Great American Ball Park, the home of the Cincinnati
Reds, is located on the north bank of the Ohio River in Cincinnati. On August 10, 2004, Adam Dunn, playing
for the Cincinnati Reds, became the only player in MLB history to hit a
home run into another state. Dunn batting against Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher
Jose Lima, hit a 3-2 pitch over the center-field wall. The ball bounced off
Mehring Way and landed on a piece of driftwood on the banks of the Oho River.
As the northern border of Kentucky is the low-water mark
on the Ohio and Indiana shore as it was when Kentucky became a state in 1792,
this means that Adam Dunn’s homerun
left the state of Ohio and came to rest in Kentucky.
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