National League Standings, August 17, 1967
METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE AUGUST 17, 1967 GAME:
Jaime Rosa
January 26, 2007
I was only nine years old, but I will always remember this game because of Buddy Harrelson's inside the park HR. Batting left handed, he hit a ball down the right field line and Al Luplow, thinking it to be a foul ball, never took off after the ball. By the time he got to the ball Buddy had scored. There was quite an argument.
Mets Forever
May 30, 2013
This is my first Met memory ay age 6. Black and white television on WOR channel 9 at Forbes Field. Why Pittsburgh's right fielder assumed it was foul is beyond me? Buddy just circled the bases. Above comment is how I remember it also. Quite an ARGUMENT.
The Big H
January 15, 2024
Not quite a game memory...As a kid we were on vacation "away from it all". Back in civilization, I was surprised to see that Bud Harrelson had hit a home run. Eventually I read how he hit it!
The recently traded ex Met Al Luplow argued with the ump about fair or foul as Bud Harrelson ran around the bases. In today's game Harrelson would probably be credited with a double and "fielders indifference" for the other two bases. Al Luplow may very well be the inventor of fielders indifference.
Anyway the game was played in 1967 so it is a home run forever!
Metsmind
January 15, 2024
I was only 9 but I recall being ECSTATIC when Buddy circled the bases. I seem to recall that not only didn't Luplow chase the ball, it rolled under the Pirates bullpens bench down the RF line amongst the discarded dixie cups underneath there.
NYB Buff
January 27, 2024
The Big H, I don't know where you're coming from because there is no such thing as "fielder's indifference." Perhaps you're getting that confused with defensive indifference, which is a ruling on runners not being credited with stolen bases in the late innings of lopsided games.
I was too young to be interested in baseball at the time of this game and didn't see what happened on Bud Harrelson's inside-the-park homer. But if Al Luplow never touched the ball and just assumed it was foul, it would not be ruled as anything specific even by today's official scoring standards. Harrelson would still be credited with a home run now.
Also, I can't agree with Jaime Rosa that Harrelson hit the homer as a left-handed batter. It came against left-handed pitcher Juan Pizarro, which means that Bud had to be hitting from the right-handed side of the plate.
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