Put on your shades and watch Ron Gant hit an inside-the-park home run in Hawaii

Twenty years ago this April, Major League Baseball played its first (and only) regular-season games in Hawaii. The Padres took on the Cardinals in what was dubbed "The Paradise Series" -- and Honolulu's Aloha Stadium was abuzz with excitement:

St. Louis won the three-game series, 2 games to 1. Tony Gwynn entered the series hitting .414 and tallied four hits in the three contests, while Cards starter Alan Benes went the distance in a Game 2 victory. But the highlight during the two days came in the fourth inning of Game 3. Ron Gant, who celebrates his 52nd birthday today, hit an inside-the-park homer off Andy Ashby -- the only big league dinger of that variety in Hawaiian history.

Let's hope the island put up a statue in honor of Gant -- recognizing his 321 career home runs, 243 steals and this magical moment back in 1997. Because if anybody deserves a statue, Ronald Edwin Gant certainly does.