djvh@drutx.UUCP (VanHandelDJ) (05/21/85)
> This actually happened. Test: how? > > A man came to the plate and drove in 5 runs with a single swing of the bat. > How did he do this? > > Answer to be posted in 1 week if nobody has got it right by then. > I don't know if this is the same one you heard about, but this happened in a minor league game: The bases were loaded. The batter hit a slow roller to third base. The runner on third ran into the coaches box, and the coach ran to the dugout. It appeared to the fielder that everyone was safe, so he didn't attempt to make a play on any of the runners. Therefore, the player standing inthe coaches box could not be called out for being out of the baseline. Apparently no one in the field noticed this, and the next batter hit a 5-run homer. Dave Van Handel