Kyle Schwarber delivered a rollercoaster at-bat in Game 2 of the World Series that had Phillies fans losing their minds—twice. With Houston up four and a runner on in the eighth, Schwarber dug in and battled through a tense count full of inside fastballs. He fouled one off high into the sky, then launched the next pitch deep down the right field line. The crowd reacted like it was foul, but the umpire signaled home run. Schwarber rounded the bases, the Phillies dugout celebrated, and fans in bars erupted—only for replay to overturn the call. The ball clearly hooked foul. The homer never happened.
On the very next pitch, Schwarber got another fastball and crushed it again. It looked gone. Fans jumped, bars exploded, a guy even started taking off his jacket mid-celebration. But the ball died at the warning track. Kyle Tucker hauled it in and the crowd collapsed in disbelief. The moment whiplashed viewers from euphoria to heartbreak in seconds. One guy’s friends even went in for a botched chest pat and limp high-five before realizing it was a long out. A few people never saw the catch at all but kept celebrating. It was a snapshot of peak fan energy meeting the cruelty of baseball timing. Two pitches. Two near home runs. Zero runs scored.