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[FULL AB] Jake Bauers vs. Blake Snell

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u/IM_KYLE_AMA Atlanta Braves 5h ago

I don’t know the actual stats but I feel like more often than not if you hit a home run-distance ball just foul, you’re almost certain to lose the at-bat. To follow it up with an absolute nuke and a nasty bat flip is just peak.

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u/shartemarte Pittsburgh Pirates 4h ago

Yeah the best example I can think of this is during the division title in 1993 when Henry Rowengartner was pitching to Heddo and he hit a long bomb just foul and then struck him out on the next pitch with a nasty floater

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u/jnightrain Milwaukee Brewers 3h ago

He dealt that floater from his have-to, was a sight to behold 

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u/LEGO_Joel San Francisco Giants 1h ago

Bonds vs Gagne infamous at bat is another example

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u/Hiciao Arizona Diamondbacks 1h ago

I agree that it feels quite rare. After an almost hr that went foul, I assume the guy will strike out on the next pitch.

My favorite will always be the 2023 NLDS where the Dbacks hit 3 homers in a row. Then Gabi Moreno came up, had a great at bat, hit a ball juuuuuuust foul. And then the next pitch was a homer and to the opposite side of the field.