OT-Baseball knowledge helpful

[von Baur]

So I had the ballgame on last night...not "watching" it, more for background noise. The analysts were talking about crappy minor-league parks they'd played at during their careers. One of them said he played at a park that was right next to a pig farm. One day a ball hit into the outfield rolled through the fence and into the farm and was eaten by a pig (I'm not making this up, he said it). But what was really strange about it was that instead of being called a ground-rule double they awarded the batter an inside-the-pork home run (not a typo).  

[CowboyTodd41]

I can totally see an ump in AA ball awarding someone an "inside the pork" homerun. Minor league games are fun just for the weird promos and stuff they come up with. 

[Typhoon]

Speaking of strange things happening in a ballpark, I was the base umpire when a large rat came out on the field from under the dugout. It meandered slowly to the backstop where it disappeared down a hole. The whole park was mesmerized and no one said anything. I went to the plate umpire and told him that he should try and keep the coaches in the dugout instead of letting them roam about on the field. It took him about 5 mins to compose himself and get the game started again.

 

Tony