[longtermmemmory]

IOW this was pointless.

[stylin19a]

maybe, unless the batter only gets credit for a single but the homer stands.

which I didn't get out the the article, except for the coach's explanation ( which I now think might be the case) here:

She was going to kill me if we sub and take (the home run) away. But at the same time I was concerned for her. I didn’t know what to do,” Knox said.

[Hatteras]

"IOW this was pointless."

The fact that the batter has to even circle the bases after a fence-clearing homerun is pointless.