Fan strips, jumps into Allegheny for foul ball
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What would you do for a Gregory Polanco foul ball? How about take a little swim in the Allegheny River?
That's what a fan outside PNC Park during the Pirates' game against Cleveland did Tuesday, jumping into the waterway outside the ballpark to retrieve a long foul ball Polanco slugged down the right-field line.
The ball was hit during Polanco's second-inning plate appearance against Cleveland right-hander Carlos Carrasco. Polanco, who entered play Tuesday hitting .083, could have used the homer had it stayed fair, but he's no stranger to slugging dingers into the Allegheny.
At least one guy got what he obviously wanted very much -- that fan has a great story to tell every time someone asks him where he got that baseball.