Post by glasspoet on Jan 26, 2013 16:38:01 GMT -5
It seems like yesterday. Has it REALLY been 22+ years ago!!!
It was late at night and I had retired to my bedroom. Sitting on the end of my bed, I turned on the small bedroom tv which I didn't use much. I searched for a baseball game, which was harder to do those days, but could usually be found. Sadly, all I could find was a blowout game in the late innings. Dodgers leading the Phillies 11-1, 7th inning. I remember thinking that was about as bad as it gets, since the Dodgers were (barely) fighting for a playoff spot, but the Phillies were smack in the middle of becoming the Worst Team in baseball history. The only reason I kept the tv on at all was because one night earlier in a similar circumstance, I had watched Pedro Martinez' brother set the NL strikeout record, in another meaningless game, and that had been Plenty Exciting!
Actually I was reading a book also, and only noticed the Phillies had scored a couple of runs, didn't mean much to me. I was just about to turn off the tv, despite it being in the 9th inning, when it got to be a bit interesting. Jose Offerman, in his first game started, made 2 errors, and the Phillies began to get a few hits. Somewhere along the way I began to wonder if I just wasn't watching something for the ages. It culminated when John Kruk (who had 3 HRs all year) hit a homerun to tie the game! I was going crazy by then. Later on Martinez doubled in the winning run, and what was touted as the "Greatest 9th Inning Rally Ever" was completed!
Since then research has found there was a game in 1901 where Cleveland beat Milwaukee 14-13, rallying 9 runs in the 9th also -- and that game it was done with 2 outs in the 9th!!!
Since then also, Colorado has equaled the feat in 2010--beating the Cardinals 12-9 by rallying with 9 runs in the 9th.
Still, at THAT moment in time---that Dodgers game was as exciting as it came. To think I almost turned that tv off just as it started to happen. It proved to me, once and for all time, that if you watch baseball often enough, you will see something never been done before. Just about any game you watch has that kind of potential!
It was late at night and I had retired to my bedroom. Sitting on the end of my bed, I turned on the small bedroom tv which I didn't use much. I searched for a baseball game, which was harder to do those days, but could usually be found. Sadly, all I could find was a blowout game in the late innings. Dodgers leading the Phillies 11-1, 7th inning. I remember thinking that was about as bad as it gets, since the Dodgers were (barely) fighting for a playoff spot, but the Phillies were smack in the middle of becoming the Worst Team in baseball history. The only reason I kept the tv on at all was because one night earlier in a similar circumstance, I had watched Pedro Martinez' brother set the NL strikeout record, in another meaningless game, and that had been Plenty Exciting!
Actually I was reading a book also, and only noticed the Phillies had scored a couple of runs, didn't mean much to me. I was just about to turn off the tv, despite it being in the 9th inning, when it got to be a bit interesting. Jose Offerman, in his first game started, made 2 errors, and the Phillies began to get a few hits. Somewhere along the way I began to wonder if I just wasn't watching something for the ages. It culminated when John Kruk (who had 3 HRs all year) hit a homerun to tie the game! I was going crazy by then. Later on Martinez doubled in the winning run, and what was touted as the "Greatest 9th Inning Rally Ever" was completed!
Since then research has found there was a game in 1901 where Cleveland beat Milwaukee 14-13, rallying 9 runs in the 9th also -- and that game it was done with 2 outs in the 9th!!!
Since then also, Colorado has equaled the feat in 2010--beating the Cardinals 12-9 by rallying with 9 runs in the 9th.
Still, at THAT moment in time---that Dodgers game was as exciting as it came. To think I almost turned that tv off just as it started to happen. It proved to me, once and for all time, that if you watch baseball often enough, you will see something never been done before. Just about any game you watch has that kind of potential!