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The Rogue Wild Pitch

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Have your expectations ever been completely shattered? Well, that's exactly what happened to me this past Saturday. With my father, I attended the MEAC championship game that featured the Spartans of Norfolk State and the Eagles of North Carolina Central. It was a beautiful day for baseball with temperatures in the high 80s and the atmosphere was palpable. The game was thrilling and a lot better than I'd thought it would be, lasting 11 innings with a walk-off base hit in the 11th by Alsander Womack to win 7-6 for Norfolk State to clinch the MEAC championship and a bid to the NCAA D-1 baseball tournament. Prior to the walk-off, during warm-ups in the bottom of the 11th, pitcher Caleb McRoy took the mound. His first couple of throws looked a little shaky but then he threw the wildest pitch that has ever been thrown. The ball (pictured above) hopped up off the catcher, over a twenty-foot fence, off the press box, and onto the bleachers behind me. I'd never seen anything like a...