Jul
02
2007
Prince Fielder’s Inside the Park Home Run video
Posted by: Richie Rich in MLB Weirdness, Milestone Home Runs, YouTube
Back on June 17, Milwaukee’s Prince Fielder became the heaviest player in Major League Baseball history to hit an Inside-the-Park Home Run.
If you had never before seen a 260-pound player hit an inside-the-park HR, you’re not alone, because it had never happened. According the home-run historian David Vincent, the heaviest player to hit an ITP’er (using official weights) was 19th-century slugger Dave Orr … at 250 pounds
What’s amazing is that it took someone two weeks to post the attached video of Fielder chugging around the bases.
I wonder if the Twins had to inspect the Metrodome for collateral damage after Fielder completed that … sprint.
No he didn’t die either …
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July 2nd, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I still have memories of being at a Twins game at the Dome at the end of their dismal 1990 season, watching the ChiSox catcher Ron Karkovice get an IPHR by getting a hit into the gap between Dan Gladden in left and Johnny Moses in center. It rolled along the wall just long enough for the big guy to get home.
Not sure how he compares with the Prince of Milwaukee, but he was no Ichiro, that’s for sure.
July 3rd, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Fielder posted it himself, it just took him that long to catch his breath.
July 6th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
that big cat can really run around the bases. watch him lose his breath . i dont think i could do that now days ,
July 10th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Should have been a 4 base error, not a HR.
June 20th, 2008 at 9:16 am
no there you cant see the ball against the white ceiling