You don’t really get advanced info like spray charts for college baseball games, but I’ve never gotten the sense that Richie Palacios is a dead pull hitter. I’ve seen him get plenty of hits up the middle this year and I’m sure the left-handed batter has sent a few to left field, too.
But don’t tell that to the Towson University cameraman at yesterday’s game versus Virginia Commonwealth. Because he definitely thought Palacios pulled the ball, when in fact he was crushing it over the left field wall and causing the poor guy to play a game of “Where’s Waldo” with the baseball.
I don’t know why I find that so funny. Then again, I am a little weird. At least I’m sure that’s what my co-workers think as I’m sitting at my desk giggling.
It’s only 312 feet down the left field line at Schuerholz Park, so that one wouldn’t have gotten out of too many MLB parks. It would have bounced off the wall at Fenway or Minute Maid Park in Houston. Judging from this graphic it probably would have been a homer at Tropicana Field or Yankee Stadium. Still, it’s always good to see a guy hit the ball the other way with authority.
Click to open in a new tab. Or just squint really hard.
Interestingly, Minute Maid Park most closely approximates the dimensions at Shuerholz Park, which is 424 feet to center and 302 feet down the right field line.
