"Homerun" and Talking Heads

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Idiot in the studio declares that physics make it impossible for a ball to pass the fence foul and land on the line.

I can tell you that I have witnessed, as a 3B umpire, a batted ball hit by a RH batter pass over the stands which begin more than 30' off the 3BL come back and just get inside the pole more than once (about a dozen times during a game). And that was with no wind in a minor league ball park. Granted, this was slow pitch, but I doubt "physics" knows the difference between the two. From what I have learned since, it all has to do with bat speed at contact.

In OKC, the wind was blowing out, so with a LH batter, once that ball clears the stands and concourse structures, it is not only possible, but quite probable that the wind caught and affected the flight of the ball.

Amen to that...I've seen batted balls curve on windless days only because of the spin of the pitch and the bat speed at contact. Some of those hits curve better than my golf swings!