Adam LaRoche Makes Baseball History
14th May, 2009 - 1:56 am
Canadian Press - Adam LaRoche became the first player to have a home run taken away by video replay.

LaRoche's flyball struck either a railing or small protective screen above the 21-foot wall in right field.

"If I could have bet the day this started, I would have put a lot of money on myself to be the first," LaRoche said after his first-inning drive to right field went from a homer to a double in a couple of minutes. "That's kind of the way it goes. I can laugh those things off now, but if there's a couple of guys on and we lose by one, it's huge." [READ]

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