Cubs leave Kyle Schwarber home run ball on scoreboard
By Bryan Arnott
The Chicago Cubs are leaving Kyle Schwarber’s mammoth home run blast on top of the scoreboard for the rest of the post season.
It was the shot heard all around Chicago. Rookie Kyle Schwarber hit a massive home run in Game 4 against the St. Louis Cardinals that landed on top of the scoreboard – no easy feat. The Cubs have now announced that they’ll keep the baseball there for the rest of the playoffs.
In case you missed here, here’s the blast by Schwarber.
The Cubs sent an employee up on top of the scoreboard to verify it was indeed Schwarber’s home run ball. Once they saw the watermark on it, they returned it to its exact position. They’ve put a Plexiglas casing around the ball to protect it from the elements, or adventurous fans, for the time being.
Schwarber’s home run spawned a number of parody videos – the most notable perhaps being shot by the Oakland A’s. Good to see they’re not bitter about missing out from the postseason.
Other parodies are making their rounds through the internet as well. One of them puts a new twist on the phrase moon shot.
Cubs fans are having fun with it and getting in on the action as well.
Its obvious this home run will last with the baseball community long after these playoffs are done – and the first step is being taken by the Cubs. With it being such a polarizing, and internet famous, home run, I don’t think anyone would be surprised to see it stay up there for a very long time.
(H/T) ForTheWin