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Lou Gehrig never jumped over a catcher, vaulted over a first baseman or proposed at Pullman Park

It was a strange night at Pullman Park.

There were high-speed fielder collisions, players jumping over catchers, base runners flipping over first basemen, and an odd marriage proposal.

Oh, and some good baseball, too.

The National Club Baseball Association Division II World Series championship game, pitting the University of Kentucky against Coastal Carolina, was held at the historic Butler park Tuesday night, and it was one of the strangest Pullman has seen since it was constructed in 1934.

Some of the wacky observations from a night spent at Pullman:

-- I’ve seen two fielders collide in the outfield on a shallow blooper; Rarely have I seen three. But that’s what happened in the first inning when a trio of Coastal Carolina players had an impromptu meeting while chasing a pop fly.

No one was injured, but some insurance premiums are likely to go up.

-- Kentucky leadoff hitter A.J. Shriver, knowing baseball won’t last forever, was apparently auditioning for the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team when he vaulted over Coastal Carolina first baseman Dallas Gant in the second inning.

He stuck the landing (on his back), but the French judge still only gave him a 5.

-- Not to be outdone, Coastal Carolina’s Nick Bernardo tried to leap over Kentucky catcher Troy Mayer in the fourth inning. He was tagged out, but got a 5.5 from the French judge because of the level of difficulty.

-- Coastal Carolina’s nickname is the Chantieleers, which, according to Wikipedia, is an odd-looking rooster. When spoken by the public address announcer at Pullman, it sounded more like Chandeliers.

-- NCBA statistician Peggy Lallis spent approximately 35 hours spanning 14 games in the Pullman Park press box.

In fact, the booth in which she spent all of that time over the four-day tournament has become known as the “Peggy Booth.”

-- There was a strange wedding proposal in the fifth inning.

Just like at PNC Park, a fan had the choice between a hat or the contents of a magic box.

A Kentucky fan chose the magic box. Good choice. His girlfriend’s hand in marriage was the prize. Her acceptance of his previous proposal — apparently she didn’t say yes on the spot — was scribbled on the inside lid of the magic box.

Good thing he didn’t take the hat. He got the hat anyway.

By the way, Kentucky won the championship, 3-2.

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