<P> Modern outfields are much less spacious and more uniformly designed than in the game's early days, therefore inside - the - park home runs are now a rarity . They usually occur when a fast runner hits the ball deep into the outfield and the ball bounces in an unexpected direction away from the nearest outfielder (e.g., off a divot in the grass or off the outfield wall), or an outfielder misjudges the flight of the ball in a way that he cannot quickly recover from the mistake (e.g., by diving and missing). The speed of the runner is crucial as even triples are relatively rare in most modern ballparks . </P> <P> If any defensive play on an inside - the - park home run is labeled an error by the official scorer, a home run is not scored; instead, it is scored as a single, double, or triple, and the batter - runner and any applicable preceding runners are said to have taken all additional bases on error . All runs scored on such a play, however, still count . </P> <P> An example of an unexpected bounce occurred during the 2007 Major League Baseball All - Star Game at AT&T Park in San Francisco on July 10, 2007 . Ichiro Suzuki of the American League team hit a fly ball that caromed off the right - center field wall in the opposite direction from where National League right fielder Ken Griffey, Jr. was expecting it to go . By the time the ball was relayed, Ichiro had already crossed the plate standing up . This was the first inside - the - park home run in All - Star Game history, and led to Suzuki being named the game's Most Valuable Player . </P> <P> Home runs are often characterized by the number of runners on base at the time . A home run hit with the bases empty is seldom called a "one - run homer", but rather a solo home run, solo homer, or "solo shot". With one runner on base, two runs are scored (the baserunner and the batter) and thus the home run is often called a two - run homer or two - run shot . Similarly, a home runs with two runners on base is a three - run homer or three - run shot . </P>

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