The Final Score

I don't know how I missed this, but thankfully FOTFS Brooks Simpson always has his eyes and ears open for the interesting, bizarre stuff from the world of sports.

Here's what happened last Friday: Bengie Molina hits a home run, but they rule it a single. So they pinch run for him. Then the umpires decide to go to instant replay, which shows that it was in fact a homer. But, alas, Molina already was run for, so he gets credit for the HR, but the pinch runner must run the bases for him. (Funny thing is Scott Proctor gave up the homer.)

The Molina brothers not only are good catchers, they always find a way into the record books with home runs. Yadier hit the back-breaking, gut-wrenching go-ahead home run against the Mets in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS. Jose hit the final home run in Yankee Stadium history. And now Bengie has hit one of the most bizarre home runs ever.