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Schoop hit a three run homer last night and everyone missed it.

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I thought the same thing, but I spoke with a friend who has been to the rogers centre a few times and he said that the 2nd deck is a couple rows beyond the fence. If he is right, then that would be quite impressive to have the ball come back around and hit the wall.

Here is a decent picture that might make things clearer (but its still hard to tell and this is a few years old as Nelson Cruz is still an oriole):

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Rich Mac Major Leaguer

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The flight of the ball clearly changes direction around that second row of bunting. I'm not so sure that it hit the facade though...it may have taken a funny, straight down, glance off of a railing. It even looks like it may have glanced off a railing on the lower set of seats as it was coming down. 

 

When the ball hits the base of the wall it should have bounced back towards the infield with more force if it did this off the fly. Instead, the ball kind of dribbles when it lands there. It clearly struck something higher.

 

I believe that when Abraham Zapruder releases his footage we will have a much clearer view of what really happened.

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Yeah, it must be an optical illusion.   Because it clearly hits the ground almost exactly at the wall.   If it had hit the front of the higher deck and came forward, couldn't have landed so close to the wall on the ground, because that deck is clearly set back a ways.

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18 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Yeah, it must be an optical illusion.   Because it clearly hits the ground almost exactly at the wall.   If it had hit the front of the higher deck and came forward, couldn't have landed so close to the wall on the ground, because that deck is clearly set back a ways.

It isn't set as far back where Schoop's ball hit. His ball hit to the right of that ACER sign, just to the left of the batters eye. Plus a fan reacts in the stands like they are trying to turn away from the ball. 

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