There aren't any unwritten rules about this one, right?
Speed demon Billy Hamilton — who somewhat surprisingly had never hit an inside-the-park home run throughout his nine-year career entering Tuesday night — has been on a little bit of a power surge lately, hitting two home runs against the Orioles in the White Sox last series. However, both of those cleared the fence, and even in those situations, we got to witness Hamilton's trademark wheels as he rounded the bases and opted not to admire his sudden ability to hit the long ball.
Against Cleveland ace Shane Bieber, however, it was a different story. With a 1-0 count in the top of the second and the Indians having taken an early lead, Hamilton had a two-out opportunity to drive in some much-needed runs, and boy did he (and the dropped relay from catcher Austin Hedges) come through.
It must have been nice for Hamilton, who had discussed what may have been a missed opportunity for an inside-the-parker back in 2017 and said that he'd "get one one of these days." But wait... it appears that it was not, in fact, an inside-the-park home run. Instead, the official ruling was a double followed by an error by Hedges. Oh well.
The only other inside-the-park home run he'd been a part of, at least that comes to mind, was perhaps the worst possible play for Hamilton, considering he was playing defense and was injured as part of the freak occurrence.
But this time around, although Hamilton ended up belly-down and with his head in his hands once again, it was out of pure happiness.
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