"G. D. Akin" wrote:
>
> Doug Pensinger wrote
>
> <snip>
>
> > Last year, in game 6 of the series, Dusty Baker pulled Russ Ortiz out of
> > the game after 6 1/3 (98 pitches). The Giants bullpen promptly blew the 5
> > run lead (2 runs charged to Ortiz) and lost what would have been the
> > clincher for them. Baker was not only roundly criticized for taking Ortiz
> > out, he was sacked.
>
> --------------------------------
>
> As a life long Giants' fan, I remember that game all too well, sniff!
> However, Baker wasn't sacked for that move, but rather his insistance that
> he was the primary reason for the team's success. The Owner, President, and
> GM all took exception to that figuring they were the architects who brought
> in the free agents and role players. There had been trouble brewing there
> for a couple of years.
>
> I feel for the poor SOB Cubs-fan who tried for the foul ball in game six of
> the Cubs-Marlins series. I gotta tell you that I've been to many, many ML
> games and had only 1 or 2 baseballs, fair or foul, ever come in my
> direction. If I'm in that situation, I'm going for the ball. What about
> you?
Yeah, but I sit farther back from the field, and the only time I ever
got my hand on the ball, I wasn't wearing a glove, dropped the damn
stinger, and a kid picked it up.
Good thing I'm near ambidextrous with chopsticks, or dinner would have
been more interesting that it was that evening.... (Among other things,
that was my first introduction to hot oil. Yowch. Followed immediately
with learning that you don't use water to get the burn out of your
mouth, you shove some rice in to soak up the hot.)
Julia
p.s. I won't go into the whole hickey situation that day unless asked
about it
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