August 9th, 2020 at 12:00 pm 
by Ron Cervenka Every Dodger fan worth their salt knows that the greatest home run in Dodgers history was Kirk Gibson‘s “improbable/impossible” walk-off home run in Game-1 of the 1988 World Series.
(Click on image to view video – Video courtesy of MLB.com)
But what about the second greatest home run in Dodgers history?
There have certainly been many enormously huge home runs it the franchise’s 137-year history, but it’s hard to argue that Justin Turner‘s three-run walk-off home run in Game-2 of the 2017 NLCS against the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium on October 15, 2017 – 29 years to the day after the Gibson’s historic home run – isn’t the second-biggest home run in franchise history.
The guy who caught Turner’s home run ball that night was (then) 54-year-old Keith Hupp, a lifelong Dodger fan and retired captain from the South Gate Police Department. And though the image of Hupp’s catch of the Turner ball is certainly not tattooed into our memory banks like the famous taillights of the Gibson home run, chances are exceptionally good that (again) every Dodger fan worth their salt has seen the video of Hupp’s great catch.
(Click on image to view video – Video courtesy of MLB.com)
Well guess who’s back at Dodger Stadium? Yep, a (now) 57-year-old Keith Hupp … sort of.
During Saturday night’s AM 570 radio broadcast of the Dodgers vs. Giants game at Dodger Stadium, former Dodger great (and American flag-saving hero) Rick Monday noticed a group of (about) 20 Dodger fans high atop the hill in straightaway center field a good 2,500 feet from home plate with a large sign that read: ‘Hit It Here JT’ with a red circle and slash through the San Francisco Giants logo.
(Drone photo courtesy of Keith Hupp)
(Photo credit – Keith Hupp)
As for Turner, he has gotten off to a bit of a slow start to the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season. In fact, heading into Saturday’s contest against ‘The Hated Ones,’ he was hitting an un-Turner-like .245 (13-for-52) with zero home runs.
Not any more.
Although it is unlikely that Turner could see Hupp’s sign (or even knew it was there), he almost ‘Hit it [There]’ – Okay, not really; he came up about 2,100 feet short, but he did hit a 400-foot home run to left, his first of the season.
After the game, the extremely popular bearded redhead told reporters that he has been “…tinkering with some hand stuff” and is “…feeling more comfortable at the plate” of late.
Needless to say, this is great news for Dodger fans.
…especially for one Dodger fan who will forever be linked to ‘RedTurn-2‘ and the second greatest home run in Dodgers history.
PLAY BALL!
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While the batting average is un-Turner-like the lack of HR’s is quite common. He has few in the first two months, then cuts loose.
If that holds true this year the post-season could be really interesting.