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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- It was an ordinary day at the ballpark that turned into anything but.

A homerun at Security Service Field has become an internet sensation, viewed by millions of people.

On July 8 an amazing thing happened during a game between the Sky Sox and Salt Lake Bees.

At the time, those in the ballpark did not grasp just how remarkable it was, until it started to get the attention of millions.

Now it is being called the "most viewed Sky Sox homerun of all time."

"Here comes the pitch, swing, fly ball to deep center field and this one is over his head and it is gone over the center field wall," the voice of the Sky Sox Dan Karcher said the night of the homerun.

"I actually missed it, I was watching the ball go out to center field," Sky Sox Hitting Coach Rene Lachemann said.

"I was watching the ball go out of the yard, hoping we would get that run," Sky Sox Manager Stu Cole said.

So what is it about the seemingly routine home run that has drawn the attention of millions around the world?

When you take a close look, not only does the ball soar out of the park, but the hitter's bat breaks in half.

"I have never seen a ball go out and the bat break in half," Lachemann said.

Lachemann has been in and around Major League Baseball for almost 50 years as a player, coach and manager.

Currently he is the hitting coach for the Sky Sox.

"The unusual part of it is to hit a homerun you have to square the ball up, and usually when you square up the bat it is never going to break," Lachemann said.

Cole also played in the majors and is puzzled by the "broken bat homerun."

"I have never seen anything like that happen, with the bat being broken and the ball going into center field," Cole said.

But what about the player who hit the ball, Sky Sox Catcher Jordan Pacheco?

"When I hit it I thought the ball had a chance, but then I saw the barrel flying and I had the handle in my hand," Pacheco said. "I did not know what to think so I thought I should just run."

Jordan, or "Checo" as the guys call him, said he never imagined the video of his homerun would receive millions of views on the internet.

"I thought it was wierd, it was just another day, another at-bat, so it is cool though," Pacheco said.

As for Pacheco's teammate, Joe Mather, who is also seen in the video pointing at the broken bat as he crosses home, he said he is having fun giving "Checo" a hard time about his new found fame.

"He hears it and smiles a giggles a little bit, but he has to take some pride in it because nobody has hit a ball that far with a bat that broke in his hand," Mather said.

Pacheco said he kept the handle of the bat, but does not know where the rest of it is.

His homerun was recently featured on SportsNation, where it competed against a homer hit by Ricky Henderson.

Hands down, the fans voted in favor of Pacheco's "broken bat" shot.

Video of Pacheco home run: