Though it was 33 years ago, the scene remains as vivid as if it were yesterday.
Zack Baur was determined to get a baseball.
Standing alongside the stadium’s left-field foul pole before a Padres game against Cincinnati, Baur watched Reds star Eric Davis step to the plate for a few batting practice swings.
Davis stroked a couple of balls to center field, then sent a pitch deep to left field ... going, going, gone.
Baur never took his eyes off the ball.
But it was hit too deep, carrying over his head where it bounced off a Plaza level seat and into the waiting hands of another fan.