The board is a little boring today ...

Swing the bat, Carlos Beltran. Swing the bat.

 

Kent Mother Fucking Hrbek muscling Ron Gant off first base, top of the second inning in Game 2 of the 1991 World Series, and Drew Mother Fucking Coble botching the call on that play to end the inning. Braves should have had two on, two away.

Oh, and here's Rosie's answer:

 

Lin Elliot. Elvis Grbac.

 

Oh, and there's fuckingJoeMorgan's home run off Terry Forster in 1982, fuckingOzzieSmith's and Jack Clark's home runs in the 1985 playoffs (I tossed a chair across my dorm room after Clark's homer), and losing the 1991 NL West title in the final weekend.

 

That was one of the worst calls I've ever seen.

 

Mikey, if and/or when we ever meet, ask me about my rant following strike three.

I'd only ask that we'd not be near a school or house of worship.

 

Good non-call.

 

I was living in a row of townhouses, and to each side of me were three college kids. I was standing for almost the entire game, seemingly living through each pitch. I screamed so loudly when Chavez made that catch and swore louder when Molina hit the home run. When Beltran let that ball cruise into the catcher's glove, I began inventing words as loudly as I could. Two of my neighbors came over to check on me to make sure I was all right.

Then I went to work to lay out the front page, and its centerpiece was Game 7. It was an awful night.

 

Zeke, you do understand that when we meet you will die horribly?

 

Not my fault Gant's a pussy.

Take it up with him. 8)

Oh, and for you, Mikey:

 

Maier made made more of an impact on baseball in the '90s than many of the players.