Another reason some clubs don’t throw the ball into the box is that they don’t think they have the target men to score from them. It’s not clear how much that really matters, given the ...

That's because New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, who had corralled third baseman Jonathan Arauz's off-line throw, fired the ball deep into the stands along Busch Stadium's first base line.

“I feel awful. I know it sounds stupid, but it’s just a bad brain fart. I know throwing the ball into the stands …that robs him of a really special moment, but I feel really bad thinking ...