So, does "to pole" mean to hit a ball over the fence barely fair (and possibly off the pole), or is it carried over from rounders which uses posts as the safe haven? I suppose it could even mean "struck" since a bat is more or less a modified pole. Maybe it's option number four: none of the above.
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Originally Posted by Lucas00
Oh yea I almost forgot, SHOELESS JOE JACKSON hit 2 homers himself! Joe never hit 2 in one game during his whole career and most of them were inside the park. So two "Pole" shots vs fellow Sox players is pretty damn cool in my opinion.
The day book. March 30, 1916 Chicago Ill.
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