He acquired a cool nickname – “Crash” – which has stuck to this day. To commemorate the 15th anniversary in 2006, he went back to Portland for a Rodney McCray Bobblehead Day, where 2,000 dolls with a swinging fence were given away. He threw out the first pitch. McCray sent one of the figures to Hale, who displays it in his den. The right-field wall was named “McCray Alley,” though the team no longer plays there and the ballpark is a soccer stadium.

McCray enjoys the attention and is tickled that the clip plays every day at the Hall of Fame. “Not too many guys get there, in whatever form,” he says.

– Anthony McCarron, N.Y. Daily News.

Cool feature from McCarron and the Daily News catching up with former Met Rodney McCray on the 20th anniversary of his sprint through the Civic Stadium wall and into baseball blooper-reel history. Click through and read it; it’s got a reasonably happy ending — everyone involved is still healthy and working in baseball, and there’s even a meat-based donation to the United Negro College Fund.

If you’ve somehow forgotten the play, it’s this one: