The Marlins have a man on 2nd base in the top of the 10th inning with Cabrera up....the Orioles elect to try to intentionally walk him, but Miguel swings at the intentional ball and lines a single up the middle to score the go ahead run. Wow! Anyone else see anything like this before?
In a variation on that trick from the 1972 World Series, the Reds had men on 2nd and 3rd with Johnny Bench at the plate and a 2-2 count.
Manager Dick Williams calls time and heads to the mound, where an animated conference takes place including Williams pointing over to first and to the ondeck circle etc - all indications of instructions to Fingers that he go ahead and walk Bench.
Rollie throws Ball 3 way outside.
And then as the catcher stands and extends his arm for Ball four, Fingers fires a fastball down the middle to the suddenly crouching catcher for called strike three and end of Cincy rally.
A's go on to win the first of three consecutive world titles, a feat not accomplished since....Word
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Manager Dick Williams calls time and heads to the mound, where an animated conference takes place including Williams pointing over to first and to the ondeck circle etc - all indications of instructions to Fingers that he go ahead and walk Bench.
Rollie throws Ball 3 way outside.
And then as the catcher stands and extends his arm for Ball four, Fingers fires a fastball down the middle to the suddenly crouching catcher for called strike three and end of Cincy rally.
A's go on to win the first of three consecutive world titles, a feat not accomplished since....Word
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It wasn't a hard pitch that Cabrera hit. It was like a softball pitch!! I don't know WTF the pitcher, Williams was thinking.
Right before that there was a little dribbler that was going down the first base line, Williams ran it down and trying to throw it to first base, instead threw it towards the second baseman.
After seeing that I knew this was going to be trouble.
What a freakin idiot.
Right before that there was a little dribbler that was going down the first base line, Williams ran it down and trying to throw it to first base, instead threw it towards the second baseman.
After seeing that I knew this was going to be trouble.
What a freakin idiot.
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