Giants Patrick Bailey Hits Homer Straight Into A Kayak On His Own Bobblehead Day

There are a few things on my sports bucket list that I'd love to do if given the chance. I wouldn't mind taking a spin in the two-seater IndyCar at the Indianapolis 500, it'd be cool to throw an octopus on the ice at a Red Wings game, and I'd like to crank a home run into McCovey Cove.

If the opportunity to do that last one ever comes up, hopefully, I'll get some advanced notice so I can take some cuts in the batting cages ahead of time…

Anyway, a deep home run over the right field bleachers at Oracle Park and into the drink so people with oars can fight over it is awesome.

San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey had never homered into McCovey Cove before Saturday, which just so happened to be Patrick Bailey bobblehead day (I'd like to amend my bucket list and add "having my bobblehead likeness given out to fans").

Well, Patrick Bailey managed to cross both having a bobblehead day and crushing piss missile into McCovey Cove all in one day.

That 2-run shot was one of four hits Bailey had on the afternoon including a pair of doubles.

Heck of a day, but the most impressive part? Well, did you pick up on the fact that the two people in that green kayak were fired up pretty soon after the ball cleared the stadium and was headed for the water?

Well, that's because it plunked straight into their kayak.

So, now we find ourselves with a bit of a controversy: if that ball never touched water, should it count as Bailey's first career splash hit? I mean, splash is in the name and there was no splash to speak of.

 Not only should it count, I think it should count for more. Anyone can hit a ball into a large body of water. But right into the lap of some lady paddling a kayak?

That's significantly harder.

So congratulations to Patrick Bailey for the first kayak/splash hit.