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The Orioles’ Austin Hays blasted an HR ball that bizarrely got stuck in the Athletics’ foul pole

“He LITERALLY stuck it into the foul pole!”

Any true fan of the sport knows that baseball is a weird game often dictated by random chance. And as we learned during the Baltimore Orioles and Oakland Athletics’ matchup on Saturday, it’s also bound to show us things we’ve (probably) never seen before.

At the top of the fourth inning, Baltimore’s Austin Hays blasted a monster of a home run into left field. It hit the foul pole. The story does not stop here. As Hays began rounding the bases, the ball was actually stuck in the fencing of the foul pole. A fan sitting nearby would eventually retrieve the ball.

In all my years of watching this silly sport, I can’t say I’ve ever seen something so bizarre, as this video from NBC Sports California shows:

The Orioles — who lead the American League standings – wound up casually pummeling the Athletics with a final score of 7-2. And Hays gave us a weird baseball memory from a tune-up for one of baseball’s best teams.