College outfielder has Jose Canseco-like blunder as fly ball bounces off his head for improbable home run

Across all sports and each levels, coaches show their players to usage their heads. However, Highland halfway fielder Jake Shields utilized his caput successful a wholly different consciousness and had a Jose Canseco moment.

In Highland’s 8-4 nonaccomplishment to Butler successful nan first crippled of a doubleheader connected Thursday astatine McDonald Stadium successful Kansas, Butler designated hitter Tanay Vyas deed a precocious alert shot to right-center section pinch a runner connected first guidelines pinch 2 outs successful nan bottommost of nan 3rd inning.

Shields ran complete to make nan play, shielding nan sun pinch his mitt and his sunglasses, but wholly misjudged nan ball. Instead of catching nan alert ball, it landed connected his caput and bounced complete nan wall for an improbable home run to make it 3-1.

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Former Oakland Athletics subordinate Jose Canseco speaks to fans arsenic nan Athletics inducted him into nan team's Hall of Fame earlier nan crippled against nan San Francisco Giants successful Oakland, California, connected Aug. 17, 2024. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

Shields’ blunder was reminiscent of Jose Canseco’s infamous outfielder blunder successful 1988. Carlos Martinez, a designated hitter for nan Cleveland Indians, deed a alert shot to nan informing way successful correct field.

Canseco, an outfielder for nan Texas Rangers astatine nan time, ran to nan wall to effort to drawback nan ball, but missed it. The shot deed disconnected his caput and bounced up and complete nan wall for a location run.

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Former Oakland Athletics outfielder Jose Canseco stands connected nan section earlier nan crippled against nan Los Angeles Angels astatine Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum successful Oakland, California, connected July 21, 2024. (Darren Yamashita/USA TODAY Sports)

Shields was good short of nan informing way successful nan outfield erstwhile nan shot deed his head, meaning nan shot bounced astatine slightest 30 feet disconnected his caput and complete nan wall for a two-run location run. The assemblage shot subordinate bent complete and held his head.

"Oh! Right disconnected his forehead," nan announcer said. "Oh my, Jake Shields is going to consciousness that for a agelong time."

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Former Oakland Athletics outfielder Jose Canseco sits successful nan dugout earlier nan crippled against nan San Francisco Giants astatine Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum successful Oakland, California, connected Aug. 17, 2024. (Darren Yamashita/USA TODAY Sports)

The main quality betwixt Shields’ and Canseco’s miscues were really acold nan shot bounced disconnected their heads. Canseco was correct adjacent to nan wall, while Shields wasn’t moreover adjacent nan informing track.

Unfortunately for Highland, Shields’ blunder was nan opening of a reliable four-game bid against nan Butler Grizzlies, arsenic they swept nan series.

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