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The article says: "If the home team has two outs in the inning, and the game is tied, the game will officially end either the moment the batter successfully reaches 1st base or the moment the runner touches home plate—whichever happens last." This is incomplete, as unless the bases are loaded, a batter reaching first does not end the game.
I suspect it should either say: "If the home team has two outs in the inning, and the game is tied WITH THE BASES LOADED, the game will officially end either the moment the batter successfully reaches 1st base or the moment the runner touches home plate—whichever happens last." or "If the home team has two outs in the inning, and the game is tied, the game will officially end IF A RUN IS SCORED either the moment the batter successfully reaches 1st base or the moment the runner touches home plate—whichever happens last." but I don't know enough about baseball to be sure of either. Statalyzer ( talk) 18:13, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
there is no article about this, even though, there are multiple pages that include the term such as ichiro Suzuki, Craig Biggio and record holder Rickey Henderson. I think is very relevant, and should include an explanation and the record list in MLB.-- 201.199.71.26 ( talk) 22:41, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
The phrase, Pushing Maris that year was ... (as in: ... teammate Mickey Mantle; ...) - occurs again a few lines further below - seems unclear. Maybe it isn't to somebody proficient about baseball but I feel it is to the unbiased reader (it is to me, anyway). It seems to be that either it might be poor grammar or something explanatory should be added to make clear what Pushing <sb.> was ... means. (In "common" language, wouldn't one expect to read: "<sb> was pushed by ... that year"?, with the (I presume special) meaning of being "pushed" in baseball remaining to be explained (well, possibly by a link into the main article on baseball)
Beleive it or not, in a leage I once played in, a teammate scored an inside the park home run on a play with an error. (It was ruled a home run, but might not have by MLB rules). There was someone on first, and he was almost thrown out at home, except the catcher dropped the ball. The batter had rounded third, and decided to try for home when he saw the ball dropped. The catcher picked it up in plenty of time, and came down the line, but the batter made an excellent dive/roll/slide thing to home, and amazingly avoided the tag. As my leage didn't have official statisticians, the umps and coaches conferred, and decided that it should be ruled a home run, as the catchers error was not the cause of the second run scoring, due to the excellent dive. They couldn't give the catcher an error on the non-tag, because there was nothing to rule as an error. So, thats why I changed it. — siro χ o 12:25, Jul 18, 2004 (UTC)
I think what you have is an extra base(s) via a fielder's choice. While people are right that you can't charge an error on the missed tag, there was an error on the play when the catcher dropped the ball on the attempted put out of the lead runner. Had the catcher held on to the ball, the hitter would have been unlikely to attempt home. At best, the hitter is credited with a triple and it is possible that he might only be credited with a double, depending on how quickly the outfielder was able to retrieve the ball and get in back into the infield. If there was a play on the runner at home, there I. All likelihood was a play on the runner at third, if the defense had chosen to take it. Wschart ( talk) 13:01, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
What's up with the Democrat vs Republican contrast between Ruth and Hoover? Was Ruth really a Democrat? Does that even matter? -- feitclub 14:02, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure there have been more than three inside-the-park grand slams in the last 50 years. http://www.answers.com/topic/inside-the-park-home-run http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?threadid=3641 These two sites suggest that the number is more like 40. I'm going to change that; anyone who has sources stating otherwise please post them. Foxmulder 16:29, August 4 2005 (UTC)
there ought to be a mention of this, without convicting anyone, but recognizing that the new highs are held in question by everyone who knows anything about baseball.
I have added an article with related statistics in terms of the latest home run records and how it can be seen as a proof of steroid use. I would love to hear comments and edits Steroid Expert 23:44, 31 March 2006 (UTC).
Seems like half of the nicknames there don't refer to home runs, and if they do, it's not that clear. Many of them are just plays on their name or refer to their size. I'm going to delete the following names from the list:
I'm not sure about "Thomenator" either, since it's not in the cultural lexicon the way "Hammerin' Hank" or even "Juan Gone" is, but I'm going to leave it in. Ytny 19:55, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
There is a proposal on Talk:Homerun (film) to either have Homerun be an article about the Singaporean film by that title or a redirect to Homerun (film) where the article currently resides. The current situation is that Homerun redirects to this article.
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This article purports to be about the baseball concept 'Home Run' but then skews off to talk very specifically and explicitly about a host of records and achievements that only relate to MLB baseball. All of that content should be shunted off to MLB articles and not allowed to pollute the more general Baseball articles. The MLB is but one small part of the baseball world, and in terms of wikipedia, all those records have got zero to do with the definition of what a Home Run is, so they are entirely inappropriate in this context. Comments?
This evening, the Red Sox hit four consecutive Home Runs (in ten pitches off the same pitcher) in the bottom of the third inning against the Yankees. The record for consecutive home runs by a team is (apparently) four, last set in the NL last year by the Dodgers, and in the AL in 1964 by the Twins, and overall has only happened five times including tonight. (1963 was the last time it has happened off the same pitcher.) I think mention is warranted, but we'd need better sources than my scribblings here, which are coming from the ESPN broadcast. Any hardcore statisticians about? -- Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 01:33, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Does Spring Training count? Cause the Red Sox did it again just a couple of weeks ago, in a Spring Training game against Detriot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.249.95.247 ( talk) 21:03, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
I realize this is probably going overboard, but with the current steroid controversy, I propose that we should consider changing "and the biggest (and best-paid) stars" to something like "and the best-paid (and most popular) stars", just to avoid any play-on-words of HR hitters being the "biggest" stars. This came to mind when looking at the picture of McGwire right next to the opening paragraph, since the size of his muscles was often commented on. 71.79.111.247 00:11, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Since Fence height varies by ballpark (the ballpark for the Boston Red Sox, for example, has a very tall section of the wall on the left outfield) and on some occasions the ball that hit the higher sections of the wall is called a home run. So can anyone tell me at what height does the ball has to reach on the wall (the lower section of the wall usually becomes a double) to be a home run (or is it depend on the outfielder?) K61824 01:07, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
I want to comment on the comparison between football "touchdown" and baseball home run, where it says that the ball only has to 'break the plane" of the outfield fence to be a home run. This is patently untrue. Outfielders who can run and jump always try to catch the ball AFTER it's gone over the fence and if they do, it's an out. I remember in particular a spectacular catch of this kind made by Otis Nixon where he had his entire arm up to the shoulder over the wall, caught the ball and landed back on the field.
Are home run distances measured by where the ball first lands, or where it ends up?
Cubs Fan
03:38, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
In my opinion, the asterisk by Bonds stating "possible steroid use" is absurd, especially if there's nothing by Sosa or McGuire. You say that about anyone on the all-time list. Hell, Babe Ruth wasn't drug tested, why not put an asterisk by his name, "possible drug use"
Darren32 02:12, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
No, I'm not on crack. I read it somewhere that Babe Ruth used to hit infield chops so high, that in two separate ocassions he respectively hit an infield home run and triple. Can any one confirm this?
Shouldn't there be an article for players that have hit more than one home run in a single inning? That's a pretty rare feat in and of itself. Magglio Ordóñez just did it yesterday. -- Kitch ( Talk : Contrib) 15:06, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
One has to wonder what kind of drug that editor was on. I'm thinking a "steriod" would be a drug that allows you to hear everything in hi-fi. Baseball Bugs 03:06, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
The article talks about consecutive Back-to-back (s) by teammates, but doesn't talk about "Back-to-back player", like Reggies's back-to-back-to-back, or consecutive home runs by plate appearances (3), in the '77 World Series. Who has to most of these? Best O Fortuna ( talk) 20:44, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
I don't see any-thing on the record for number of straight games with homers hit (not exactly the same thing as Williams's record, if I read correctly). CNN talks about this: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/14/south-korean-sets-world-record-for-home-runs/?iref=allsearch: "On Friday [, 13 august 2010], Lee [, Dae-ho, of a Korean team] tied the world record for homers in eight straight games shared by Major League Baseball's Ken Griffey Jr., Don Mattingly and Dale Long." The next day, Lee broke the record (Ibid). Kdammers ( talk) 23:47, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
there is no article about this, even though, there are multiple pages that include the term such as ichiro Suzuki, Craig Biggio and record holder Rickey Henderson. I think is very relevant, and should include an explanation and the record list in MLB.-- 201.199.71.26 ( talk) 22:41, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
The chart showing home runs per game over the years also includes a line designated as SB/G. I suppose this is stolen bases, but if it is, it should be explained. In addition, is it relevant? Kdammers ( talk) 05:08, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
I think the home run cycle and other sections are way too long. I'm with some of the above comments that the article is filled with just way too much trivia about MLB achievements. It's almost as if every time someone sees something on Sportscenter or ESPN classic they come running to the various sports pages to add it to an article when not every bit of trivia is encyclopedic. Dancindazed ( talk) 03:47, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
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I think there should be mention of the home run call, as many announcers have a signature call specifically for home runs, and there are of course specific instances such as Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball). I'm just not sure how to do it without it turning into a crufty list to which everyone adds their favourite home run call. -- Jameboy ( talk) 11:15, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Chandler Redmond hit for the home run cycle for an affiliate for the St. Louis Cardinals. 166.182.249.93 ( talk) 13:00, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
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The article says: "If the home team has two outs in the inning, and the game is tied, the game will officially end either the moment the batter successfully reaches 1st base or the moment the runner touches home plate—whichever happens last." This is incomplete, as unless the bases are loaded, a batter reaching first does not end the game.
I suspect it should either say: "If the home team has two outs in the inning, and the game is tied WITH THE BASES LOADED, the game will officially end either the moment the batter successfully reaches 1st base or the moment the runner touches home plate—whichever happens last." or "If the home team has two outs in the inning, and the game is tied, the game will officially end IF A RUN IS SCORED either the moment the batter successfully reaches 1st base or the moment the runner touches home plate—whichever happens last." but I don't know enough about baseball to be sure of either. Statalyzer ( talk) 18:13, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
there is no article about this, even though, there are multiple pages that include the term such as ichiro Suzuki, Craig Biggio and record holder Rickey Henderson. I think is very relevant, and should include an explanation and the record list in MLB.-- 201.199.71.26 ( talk) 22:41, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
The phrase, Pushing Maris that year was ... (as in: ... teammate Mickey Mantle; ...) - occurs again a few lines further below - seems unclear. Maybe it isn't to somebody proficient about baseball but I feel it is to the unbiased reader (it is to me, anyway). It seems to be that either it might be poor grammar or something explanatory should be added to make clear what Pushing <sb.> was ... means. (In "common" language, wouldn't one expect to read: "<sb> was pushed by ... that year"?, with the (I presume special) meaning of being "pushed" in baseball remaining to be explained (well, possibly by a link into the main article on baseball)
Beleive it or not, in a leage I once played in, a teammate scored an inside the park home run on a play with an error. (It was ruled a home run, but might not have by MLB rules). There was someone on first, and he was almost thrown out at home, except the catcher dropped the ball. The batter had rounded third, and decided to try for home when he saw the ball dropped. The catcher picked it up in plenty of time, and came down the line, but the batter made an excellent dive/roll/slide thing to home, and amazingly avoided the tag. As my leage didn't have official statisticians, the umps and coaches conferred, and decided that it should be ruled a home run, as the catchers error was not the cause of the second run scoring, due to the excellent dive. They couldn't give the catcher an error on the non-tag, because there was nothing to rule as an error. So, thats why I changed it. — siro χ o 12:25, Jul 18, 2004 (UTC)
I think what you have is an extra base(s) via a fielder's choice. While people are right that you can't charge an error on the missed tag, there was an error on the play when the catcher dropped the ball on the attempted put out of the lead runner. Had the catcher held on to the ball, the hitter would have been unlikely to attempt home. At best, the hitter is credited with a triple and it is possible that he might only be credited with a double, depending on how quickly the outfielder was able to retrieve the ball and get in back into the infield. If there was a play on the runner at home, there I. All likelihood was a play on the runner at third, if the defense had chosen to take it. Wschart ( talk) 13:01, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
What's up with the Democrat vs Republican contrast between Ruth and Hoover? Was Ruth really a Democrat? Does that even matter? -- feitclub 14:02, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure there have been more than three inside-the-park grand slams in the last 50 years. http://www.answers.com/topic/inside-the-park-home-run http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?threadid=3641 These two sites suggest that the number is more like 40. I'm going to change that; anyone who has sources stating otherwise please post them. Foxmulder 16:29, August 4 2005 (UTC)
there ought to be a mention of this, without convicting anyone, but recognizing that the new highs are held in question by everyone who knows anything about baseball.
I have added an article with related statistics in terms of the latest home run records and how it can be seen as a proof of steroid use. I would love to hear comments and edits Steroid Expert 23:44, 31 March 2006 (UTC).
Seems like half of the nicknames there don't refer to home runs, and if they do, it's not that clear. Many of them are just plays on their name or refer to their size. I'm going to delete the following names from the list:
I'm not sure about "Thomenator" either, since it's not in the cultural lexicon the way "Hammerin' Hank" or even "Juan Gone" is, but I'm going to leave it in. Ytny 19:55, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
There is a proposal on Talk:Homerun (film) to either have Homerun be an article about the Singaporean film by that title or a redirect to Homerun (film) where the article currently resides. The current situation is that Homerun redirects to this article.
Arguments in favor of the proposal can be found at Talk:Homerun (film).
Your opinions are solicited. Please vote at Talk:Homerun (film).
-- Richard 16:59, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
This article purports to be about the baseball concept 'Home Run' but then skews off to talk very specifically and explicitly about a host of records and achievements that only relate to MLB baseball. All of that content should be shunted off to MLB articles and not allowed to pollute the more general Baseball articles. The MLB is but one small part of the baseball world, and in terms of wikipedia, all those records have got zero to do with the definition of what a Home Run is, so they are entirely inappropriate in this context. Comments?
This evening, the Red Sox hit four consecutive Home Runs (in ten pitches off the same pitcher) in the bottom of the third inning against the Yankees. The record for consecutive home runs by a team is (apparently) four, last set in the NL last year by the Dodgers, and in the AL in 1964 by the Twins, and overall has only happened five times including tonight. (1963 was the last time it has happened off the same pitcher.) I think mention is warranted, but we'd need better sources than my scribblings here, which are coming from the ESPN broadcast. Any hardcore statisticians about? -- Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 01:33, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Does Spring Training count? Cause the Red Sox did it again just a couple of weeks ago, in a Spring Training game against Detriot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.249.95.247 ( talk) 21:03, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
I realize this is probably going overboard, but with the current steroid controversy, I propose that we should consider changing "and the biggest (and best-paid) stars" to something like "and the best-paid (and most popular) stars", just to avoid any play-on-words of HR hitters being the "biggest" stars. This came to mind when looking at the picture of McGwire right next to the opening paragraph, since the size of his muscles was often commented on. 71.79.111.247 00:11, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Since Fence height varies by ballpark (the ballpark for the Boston Red Sox, for example, has a very tall section of the wall on the left outfield) and on some occasions the ball that hit the higher sections of the wall is called a home run. So can anyone tell me at what height does the ball has to reach on the wall (the lower section of the wall usually becomes a double) to be a home run (or is it depend on the outfielder?) K61824 01:07, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
I want to comment on the comparison between football "touchdown" and baseball home run, where it says that the ball only has to 'break the plane" of the outfield fence to be a home run. This is patently untrue. Outfielders who can run and jump always try to catch the ball AFTER it's gone over the fence and if they do, it's an out. I remember in particular a spectacular catch of this kind made by Otis Nixon where he had his entire arm up to the shoulder over the wall, caught the ball and landed back on the field.
Are home run distances measured by where the ball first lands, or where it ends up?
Cubs Fan
03:38, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
In my opinion, the asterisk by Bonds stating "possible steroid use" is absurd, especially if there's nothing by Sosa or McGuire. You say that about anyone on the all-time list. Hell, Babe Ruth wasn't drug tested, why not put an asterisk by his name, "possible drug use"
Darren32 02:12, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
No, I'm not on crack. I read it somewhere that Babe Ruth used to hit infield chops so high, that in two separate ocassions he respectively hit an infield home run and triple. Can any one confirm this?
Shouldn't there be an article for players that have hit more than one home run in a single inning? That's a pretty rare feat in and of itself. Magglio Ordóñez just did it yesterday. -- Kitch ( Talk : Contrib) 15:06, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
One has to wonder what kind of drug that editor was on. I'm thinking a "steriod" would be a drug that allows you to hear everything in hi-fi. Baseball Bugs 03:06, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
The article talks about consecutive Back-to-back (s) by teammates, but doesn't talk about "Back-to-back player", like Reggies's back-to-back-to-back, or consecutive home runs by plate appearances (3), in the '77 World Series. Who has to most of these? Best O Fortuna ( talk) 20:44, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
I don't see any-thing on the record for number of straight games with homers hit (not exactly the same thing as Williams's record, if I read correctly). CNN talks about this: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/14/south-korean-sets-world-record-for-home-runs/?iref=allsearch: "On Friday [, 13 august 2010], Lee [, Dae-ho, of a Korean team] tied the world record for homers in eight straight games shared by Major League Baseball's Ken Griffey Jr., Don Mattingly and Dale Long." The next day, Lee broke the record (Ibid). Kdammers ( talk) 23:47, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
there is no article about this, even though, there are multiple pages that include the term such as ichiro Suzuki, Craig Biggio and record holder Rickey Henderson. I think is very relevant, and should include an explanation and the record list in MLB.-- 201.199.71.26 ( talk) 22:41, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
The chart showing home runs per game over the years also includes a line designated as SB/G. I suppose this is stolen bases, but if it is, it should be explained. In addition, is it relevant? Kdammers ( talk) 05:08, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
I think the home run cycle and other sections are way too long. I'm with some of the above comments that the article is filled with just way too much trivia about MLB achievements. It's almost as if every time someone sees something on Sportscenter or ESPN classic they come running to the various sports pages to add it to an article when not every bit of trivia is encyclopedic. Dancindazed ( talk) 03:47, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
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I think there should be mention of the home run call, as many announcers have a signature call specifically for home runs, and there are of course specific instances such as Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball). I'm just not sure how to do it without it turning into a crufty list to which everyone adds their favourite home run call. -- Jameboy ( talk) 11:15, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Chandler Redmond hit for the home run cycle for an affiliate for the St. Louis Cardinals. 166.182.249.93 ( talk) 13:00, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
Dinger actually redirects here. Try using Dinger (disambiguation). 64.67.252.29 ( talk) 01:28, 25 May 2024 (UTC)