Giancarlo Stanton hit a homer completely out of AT&T Park during batting practice
It had been a few days since he last homered, and rather than run the risk of the world forgetting his particular ability to transmit baseballs across vast distances of land, Giancarlo Stanton did this during batting practice ahead of Sunday's game against the Giants:
Yes, that's him hitting a baseball out of AT&T Park. Really out of -- as in, a parking attendant ended up tracking down the ball:
This is parking lot attendant Nathan Cox. That is a baseball that Giancarlo Stanton hit out of the ballpark in BP. pic.twitter.com/zhl4R5QnTb
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) April 24, 2016
There must be something about the West Coast that Stanton likes. But as that was just practice, he decided to go ahead and demolish a baseball during the game, too, putting the Marlins ahead with this solo shot in the fourth inning:
Well, that should put any doubts to rest.