UW-Milwaukee’s Grant Ross didn’t quite get all of a pitch in the bottom of the fifth inning against Central Florida in the NCAA Tournament.
But thanks to a fortuitous bounce, the ball still went over the fence for a home run at Plainsman Park in Auburn, Alabama.
That’s because it bounced off the head of UCF centerfielder DeAmez Ross.
#ForTheMKE Somewhere Jose Canseco is smiling at the Grant Ross home run #CollegeBaseball#Milwaukeepic.twitter.com/gWPpYjQ6pm
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Ouch.
The play was reminiscent of an infamous play in major-league baseball history in 1993, when the same thing happened to Jose Canseco with the Texas Rangers.
Happy Jose Canseco Hard Head Homer Day to those who celebrate! pic.twitter.com/VMVNLS18aZ
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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: UW-Milwaukee’s Grant Ross gets homer thanks to ‘Canseco’ head bounce