Sports Illustrated Weekly

A Drive Deep into Left Field

What are the odds of catching a foul ball at a game, or being dealt a Royal flush in poker, or even being struck by lightning? Some things are rarer than others, and on this episode SI Senior Writer <a data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://twitter.com/jon_wertheim" href="https://twitter.com/jon_wertheim">Jon Wertheim</a> tells the unlikely tale of how Phillies OF Nick Castellanos became a meme by hitting oddly and hilariously-timed home runs again and again and again. Follow <a data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://twitter.com/Podcasts_SI" href="https://twitter.com/Podcasts_SI">@podcasts_si</a> | <a data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://twitter.com/JohnGonzalez" href="https://twitter.com/JohnGonzalez">@JohnGonzalez</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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