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Monday BP: A home run 25 seasons in the making
Even in lost seasons, there are always things to look for. Exciting little moments that reward you for choosing to spend your afternoon with the San Francisco Giants.
On Sunday, in a 4-3 extra-innings loss to the San Diego Padres that cemented a mostly-lifeless sweep, one such moment occurred in the ninth inning.
Heliot Ramos hit a home run into McCovey Cove.
The home run — which tied the game — was Splash Hit No. 105 in this, the 25th year of Oracle Park. And of those 105, it was the first one that was hit by a right-handed hitter.
But Splash Hits are only hits by Giants players. What about the other teams? None of them had ever done it, either.
And, as Kruk and Kuip have been quick to remind us lately, no one had even done it in batting practice (which, while being an absurd stat, also makes sense — per the great Sarah Langs, Ramos’ home run, which came off a 100.2-mph fastball from Robert Suarez, was the fastest pitch that a Giant has hit for a home run since tracking began 16 years ago … a Splash Hit for a righty requires a magical combination from both the pitcher and the hitter).
