Who ran around the bases backwards ,after hitting a Home Run ?

Question

The rule book stated , at that time, when you hit a Home Run you need to touch all the bases. Which this player did, Backwards !

Answer 1

just keep watching, manny may do it someday...but for him, it will just be forgetting which way he was supposed to run.

im pretty sure the guy above me is right about your question though

Answer 2

Jimmy Piersall

Answer 3

Jimmy Piersall, when he was with the Mets. It was off Dallas Green and I think it was his 100th career home run

Answer 4

There is a really funny story behind why Piersall did that. Also on the Mets that year was the former Dodger great Duke Snider. One day Duke, as a Met, hit his 400th career home run. Next day, since Duke was fading, he got a little paragraph on page 2 of the sports page. Piersall thought that was awful. He told Snider, "Hey, I'm coming up on my 100th homer. I'm going to make the front page."

He did. It wasn't nonsense at all. It was baseball glory. Only multi-billionaires and prudes wouldn't like something like that.

Duke said that his all-time hero was Jimmy Piersall.

Answer 5

Jimmy Piersall, when he hit his 100th home run. He ran the bases in proper order, but trotted backwards, looking over his shoulder. MLB was not amused, and soon emended the rules to prohibit such nonsense.

Scroll down just a bit to see Piersall backing into home to score: http://www.ultimatemets.com/profile.php?...

Answer 6

Jimmy Piersall, on the New York Mets, celebrating his 100th career homer. it wasnt much just a pop fly that just landed over the fence. jimmy piersall was known for his jokes. he once squirted an umpire with a water pistol when he got called out and once when he got ejected, he went into the stands and kept arguing. LOL!!!

Answer 7

I don't know, but Alfonso Soriano once started his homer trot backwards