# Contested homerun **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 10, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contested-homerun/86605 "2001-10-10T17:09:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contested-homerun/86605/1 "2001-10-10T17:09:30Z")
The radio said yesterday (10/09) was the 5 yr anniversary, I believe, of a controversial catch where a NY Yankee fan leaned out from the stands to catch a potential Oriole homerun - changing it to a ground-rule double, I think. Can someone confirm the date? It must have been the tail-end of the season, but I don’t remember it that way… - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contested-homerun/86605/2 "2001-10-10T17:14:42Z")
Wasn’t that in the playoffs? ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contested-homerun/86605/3 "2001-10-10T17:21:03Z")
I guess that would make sense. If the Orioles made it to the play-offs, it must have been a fluke. The Orioles usually manage to self-destruct in September - if they can keep from coming unglued prior to that! …Sorry to say ☹ - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contested-homerun/86605/4 "2001-10-10T17:22:59Z")
Yeah, it was game 1 of the 1996 ACLS. Can’t confirm the exact date, though. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contested-homerun/86605/5 "2001-10-10T17:24:23Z")
Erm, ALCS. I have no idea what “ACLS” is. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contested-homerun/86605/6 "2001-10-10T17:37:17Z")
It was October 9, 1996 (Game 1 of the ALCS as stated above) However, you have the story a bit wrong. Derrick Jeter of the Yankees hit a long fly. The Orioles’ Tony Tarasco was camped under it. The ball never got to Tarasco thanks to Yankee fan Jeffery Maier. The umpire probably should have called Jeter out for fan interference, but instead signalled homerun. the Yanks went on to win the game, the ALCS, and the World Series. ---
**Author:** ![jkirkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jkirkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkirkman)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contested-homerun/86605/7 "2001-10-10T17:37:24Z")
here ya go. [http://www.recordernews.com/1996/1010/natsport/angel/angel.html](http://www.recordernews.com/1996/1010/natsport/angel/angel.html) Game 1 ALCS, Yankee stadium. A fan reached over the wall and snatched a long fly ball hit by Jeter bat into the stands. The umpire ruled no fan interference and a home run. Replays showed the ball was likely going to drop into the field of play for an out, and that there positively was fan interference. The home run tied the game, which the Yankees later won in extra innings. The 12-year-old kid who reached into the field of play (Jeff Maier) became the toast of the town since the Yankees won. Appearances on the morning talk shows, etc. etc. The things we teach our kids these days… –jack ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contested-homerun/86605/8 "2001-10-10T17:41:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jkirkman \* > **here ya go…[/B** Thanks, Jack! (and others) for refreshing my memory… I don’t know…must have been a little drunk at the time! I simply wasn’t right! - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![hermn8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/53a042/32.png) [@hermn8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermn8r)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contested-homerun/86605/9 "2001-10-10T20:16:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anamorphic \* > \*\*Erm, ALCS. I have no idea what “ACLS” is. \*\* Way off topic, but “ACLS” sometimes means Advanced Cardiac Life Support in paramedicine circles. It’s required training in Ohio for EMT-P certification. ---
**Author:** ![hermn8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/53a042/32.png) [@hermn8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermn8r)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contested-homerun/86605/10 "2001-10-10T20:22:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anamorphic \* > \*\*Erm, ALCS. I have no idea what “ACLS” is. \*\* Way off topic, but “ACLS” sometimes means Advanced Cardiac Life Support in paramedicine circles. It’s required training in Ohio for EMT-P certification.