Red Sox fan robs David Ortiz of a home run (Video)
By Dan Zinski
David Ortiz thought he had put one over the fence against the Rays in Tampa Saturday but upon further review, no home run for Big Papi. Replay showed that a fan reached over the fence with his glove and caught the ball, resulting in a ground rule double.
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The plot twist? The fan was wearing Red Sox gear.
Had the loyal Red Sox fan let the ball go, there’s a very good chance it would have hit the top of the fence and gone over for a home run. If you want to cut the fan a little slack, I suppose you could argue about the likelihood of the ball ending up in the seats.
Sure, there’s a chance Papi’s ball would have hit the top of the wall at such an angle as to bounce back into the field of play. I can’t find my protractor right now, so I can’t calculate how exactly that ball would have bounced.
The point is, if there’s even a tiny chance of that ball being a home run, then that fan is an idiot. Papi wanted to fight an official scorer in Boston who took a single away from him, so imagine what he wants to do with that Red Sox fan.
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