Terry Steinbach's son hits grand slam that breaks his dad's car window

File this under: truth is stranger than fiction.

Former Gophers and Twins catcher Terry Steinbach has a son, Jake, who plays baseball for St. Thomas. He has served in a utility role this season and came up to bat for the first time this season on Saturday with the Tommies ahead 17-3. The bases were loaded. He took two called strikes and then … as Gene McGivern from St. Thomas explains, the magic happened.

Steinbach lifted a fly ball to deep right field. The wind normally blows in at St. Thomas, but on this day it was blowing out. The fly ball carried all the way over the fence for a grand slam — perfect, since his parents, Terry and Mary, were out in that part of the ballpark and got to witness it.

Well, almost perfect. The ball carried so far and at such an angle that it smashed the window of a nearby parked car. And it wasn't just any parked car.

It was Terry Steinbach's car.

At least it was easy to retrieve the home run ball.

"We were going to go out to eat after the game, and I noticed the ball was sitting in the back seat." Jake Steinbach said. "My dad had to drive to a gas station that had a vacuum because there was broken glass everywhere. It's a good thing it was a warmer April day, as my parents had to drive home 30 miles with the window broken out."

You can read more about the tale here.