This season, it’s been hard not to speculate whether the MLB has done something to its baseballs.
For a while, home runs were down — way down — and of course, that meant scoring was down, too. Pitchers couldn’t get a good grip on the ball with a crackdown on substances that help with such an issue. Hitters couldn’t mash the ball the way they wanted to.
If you were a betting person, it probably would’ve been a bit silly to bet on a home run or scoring burst. But hey: Sometimes you have to be bold for glory. One lucky fan, who apparently thought there might be a wave of home runs on Friday, hit the absolute jackpot.
Between 15 different games and all 30 teams, players hit 57 home runs on Friday. You read that right. A big 5-7, tied for the fourth-most on any single day in MLB history:
FIFTY SEVEN homers today! pic.twitter.com/yynp4f86ko
— MLB (@MLB) June 4, 2022
There have now been 57 home runs today, tied for 4th-most on a single day in MLB history, trailing only:
7/2/2002: 62
5/24/2019: 59
8/18/2017: 58— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) June 4, 2022
And because the bettor thought Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo, Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber, Joc Pederson, and Joey Votto would all hit dingers on the same day: That very fortunate fan turned $20,000 into a near-whopping $85,000.
Oh my god https://t.co/r9jZ2DQL3F pic.twitter.com/vzLnp0WHDk
— RASHAD™️ (@CallMeRashad) June 4, 2022
Wow. Talk about striking the exact right chord with a bet. Baseball has a home run day for the ages, and a fan cashes in on incredible dinger after dinger. There are definitely worse ways to spend a Friday.
