One of the first things that draw us into the game of baseball as young fans are the moonshot home runs that seem to defy the laws of physics as they soar through the air and create a roar of excitement among fans as they share in the awe of the jaw-dropping feat they just witnessed. That wasn’t the case for this Baltimore Orioles fan.
Growing up, it was watching the smooth turn of a double play, Mike Bordick to Roberto Alomar Jr to Rafael Palmeiro in an effortless chain of events to record two outs in one play, that excited me the most.