legelegel
06-25-2008, 04:09 AM
I'll start with this one:
A new rule (1926-1931) in major league baseball prompted the placing of two white poles, each 250 feet down the foul lines [at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio]. The new rule made any fair ball which bounced into the stands beyond 250 feet, a home run. Short of the 250 foot markers was a double. The "bounced" home run into the pavilions was a rare occasion, but once it happened twice in the same inning of the same game. In 1927, Paul and Lloyd Waner ("Big Poison" and "Little Poison") both sliced home runs into the left field stands, both on one bounce.
http://www.crosley-field.com/index.html#time
The Waner Brothers were both Hall of Famers from Oklahoma who both played for the Pirates. My Grandfather was their coach one summer many years ago.
A new rule (1926-1931) in major league baseball prompted the placing of two white poles, each 250 feet down the foul lines [at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio]. The new rule made any fair ball which bounced into the stands beyond 250 feet, a home run. Short of the 250 foot markers was a double. The "bounced" home run into the pavilions was a rare occasion, but once it happened twice in the same inning of the same game. In 1927, Paul and Lloyd Waner ("Big Poison" and "Little Poison") both sliced home runs into the left field stands, both on one bounce.
http://www.crosley-field.com/index.html#time
The Waner Brothers were both Hall of Famers from Oklahoma who both played for the Pirates. My Grandfather was their coach one summer many years ago.