Haus Of Sports: Caleb Humphreys

Caleb Humphreys is the fan who caught the ball on Mike Moustaks' controversial home run. The reason the home run was controversial was because it appeared that Humphreys reached over the railing and put his glove in between the ball and the wall. The hit was ruled a home run on the field and was later challenged by the Toronto Blue Jays manager, John Gibbons. The television program, Fox Sports One, that was airing the national coverage of the game, quickly cut to replay and showed several angles of the fan catching the ball that didn't look good for the Royals. Eventually the crew chief had heard from the replay official in New York and the hit was ruled a homer despite all of the camera angles that looked like Caleb Humphreys interfered with the ball.
If the call would have been overturned, Mike Moustakas would have likely been put on second base because Jose Bautista, who was playing right field, had no play on the ball so Moustakas would not have been out. Despite the fact that Moustakas would have gotten second base, the game could've changed entirely in a bad way and even worse for Caleb Humphreys. If that were the case Humprheys would've most likely been escorted out of the stadium for interference and would've been the next Steve Bartman, had the Royals lose the game and the American League Championship Series. Bartman, a huge Chicago Cubs fan was in the first row on the 3rd base foul line for game 6 of the 2003 NLCS. The Cubs were leading the series 3-2 and had a 3-0 commanding lead in the 8th inning when a foul ball was flying close to the stands near him, Bartman reached over interfering with the ball and preventing Moisés Alou, the Cubs left fielder, from catching the ball. The Cubs went onto allow 8 runs that inning and lose 8-3, and eventually lose the NLCS the following game to the Florida Marlins. This was the worst natural instinct any sports fan has ever made and it cost Steve Bartman everything, Bartman was escorted out of the game as beer cans, food, etc. were being thrown at him. He was facing death threats, so Bartman went into hiding and has yet to come out ever since. I would hate to think Royals fans would treat someone that way, but its a possibility if Humphreys interference was actually called.