Former Met Rodney McCray is being honored with his own bobblehead for one of baseball’s most memorable moments, when he ran through a fence in a minor league game in Portland Oregon in 1991. McCray understands his unique place in the game’s history:
“I’m honored and tickled to death,” McCray was quoted as saying on the Beavers’ Web site. “I never get tired of talking about [the crash]. It’s kind of like the skier who epitomizes the ‘agony of defeat’ — I’m the guy who crashed through the wall. Usually, it’s the big-league superstars who get their own bobblehead, so I’m very excited.”
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“I might not be a Hall-of-Fame player, but I made it to the Hall of Fame with a film clip,” McCray said. “Not too many guys can say they’re in the Hall of Fame, some way, some form. It’s still pretty cool.”
Indeed.
But did he actually catch the ball or not?