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"It's definitely a great thing to say, 'I hit an inside-the-park home run,'" Harris said.

Willie Harris's inside-the-park homer and other leftovers Adam Kilgore 2010

This was a compromise that is less appreciated than it ought to be: most power hitters pull the ball (think Ruth or, even better, Ted Williams) so the short foul lines yielded lots of home runs, while the vast space to center in older ballparks like the original configuration of Yankee Stadium or the Polo Grounds allowed for the most exciting, and most rare of all baseball plays: the inside-the-park home run.

Matthew Yglesias » The Amphetamines Era 2010

In my first at-bat, I had an inside-the-park home run to the opposite field.

Archive 2009-07-01 2009

In my first at-bat, I had an inside-the-park home run to the opposite field.

Batting .666 2009

It was hard not to think that way after Beckett gave up a three-run, inside-the-park home run to Robert Andino in the sixth inning Monday.

The 2007 Mets Get Reincarnated Brian Costa 2011

Then again, he considers himself to be more than a lumbering big guy, and he showed that Aug. 18 when he became the first Padres player to hit an inside-the-park home run at Petco Park.

Name to know No. 9: Padres' Kyle Blanks the next big thing 2010

He held the slow-starting Yankees in the game until they woke up with back-to-back home runs—including an inside-the-park shot from Curtis Granderson—and helped boost them to a 3-0 victory on Sunday, their third win in four games over the Twins at Target Field.

Yankees Hot and Cool in All the Right Spots Amelia Rayno 2011

Reuters Curtis Granderson prepares to slide safely around Twins catcher Drew Butera for an inside-the-park home run during the seventh inning of Sunday's game at Target Field in Minneapolis.

Yankees Hot and Cool in All the Right Spots Amelia Rayno 2011

Of course, the crowd couldn't have because it never left the park, bouncing off the scoreboard for his third career inside-the-park home run.

Yankees Hot and Cool in All the Right Spots Amelia Rayno 2011

He yielded an inside-the-park homer in the first inning and then pitched 13 scoreless innings for a 2-1 win.

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