Because there's no more baseball in the 24th century...
that’s it. aliens abducted roger clemens and...
Interesting story.
FWIW, Tito’s aunt & uncle lived only a few blocks away.
I used to buy most of my gas from his aunt. This is the first I’ve heard about this one. {but I’m not doubting anyone’s word}
The obvious explanation is that the ball entered an access gap flux node of the western parabolic curve entry gate of the parallel time space continuum warp of the Bermuda triangle.
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Great story! Thanks for the post!
Pelican was flying above the fog layer... saw the ball fly up and thought it was a fish... pelican catches ball and flies off.
So, no one saw the big seagull?
Because there's no more baseball in the 24th century...
Great story and funny solutions.
The best plausible NATURAL explanation I can come up with is...between the fog and the wind, everyone lost track of the ball and it fell in a spot where *nobody* was looking. It sounds like it was a very moist atmosphere, and if the ball hit some soggy soil, it may have just plopped there without a bounce and not much of a sound. Additionally, fog greatly muffles sound, which is another plausible explanation of why it wasn’t heard.
The idea that everyone looked all over and couldn’t find a baseball anywhere in the vicinity of a ballpark during and immediately after a baseball game is, of course, ridiculous. Unless, that is, we’re supposed to believe that they were only playing with 1 baseball. Obviously, they weren’t since the game continued after the pop-fly “disappeared”. No doubt there were various baseballs in the dugouts, perhaps by gloves on field along the fence/wall, such as where the bullpens might have been.
In light of these facts, again, I think the ball landed in a spot where nobody was looking. All eyes were probably on the fielders chasing the ball, but they were probably in the wrong spot. Well, obviously they were. On a clear day, everyone would be watching the ball as well, but with the fog, NOBODY could see the ball, so the only thing to watch was the fielders. While the players were running around, yelling, it’s quite possible the ball could have fallen harmlessly near a wall, fence, or dugout by a glove or rolled a few feet to such a spot after hitting the ground. I don’t know the field, but maybe it rolled UNDER the stands.
Maybe it hit a bird in mid-air before coming down, making it really go off course from where the fielders were expecting it. Maybe a big bird caught it in the fog and flew away with it.
I can come up with many natural scenarios which could possibly account for the missing baseball. It might seem like a stretch, but I’ll believe that before I believe it was the BT or a ghost.
You want a good baseball trivia question? How about this one...how can a team pull off a triple play WITHOUT EVER TOUCHING THE BALL?
Supposedly this happened in a minor league game a long time ago as well. Might win yourself a bet or 2 with this one, as most will say it’s impossible.
wasted away again in margaritaville
Season 6
"The Unnatural"
I was playing right-center in a softball game once in gusty winds. A guy hit a ball to right. Really undercut it a lot. I took a step back, then started running in. The guy playing second went back on the ball. A huge wind came up and the second baseman stood still, then started running back to the infield. The ball landed on the base path between 1st and 2nd, rolled across the mound, then foul between 3rd and home.
One of the weirder things I’ve seen on a diamond.
The other was at back-to-back diamonds. On one, a guy fouled off a pitch and it went towards the other diamond. There, the pitcher delivered the ball to the plate where the batter hit BOTH balls. One went foul between 3rd and home, the other was popped up in the infield. The ump had to call a no pitch as nobody was sure which ball the batter hit in fair territory
Now what's the airspeed of an unladen swallow? (scratches head)
When a fast ball is popped up, it can deaden/reduce the spin applied by the pitcher. Not so when a curve or slider is popped up because the spin is opposite as it approaches the batter. When this happens, the spin can be greatly increased. It can spin so fast you can hear it as it passes overhead.
Now, suppose we enter a defective ball into the equation. Say, an improperly stitched cover that failed while up above the lights. We should consider the possibility the such a ball could slice out of the field toward the first base side. There are always kids waiting for a “free” practice ball around a ballpark. {I got a lot of them that way} They aren’t going to come forward and say, “Hey! Here’s your ball!”
But like I said, Lots of speculation.
maybe a passing Raven?
This reminds me of the homer in the gloaming. My guess is the ball was a homerun and nobody found it. Ever lose a golfball on the links? Same thing.