By this point, I’m sure most of you have seen video of Ryan Howard’s moon shot grand slam from Saturday night. If not, here it is:
(Had to replace the original video because MLB Advanced Media was on the prowl through YouTube and took down a ton of videos, plus, this one is just way too funny not to use.)
That was an absolute blast. He also hit one to that section a few years ago off of the Yankees’ Mike Mussina, but that one landed a few seats over. I was at that Yankees game, and the noise off the bat could be heard throughout the Bank.
As Larry Shenk points out, the Phillies used to mark Mike Schmidt’s upper deck HRs with a white “S” and Greg Luzinski’s with a bull ring.
That brings up the question, what should the team do to mark Howard’s titanic shots? They marked Howard’s shot off Mussina with a white “H,” similar to how they did with Schmidt. There’s got to be a better way to do that for Howard.
My suggestion? Paint the seats that Howard hits red. That will be a subtle but noticeable recognition.
What do you guys think?
-KK
