HHOF: Bo Jackson
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In July 1988, Bo Jackson called timeout during an at-bat against Baltimore's Jeff Ballard. It took him an instant to realize that the home plate umpire did not actually grant him timeout, and Ballard was already mid-motion. So Bo swung the bat without even setting his feet. He homered.
In May 1989, writer Peter Gammons watched Bo Jackson take batting pra…