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4. He jumped up to get the ball, and his MOMENTUM took him over the fence

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He made the catch BEFORE the ball cleared the field of play -- in the umpire's view, at least.

I remember a Mets game in which Mookie Wilson hit a deep drive that hit off the top of the leaping outfielder's glove, then went over the wall. A ground-rule double, normally, though Mookie had ended up on third base. But instead of sending Mookie back to second base, the umpire signaled for him to cross home plate. Why? Because in the umpire's opinion, the ball would have bounced off the top of the wall if the outfielder hadn't touched it, and Mookie's speed was such that he would have scored: he was credited with an inside-the-park home run.


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