Ryan Howard's HR in Tuesday's loss was his only one this year categorized as Opposite Field. http://t.co/R9QKVb1VS9 pic.twitter.com/8ty4ZK9tiU
— tgp schmenkman (@tgpschmenk) August 26, 2015Ryan Howard stands in the batters box, then smashes another one of his team-leading home runs to the opposite field. As he takes a step toward first base, he disappears.
He is instantly blinked into a dew-kissed meadow stretching into the distance, connecting him to a horizon of frolicking celestial bodies. A soft, warm wind tickles the flowering reeds and a ghostly moon bulges overhead.