03-12-2021, 06:49 PM
(03-12-2021, 01:44 PM)Phogge Wrote: The homer hitter must have passed up a baserunner like Adcock did in Haddix perfect game. I guess Johnny Mize.
If a home run hitter passes a baserunner it's no longer a home run.
The play that is the subject of the question is one of the strangest in MLB history. Bengie Molina hit a ball that was ruled in play and he held at first base. He was then replaced by a pinch runner, but the umpires did a video review and ruled that the ball was actually a home run. However, they ruled that the pinch runner substitution could not be undone, so the pinch runner circled the bases and was credited with a run scored. Molina was still credited with a home run but not with a run scored, the only time that has happened in history I believe. I don't remember it, but there have been numerous articles written about this unusual sequence over the years.
