NCAA baseball tournament: Grant Ross smashes a ‘Jose Canseco’ home run

Just a few days ago, baseball fans celebrated the 33rd anniversary of one of MLB’s most bizarre moments. The day that Jose Canseco tried to catch a fly ball, only to see it ricochet off his head and over the wall for a home run.

Thankfully, Saturday night’s game between Milwaukee and UCF in NCAA baseball regional action gave you an updated version.

Grant Ross for Milwaukee came to the plate in the bottom of the fifth with two outs and the bases empty. Ross lofted a fly ball to straight-away center field, where UCF outfielder DeAmez Ross tried to make the catch at the wall.

Instead, the ball deflected off his glove, and then his head, before carooming over the wall for a home run:

Here is a longer clip, that includes a few replays of the moment at the wall:

The home run staked the upstart Panthers to a 10-1 lead, just one day after the Horizon League champions knocked off Auburn, the fourth-overall seed in the NCAA baseball tournament.

While UCF has closed the gap — the score is currently 10-6 in the bottom of the seventh inning at the time of publication — this play might live on in Milwaukee lore, no matter how the game ends.