La ma\u00c3\u00b1ana de este 10 de junio de 2010, escrib\u00c3\u00ada algo sobre el inminente Mundial de F\u00c3\u00batbol, cuando mi compa\u00c3\u00b1era de trabajo, Meralys, me pregunt\u00c3\u00b3 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00c2\u00bfSabes qu\u00c3\u00a9 es un jonr\u00c3\u00b3n de piernas? Ven\u00c3\u00ada escuchando las noticias y dijeron que un venezolano hab\u00c3\u00ada bateado uno. Mientras le explicaba la diferencia entre un jonr\u00c3\u00b3n fuera del parque y otro dentro, empec\u00c3\u00a9 a buscar el juego y encontr\u00c3\u00a9 que los DiamondBacks de Arizona hab\u00c3\u00adan derrotado 2-1 a los Bravos de Atlanta con jonr\u00c3\u00b3n dentro del parque de Gerardo Parra. En ese momento revis\u00c3\u00a9 mis archivos mentales en busca de otros venezolanos con ese tipo de conexi\u00c3\u00b3n en Grandes Ligas y solo vi p\u00c3\u00a1ginas vac\u00c3\u00adas. Sin embargo ten\u00c3\u00ada la certeza que hab\u00c3\u00ada alg\u00c3\u00ban venezolano que lo hab\u00c3\u00ada hecho.<\/p>\n
Mientras le\u00c3\u00ada que el jonr\u00c3\u00b3n de Parra se debi\u00c3\u00b3 en parte a que los jardineros Nate McLouth y Jason Heyward hab\u00c3\u00adan chocado mientras persegu\u00c3\u00adan el batazo que solt\u00c3\u00b3 Parra entre right y centerfield, record\u00c3\u00a9 un juego donde Pokey Reese bate\u00c3\u00b3 un jonr\u00c3\u00b3n dentro y otro fuera del parque con los Medias Rojas de Boston. En las notas de ese juego recordaron que Antonio Armas hab\u00c3\u00ada sido el \u00c3\u00baltimo pelotero de Boston en batear los dos tipos de jonr\u00c3\u00b3n en un juego efectuado el 24 de septiembre de 1983.<\/p>\n
McLouth qued\u00c3\u00b3 tendido en el piso mientras Heyward se levant\u00c3\u00b3 y busc\u00c3\u00b3 la pelota en la zona de seguridad para iniciar un relevo que lleg\u00c3\u00b3 tarde al plato. Mark Reynolds corr\u00c3\u00ada en primera por pelotazo de Peter Moylan (qui\u00c3\u00a9n relev\u00c3\u00b3 a Kenshin Kawakami) y pas\u00c3\u00b3 a segunda por sacrificio de Chris Young. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cuando llegu\u00c3\u00a9 a segunda el coach de tercera gritaba, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSigue, sigue\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, dijo Parra.<\/p>\n
Armas le sac\u00c3\u00b3 la pelota del Tiger Stadium a Dan Petry en el primer inning para remolcar a Jim Rice y darle ventaja de 2-0 a los patirrojos ante Detroit. En el octavo Armas larg\u00c3\u00b3 cuadrangular dentro del parque ante el propio Petry para remolcar a Wade Boggs y poner el marcador 5-0.En el cierre del noveno los Tigres amenazaron pero s\u00c3\u00b3lo marcaron 3 carreras. John Tudor se apunt\u00c3\u00b3 la victoria y Bob Stanley el salvado.<\/p>\n
Atlanta hab\u00c3\u00ada tomado la delantera en el inicio del octavo con dobles de Heyward y Brian McCann ante Aaron Heilman (G) que relev\u00c3\u00b3 a Ian Kennedy.<\/p>\n
De inmediato centelle\u00c3\u00b3 en mi memoria un batazo que descarg\u00c3\u00b3 Bob Abreu el 27 de agosto de 2000 para decidir un juego a favor de los Filis de Filadelfia versus San Francisco en Veterans Stadium<\/p>\n
Chad Qualls retir\u00c3\u00b3 el noveno sin dificultad y se apunt\u00c3\u00b3 el salvado. Kennedy lanz\u00c3\u00b3 las primeras 7 entradas en blanco por los cascabeles.<\/p>\n
Los Gigantes picaron adelante con doble de Ram\u00c3\u00b3n Mart\u00c3\u00adnez y sencillo de Doug Mirabelli ante Bruce Chen. Abreu se la desapareci\u00c3\u00b3 a Mark Gardner en el sexto para igualar la pizarra. Y en el cierre del d\u00c3\u00a9cimo se apunt\u00c3\u00b3 jonr\u00c3\u00b3n dentro del parque ante Aaron Fultz (P) para dejar sobre el terreno a los Gigantes. Chen se llev\u00c3\u00b3 el triunfo en trabajo de 8.2 innings. Ed Vosberg se apunt\u00c3\u00b3 el salvado.<\/p>\n
Primero no encontraba venezolanos con jonrones dentro del parque en Grandes Ligas, ahora hab\u00c3\u00ada recordado dos que hab\u00c3\u00adan bateado un dentro y otro fuera del parque en el mismo juego \u00c2\u00bfHabr\u00c3\u00a1 m\u00c3\u00a1s venezolanos que hayan bateado un jonr\u00c3\u00b3n de piernas en Grandes Ligas?<\/p>\n
Al revisar la p\u00c3\u00a1gina web baseball-reference.com encontr\u00c3\u00a9 que otros nueve venezolanos hab\u00c3\u00adan bateado al menos un jonr\u00c3\u00b3n dentro del parque en Grandes Ligas. Luis Aparicio (4: 16-09-1956, 30-07-1958, 24-06-1959, 19-07-1960). Victor Davalillo (30-08-1964). Luis Salazar (08-07-1982). Andr\u00c3\u00a9s Gal\u00c3\u00a1rraga (31-07-1990). Carlos Garc\u00c3\u00ada (16-04-1993). Edgardo Alfonzo (06-05-1995). C\u00c3\u00a9sar Izt\u00c3\u00baris (07-07-2001). Endy Ch\u00c3\u00a1vez (20-06-2003). Carlos Guill\u00c3\u00a9n (31-05-2004).<\/p>\n
English Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n The morning of this June 10th, 2010; I was writing something about the imminent Soccer World Cup, when my coworker Meralys asked me: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Do you know what an inside the park home run is? I was listening to the news in the radio and they told that a venezuelan player had hit one.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n As I explained her the difference between an outside the park homerun and an inside the park one, I started to look for the game in the net and found that the Arizona DiamondBacks had defeated the Atlanta Braves 2-1 with an inside the park homer hit by Gerardo Parra.<\/p>\n At that moment I looked in my mind files for others venezuelans who had hit that kind of connection in MLB but I only saw blank pages. Anyway I knew that some venezuelan had done it.<\/p>\n As I read that Parra\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s home run was due in part to a collision between the outfielders Nate McLouth and Jason Heyward while running to catch the ball hit to the right center field, I recalled a game where Pokey Reese hit a home run outside and another inside the park playing for the Boston Red Sox. In the notes of that game the writers referred that Tony Armas had been the last player of the Red Sox who had accomplished that fact in a game played on September 24th, 1983.<\/p>\n McLouth layed on the grass while Heyward got up and chased the ball in the warning track to begin a relay that didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t arrive on time. Mark Reynold ran on first base because he was hit by Peter Moylan (who relieved Kenshin Kawakami) and advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Chris Young. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When I arrived to second base, the third base coach shouted \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCome on, come on\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, said Parra.<\/p>\n Armas hit the ball outside the Tiger Stadium against Dan Petry in the first frame to bat in Jim Rice and give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead before Detroit. In the eighth inning Armas hit another home run, this one inside the park against the same Petry to plate in Wade Boggs and set the score 5-0. In the bottom of the ninth inning the Tigers threatened but only could score 3 runs. John Tudor got the win and Bob Stanley the save.<\/p>\n Atlanta had scored a run in the top of the eighth inning on doubles by Heyward and Brian McCann before Aaron Heilman (W), who relieved Ian Kennedy.<\/p>\n Immediately it blinked in my mind a ball hit by Bobby Abreu on August 27th , 2000 to give the Philadelphia Phillies the win against the San Francisco Giants in Veteran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Stadium.<\/p>\n Chad Qualls retired the ninth inning to get the save. Kennedy hurled the first seven innings scoreless for the DBacks.<\/p>\n The Giants scored first on Ram\u00c3\u00b3n Mart\u00c3\u00adnez double and Doug Mart\u00c3\u00adnez single against Bruce Chen. Abreu smacked a dinger against Mark Gardner in the sixth inning to tie the score. At the bottom of the tenth inning, Abreu hit a walkoff inside the park homer before the reliever Aaron Fultz to give Philadelphia and pitcher Chen the win 2-1. Ed Vosberg got the save.<\/p>\n At first I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find any venezuelans who had hit homers inside the park in MLB. Now I had recalled two guys who had recorded dingers inside and outside the park in the same game. How many more Venezuelan players would have hit inside the park home runs in MLB?<\/p>\n Researching at the web page baseball-reference.com, I found that at least other nine Venezuelan had inside the park homers in MLB. Luis Aparicio (4: 09-16-1956, 07-30-1958, 06-24-1959, 07-19-1960). Victor Davalillo (08-30-1964). Luis Salazar (07-08-1982). Andr\u00c3\u00a9s Gal\u00c3\u00a1rraga (07-31-1990). Carlos Garc\u00c3\u00ada (04-16-1993). Edgardo Alfonzo (05-06-1995). C\u00c3\u00a9sar Izt\u00c3\u00baris (07-07-2001). Endy Ch\u00c3\u00a1vez (06-20-2003). 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