CORAL GABLES — More than 4,100 fans’ heads jerked towards the foul pole in left field. Kirby McMullen had just launched a baseball that was hooking closer and closer towards the yellow pole 330 feet away from home plate and the ball was hooking left. Third base umpire Tony Walsh craned his body and next to try and get the best angle before putting a hand in the air and signaling a home run.
McMullen couldn’t round the bases fast enough to get back to his teammates after turning around a fastball and sneaking it inside the left-field foul pole.