As far as I can tell, Schmeck pounded a dinger right in Ol' Presidunce ShizzPantz's face.
Now, the keyboard warriors in the stands are telling us how much better they would have done it, or how much more "poised" they'd be under a full rolling Brandon Media artillery barrage.
So, you do you, Doodle!...
To use your analogy he hit his dinger, then denied he hit a dinger, then tried to explain that he really didn't mean to hit a dinger, then tried to sound sorry he hit the dinger, and now is in the middle of his homerun trot.