Last week in Detroit,
White Sox rookie Daniel Palka skied a ball so high the right fielder—playing
medium deep—lost track of it; so did the TV camera. The ball ended up deep in the right field
stands. Something similar happened
Friday night with the Brewers in town.
Milwaukee right fielder
Domingo Santana, also playing medium deep, froze in the wake of Palka’s swing;
Santana had no idea where the ball was.
Centerfielder Lorenzo Cain had to race over and caught Palka’s fly ball
with his back to the fence.
Palka can’t catch a
ball for the life of him, but he sure can hit ’em. Along with the moon shots, he’s recorded
among the hardest-hit homers of the year—and hardest-hit singles, one exiting
the infield in the vicinity of 110 mph.
I wonder how Palka’s emergence will affect the well-laid rebuild plans
of general manager Rick Hahn and company.
We wouldn’t want
anything to get in the way of things, now would we?
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