THE PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT BASEBALL -- AND HOW TO SNAG ONE AT A MAJOR LEAGUE GAME
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Home
runs I've snagged during games
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| DATE: | STADIUM: | PITCHER: | BATTER: |
CAREER
HR #: |
CAUGHT
ON FLY? |
| May 18, 1992 | Yankee (old) | Chuck Finley | Mike
Stanley |
17 |
no |
| June 6, 2001 | Yankee | Ted Lilly | Mike
Bordick |
76 |
yes |
| August 16, 2006 | PETCO | Chan Ho Park | 724 |
yes
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| May 23, 2008 | Yankee | Erik Bedard | 8 |
yes |
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| July 28, 2008 | Yankee | Mike Mussina | 158 |
yes |
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| September 16, 2008 | Yankee | Gavin Floyd | 395 |
yes |
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| September 17, 2008 | Yankee | Scott Linebrink | 181 |
yes |
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| September 28, 2008 | Shea | Scott Olsen | 263 |
yes |
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| September 15, 2009 | Camden | Brian Shouse | 73 |
no |
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| September 28, 2009 | Yankee (new) | Luke Hochevar | 87 |
no |
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| May 13, 2010 | Camden | Kevin Millwood | 2 |
no |
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| May 13, 2010 | Camden | Brandon League | 105 |
yes |
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| June 28, 2010 | Hiram Bithorn | Ryota Igarashi | 2 |
yes |
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| April 6, 2011 | Camden | Brad Bergesen | 13 |
no |
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| April 21, 2011 | Citi | J.A. Happ | 1 |
yes |
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| July 24, 2011 | Camden | Mark Worrell | 1 |
yes |
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| May 8, 2012 | Yankee | James Shields | 256 |
no |
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| July 30, 2012 | Yankee | Miguel Gonzalez | Raul Ibanez |
266 |
yes |
| August 27, 2012 | Yankee | Casey Janssen | 254 |
yes |
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| September 7, 2012 | Citi | Jenrry Mejia | 208 |
yes |
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| September 11, 2012 | Citi | R.A. Dickey | 9 |
yes |
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| September 25, 2012 | Citi | Jon Rauch | 85 |
yes |
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| April 18, 2013 | Yankee | Phil Hughes | 1 |
no |
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| April 18, 2013 | Yankee | J.J. Putz | 7 |
yes |
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| 24 home runs | 7 stadiums | 24 pitchers | 23 hitters |
Yay, homers! | 17 on the fly |
Bonus section -- additional game home run balls that were thrown to me:
| DATE: | STADIUM: | PITCHER: | BATTER: |
CAREER
HR #: |
THROWN BY: |
| May 19, 1992 | Yankee (old) | Bert Blyleven | Mel Hall |
125 |
Von Hayes |
| August 10, 2011 | Camden | Jason Frasor | Nolan Reimold |
25 |
Rudy Arias |
| September 10, 2011 | Comerica | Max Scherzer | Joe Mauer |
84 |
security guard |
| September 12, 2011 | Great American | Carlos Fisher | Starlin Castro |
12 |
Sam LeCure |
| May 21, 2012 | Marlins | Mark Buehrle | Troy Tulowitzki |
127 |
Heath Bell |
| 5 home runs | 5 stadiums | 5 pitchers | 5 hitters |
Yay, homers! | Ooh yeah. |