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Giants fan who caught and returned Travis Ishikawa's walk-off homer gets World Series tickets
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/fan-who-caught-and-returned-travis-ishikawa-s-walk-off-homer-gets-world-series-tickets-232249131.htmlAfter San Francisco Giants left fielder Travis Ishikawa connected for a historic three-run walk-off home run in the ninth inning of NLCS Game 5, not everybody at AT&T Park knew where the ball ended up. They just knew St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Oscar Taveras didn't catch it, and that meant the Giants were headed back to the World Series for the third time since 2010.
Even Giants pitcher Jake Peavy was unaware as he ran on to the field. As Ishikawa neared third base, Peavy nearly terminated his home run trot with a bear hug because he'd thought the ball ricocheted off the wall for a double.
One person who did know though was long-time Giants fan Frank Burke. That's because he was the lucky fan who caught the ball as it skimmed over the top of the high brick wall in right field, making Ishikawa only the fourth player in MLB history to hit a postseason pennant-clinching home run. ...That makes for a pretty cool story on it's own, but another chapter was added on Friday after Burke told his story on KNBR radio. Shortly after his interview with Gary Radnich, Larry Krueger and Kate Scott, the Giants got in touch with Burke and reconsidered on those World Series tickets. When the series moves to San Francisco for Game 3 on Friday, Burke will have four tickets waiting for him.
Even Giants pitcher Jake Peavy was unaware as he ran on to the field. As Ishikawa neared third base, Peavy nearly terminated his home run trot with a bear hug because he'd thought the ball ricocheted off the wall for a double.
One person who did know though was long-time Giants fan Frank Burke. That's because he was the lucky fan who caught the ball as it skimmed over the top of the high brick wall in right field, making Ishikawa only the fourth player in MLB history to hit a postseason pennant-clinching home run. ...That makes for a pretty cool story on it's own, but another chapter was added on Friday after Burke told his story on KNBR radio. Shortly after his interview with Gary Radnich, Larry Krueger and Kate Scott, the Giants got in touch with Burke and reconsidered on those World Series tickets. When the series moves to San Francisco for Game 3 on Friday, Burke will have four tickets waiting for him.
Good thing it wasn't Game 5!
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