CHICAGO — Kyle Schwarber's famed home run ball is going to stay on top of the Wrigley Field video board in right field for a while longer.
The ball ended up on top of the new video board after the Cubs outfielder's massive home run Tuesday night, and it was still there Wednesday. Cubs spokesman Julian Green confirmed it was Schwarber's home run ball and said it will stay up there with a plexiglass case for the rest of the postseason.
Schwarber says he even called the shot earlier in the inning when talking to centerfielder Dexter Fowler during a pitching change.
A reminder of @kschwarb12's impressive power remains on display. http://t.co/7NtOC13otH pic.twitter.com/gRmdlwU6oT
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) October 14, 2015
"Yeah. We were out in centerfield and Joe [Maddon] was making a pitching change," Schwarber said. "I was just joking around and said: ‘I’m going to hit a home run off this guy.’ He's like, 'Do it.' And there you go.”
The Cubs beat the Cardinals 6-4 in Game Four on Tuesday, making it the first time in history the Cubs clinched a series at Wrigley Field. They'll now face either the Mets or Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.
(Trying to figure out what all the fuss is about? Read DNAinfo's guide to the Cubs' season for fair-weather fans.)
Back from the Cubs Game. We let the @cubs & @kschwarb12 know that we found Schwarber's home run ball. #FlyTheW pic.twitter.com/uqbhucWW1k
— Tom Comings (@Comings) October 14, 2015
Of course, some people have other ideas about where the ball may have ended up:
Schwarber's home run hits an astronaut.... https://t.co/sp1FpkFwvn
— Marcus Leshock (@marcusleshock) October 14, 2015That was probably Kyle Schwarber's home run you saw. https://t.co/12P8oTgafy
— dru. (@LittleBabyDru) October 8, 2015Kyle Schwarber's home run just went through my window
— Pat Taylor (@CoachTaylor_OL) October 8, 2015.@kschwarb12's home run just landed... in Oakland. @Cubs @MLB https://t.co/62SVMxsQ9H
— Oakland Athletics (@Athletics) October 13, 2015Here is the projected landing spot of that Kyle Schwarber home run: pic.twitter.com/zIiD2AUmJS
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