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Ohiogal

(31,966 posts)
Thu May 28, 2020, 07:57 AM May 2020

Ever seen a behind-the-back homer before?


Baseball and softball are hard enough as they are -- you try to swinging a stick at a ball traveling above the highway speed limit and possibly darting in impossible directions at the drop of a hat. You would think that the ability to, you know, actually see the ball would be pretty helpful. You would definitely think that the ability to swing normally, with the full force of your strength and coordination, would be outright necessary.

Of course, you're not softball maven Renaud Lefort, and so you're beholden to the laws of physics like the rest of us:

https://www.mlb.com/news/softball-renaud-lefort-hits-behind-the-back-home-run?partnerId=zh-20200528-156906-47943&query_id=1026&bt_ee=ENE96uC86bf5M1JPKwwt5SJtlZcwvUOIo%2BPRjaqn%2BQEUCmQXQtyrypktlyOgRmtb&bt_ts=1590665985279
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Ever seen a behind-the-back homer before? (Original Post) Ohiogal May 2020 OP
Stepped out of the batters box underpants May 2020 #1
How about "off the head?" MyOwnPeace May 2020 #2
That was one for the ages! Ohiogal May 2020 #3
So Conseco! empedocles May 2020 #4
Yes it was! MyOwnPeace May 2020 #5
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