Ryan Braun's Inside-The-Park-Home Run Fail: Brewers All-Star Falls While Rounding Third (VIDEO)

If an inside-the-park-home run is considered one of the rarest and most exciting plays in baseball, we guess that tripping after rounding third on your way to an inside-the-park-home run has to be much rarer.

Brewers All-Star Ryan Braun pulled off just this feat Wednesday night as Milwaukee played against St. Louis in a match-up of the top teams in the NL Central. In the bottom of the third inning Braun got a hold of a Jake Westbrook offering and drilled it to left center. The ball bounced around the outfield and it appeared that Braun had a free path to a "quadruple." Unfortunately for Brewers fans however, just as the throw made its way to the cut-off man, Braun took a spill on the third base path and was subsequently tagged out.

Braun received a standing ovation from the Milwaukee fans in attendance, including Reggie Miller, who appeared to be in disbelief over the play. We're not sure if Mr. Clutch ever pulled such a blunder during his career.

But cementing that this was a truly strange night in baseball, in the top half of the next inning Cardinals pitcher Jake Westbrook hit his first career grand slam--and his first career home run for that matter. The Cardinals went on to win 8-3.

Both plays were certainly unique, and Braun's spill will forever give Brewers fans the chance to say, "I remember the time when..." whenever they see another inside-the-park-home run from this day forward.

WATCH: (Video courtesy of SportsGrid)

Comments

[NerdyStudent]

12:56 AM on 09/02/2011

SWEEEEEEEEEEEP!

[blueyesinbhead]

03:37 PM on 09/02/2011

don't get too excited

[Topdown1]

11:58 PM on 09/01/2011

In 1995 The Phillies had a player hit for the cycle and later the pitcher hit a grand slam. Bet that never happened in the same game before. It might be 200 years before it happens again

[yemars14]

11:43 PM on 09/01/2011

Immortality. Phase one complete.

[PaulInMiami]

11:38 PM on 09/01/2011

Thanks for the interesting read. Journalism, however, should demand a high standard of proof-reading: no run-on sentences nor "it's" for "its." Good read, though.

[bluesfankac]

11:12 PM on 09/01/2011

Great effort! The fans were awesome...way to pick up a player when he's down, literally....so nice to see that there is still good in the world:)

[Topdown1]

11:56 PM on 09/01/2011

Maybe that's why they have such a great record @ home.

[jeyseptember]

10:42 PM on 09/01/2011

So many have scored a home run in a baseball game so there have to be some where some people do trip.

[James Roseman]

09:50 PM on 09/01/2011

See baseball has great fans. Too bad i cant say the same for football.

[Samantha Dyson]

11:23 PM on 09/01/2011

Touche sir!

[jilbait]

09:19 PM on 09/01/2011

Bummer! Glad the fans cheered!

[ryanstlmo]

09:11 PM on 09/01/2011

Who gives a sh@t about Braun falling! The real story here is, Westbrook hit a GRAND SALAMI, Pujols hits a GRAND SALAMI and to finish it off Holliday gets his 200 home run!! Oh........ the CARDS swept the brewers too.

[alycemd]

10:19 PM on 09/01/2011

I'm a diehard Cardinal's fan, too! But it was nice to watch!

[HorsemanM1]

09:10 PM on 09/01/2011

I am sure the money will EASE HIS PAIN ! pluease

[Tina Worden]

08:59 PM on 09/01/2011

Really??? He's human, and not allowed to make a mistake? He'll be teased by his teammates. That's a given. Guys live for this stuff.....all in good fun.

[dolphins1441]

07:51 PM on 09/01/2011

Spare me!. It can happen when you play MLB. I thought he was picking his nose or was scratching his balls.

[tmdjr]

06:52 PM on 09/01/2011

I saw the late, great Mickey Mantle hit an inside the park homerun in the original Yankee Stadium.

[mccarthy121]

07:52 PM on 09/01/2011

You're my hero, Mikey is my favorite Yankee. I am glad to say that i was at their first game in the new Yankee stadium.

[glad2bRight]

06:40 PM on 09/01/2011

Too funny. People falling always gets a laugh. Saying for life "don't trip rounding third".

[Nic the wonder puppy]

02:14 PM on 09/01/2011

Hats off to the Brewers, no one pick them