The Athletic on Heliot Ramos

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How the Giants' Heliot Ramos went from afterthought to All-Star: "I always believed"

Heliot Ramos, having a long-awaited breakout season, was both the All-Star team's most surprising selection and one of its most obvious.

www.nytimes.com

Some of you might subscribe to them, great article. And they talk about that oops home run he hit:



The high fastball traveled a little deeper than Heliot Ramos had anticipated.

When he made contact, he assumed he’d fouled it back into the screen behind home plate. But when the Giants’ 24-year-old center fielder looked up, he didn’t see anything. He scanned between the foul lines at Atlanta’s Truist Park for a ball in play. That’s when he noticed Braves right fielder Adam Duvall jogging to retrieve the baseball.

After it had clanked off the outfield seats and ricocheted back onto the field.

“He’s mis-hitting home runs,” said Giants teammate Curt Casali, shaking his head. “He’s so strong he doesn’t have to cheat to any ball. He can just shoot fastballs to right field and turn on breaking balls. That’s a good, comforting feeling to have.

“You feel like Superman at the plate. And for the most part, he looks like Superman up there.”