{"id":475186,"date":"2025-07-15T09:56:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/a-ball-boy-steals-a-home-run-from-caminero-in-the-2025-derby-final\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T09:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:56:30","slug":"a-ball-boy-steals-a-home-run-from-caminero-in-the-2025-derby-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/sports\/baseball\/a-ball-boy-steals-a-home-run-from-caminero-in-the-2025-derby-final\/","title":{"rendered":"A ball boy &#8220;steals&#8221; a home run from Caminero in the 2025 Derby final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ATLANTA \u2013<\/strong> On a night filled with emotions, historic home runs, and viral moments, one of the most talked-about moments of the <strong>T-Mobile Home Run Derby 2025<\/strong> was not starred by a superstar\u2026 but by a ball boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/cal-raleigh-derrota-a-junior-caminero-y-se-corona-campeon-del-hr-derby-2025-en-atlanta\/#google_vignette\">Cal Raleigh defeats Junior Caminero and is crowned HR Derby champion 2025 in Atlanta<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nDuring the <strong>final round of the Home Run Derby<\/strong> at <strong>Truist Park<\/strong>, Dominican <strong>Junior Caminero<\/strong>, third baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays, watched as one of his hits headed with power beyond the fence, until, suddenly, <strong>a young hand rose and caught the ball in mid-air<\/strong>.\n\nA robbery? Technically yes. But luckily for Caminero, <strong>the officials determined that the ball had already crossed the home run line<\/strong>, so the play did not affect the official count. What did remain was an unforgettable anecdote.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A KID JUST ROBBED JUNIOR CAMINERO&#39;s HOME RUN IN THE FINAL ROUND <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/znFWAO9af9\">pic.twitter.com\/znFWAO9af9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Sports Place (@offsportsplace) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/offsportsplace\/status\/1944951341631091109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n&#8220;<strong>Things happen<\/strong>,&#8221; Caminero said with a laugh after the Derby. &#8220;He was enjoying it too. He did something he thought was funny and it was fine.&#8221;\n\n\n<p>The young protagonist of the caught ball was identified by <em>The Athletic<\/em> as <strong>Sam Musterer<\/strong>, a 17-year-old boy, son of an official scorer for the Braves. According to his explanation, he didn&#8217;t know exactly where he was standing in relation to the fence. \u201c<strong>I just reached out and grabbed it<\/strong>\u201d, he recounted naturally.<\/p>\n\n\nThe moment, recorded from different angles, quickly went viral and recalled a similar play that occurred in 1985, when Ryne Sandberg lost a home run after a similar catch in a previous event of the Derby.\n\nThe Mariners&#8217; catcher <strong>Cal Raleigh<\/strong>, who ultimately became the champion of the event, didn&#8217;t miss the opportunity to joke: \u201c<strong>I paid him<\/strong>\u201d, he said with laughter referring to Sam.\n\nDespite the incident, Caminero had an outstanding performance and reached the final round of the Derby, where he fell <strong>18-15 against Raleigh<\/strong>, on a night full of spectacle and good humor.\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATLANTA \u2013 On a night filled with emotions, historic home runs, and viral moments, one of the most talked-about moments of the T-Mobile Home Run Derby 2025 was not starred by a superstar\u2026 but by a ball boy. 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