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The odds of hitting a grand slam - A Hunt and Peck

Earlier this week was the nineteenth anniversary of perhaps the most unlikely occurrence in baseball. On April 23, 1999 Fernando Tatis stepped up to the plate against the Dodger’s Chan Ho Park with the bases loaded. According the video, here were his stats with the bases loaded prior to that at bat:

With the Cardinals trailing 0-2, Tatis proceeded to crank a 2-0 Park fastball deep into the Los Angeles night where it landed in the leftfield corner. The Birdos scored their first four runs of the game.