2007-04-18 15:04:46 · 12 answers · asked by alegrettt 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Dave Kingman did the hit the ceiling of the Metrodome on May 4, 1984, 180 feet straight up and the ball got stuck in a drainage valve and he got credit for a single.
Other players have hit speakers and gotten the ball wedged there in the old Seattle Kingdome and the Astrodome...heck Mike Schmidt hit one ball 120 feet up and 300 feet out and got a single out of it...but Kingman is the only one to literally hit the ceiling in a domed stadium.
Good question BTW
2007-04-18 15:26:46 · answer #1 · answered by Steve S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mike Schmidt of the Phillies was the first player to hit the cieling of the Astrodome.
There was no ground rule at the time,
After a lot of confusion over how to handle it,The umpires awarded him a single. .
2007-04-19 03:38:31 · answer #2 · answered by TedEx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that people have actually gotten the ball through the holes in the metrodome ceiling. I remember hearing that it was ruled a ground rule double.
On the subject of weird rules, the hanging speakers of the metrodome are considered in-play.
2007-04-18 22:29:00 · answer #3 · answered by walkerwizkids 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am sure it probably is. I have seen balls hit the walkways that are up there so it is probably possible to go a little bit higher and get the actual ceiling too...
2007-04-18 22:07:31 · answer #4 · answered by Red Sox lover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It happened several times back in the old Astrodome.
2007-04-18 22:10:30 · answer #5 · answered by blueyeznj 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, its happened many times. If it hits it, it is still in play, and a catch still counts as an out.
2007-04-18 22:19:36 · answer #6 · answered by yanks4ever3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dave Kingman aka "Kong" did it in the Astrodome
2007-04-21 02:40:33 · answer #7 · answered by Nick T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. I think Papi did it at Tampa Bay one year.
2007-04-18 22:14:10 · answer #8 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is it has happened plenty of times in the metro dome
2007-04-18 22:18:22 · answer #9 · answered by T1W3H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have seen it done before.
2007-04-18 23:02:48 · answer #10 · answered by andy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋