13 Şubat 2013 Çarşamba

Two of the Strangest Home Runs You'll Ever Hear About

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Cap AnsonThey say baseball was a different game in the 19th century -- after all, you just don't see players being chased by horses these days.

But it happened in a game in 1892, when first baseman Cap Anson of the Chicago Cubs (then called the Colts) chased an errant throw from the shortstop into foul territory.

Back then, that's where the groundskeeper's horse, Sam, was kept so he could pull the lawnmower across the field -- and the groundskeeper had left Sam's gate open.

And Sam HATED Cap Anson.

So Anson stopped chasing the ball as Sam started chasing him, according to an outrageous story in Lyons Press' new book, "The Baseball Hall of Shame: The Best of Blooperstown" by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo.

Meanwhile, the guy who hit the ball -- Tom Brown of the Louisville Colonels -- circled the bases and scored.

In a game a year earlier, Anson was on the other side of an equally bizarre home run: He hit a ball into a small gap between what was called "the doghouse" -- a small house that looked like a doghouse, where scoreboard numbers were kept -- and the outfield wall.

Outfielder "Big Ed" Delahanty tried to crawl into the doghouse to get to the ball but... well... Big Ed didn't exactly fit.

Big Ed was literally stuck in the doghouse as Anson circled the field.

"These events are so preposterous they don't seem real," said Nash by email. "But they are! And they happened in Major League games!"

Anson, by the way, went on to have more than 3,000 hits and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.

For more cringe-worthy tales and outrageous baseball moments -- including one involving an ostrich -- check out my new gallery, "The Baseball Hall of Shame, Part II." And don't forget to see part one, which you'll find right here.

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