Hawk great points from a big baseball fan. Cant wait till opening day!
Hawk great points from a big baseball fan. Cant wait till opening day!
Be careful Goose you dont want him to not like Red Sox fans
Be careful Goose you dont want him to not like Red Sox fans
Good point thought we were talking last year. I remember 2004 tough year. You probably remember 1946 since we are going back in time and all.
"Enos Slaughter is on first base with two away. Harry Walker at bat. Bob Klinger on the mound. He takes the stretch. Here's the pitch... there goes Slaughter. The ball is swung on, there's a line drive going into left-center field. It's in there for a base hit. Culberson fumbles the ball momentarily and Slaughter charges around second, heads for third. Pesky goes into short left field to take the relay from Culberson... And here comes Enos Slaughter rounding third! He's going to try for home! Here comes the throw and it is not in time! Slaughter scores!!"
The play would forever be known as "Slaughter's Mad Dash." St. Louis fans claimed it was the boldest baserunning feat in history. Red Sox fans blamed Johnny Pesky, claiming that he held onto the ball for a split second too long, and thus allowed the speedy Slaughter to score.
For his part, Slaughter summed up the play as follows:
"When the ball went into left-center, I hit second base and I said to myself, 'I can score.' I didn't know whether the ball had been cut off or not. I didn't know nothin'. It was a gutsy play. But, you know, two men out and the winning run, you can't let the grass grow under your feet."
In the top of the ninth inning, Brecheen surrendered singles to the first two hitters, Rudy York and Bobby Doerr. But Boston's Pinky Higgins hit into a force out that moved pinch runner Paul Campbell to third. With one out, Boston's tying run was now just ninety feet from home plate.
Reserve catcher Roy Partee came up next, but he promptly popped out to Stan Musial, leaving the entire World Series up to pinch hitter Tom McBride. But the reserve outfielder hit a sharp grounder to Schoendienst at second base, who tossed the ball to shortstop Marty Marion for a game-ending force out.
The game was over. Cardinals win, 4-3.
The World Series was over. Cardinals win 4-3!
Good point thought we were talking last year. I remember 2004 tough year. You probably remember 1946 since we are going back in time and all.
"Enos Slaughter is on first base with two away. Harry Walker at bat. Bob Klinger on the mound. He takes the stretch. Here's the pitch... there goes Slaughter. The ball is swung on, there's a line drive going into left-center field. It's in there for a base hit. Culberson fumbles the ball momentarily and Slaughter charges around second, heads for third. Pesky goes into short left field to take the relay from Culberson... And here comes Enos Slaughter rounding third! He's going to try for home! Here comes the throw and it is not in time! Slaughter scores!!"
The play would forever be known as "Slaughter's Mad Dash." St. Louis fans claimed it was the boldest baserunning feat in history. Red Sox fans blamed Johnny Pesky, claiming that he held onto the ball for a split second too long, and thus allowed the speedy Slaughter to score.
For his part, Slaughter summed up the play as follows:
"When the ball went into left-center, I hit second base and I said to myself, 'I can score.' I didn't know whether the ball had been cut off or not. I didn't know nothin'. It was a gutsy play. But, you know, two men out and the winning run, you can't let the grass grow under your feet."
In the top of the ninth inning, Brecheen surrendered singles to the first two hitters, Rudy York and Bobby Doerr. But Boston's Pinky Higgins hit into a force out that moved pinch runner Paul Campbell to third. With one out, Boston's tying run was now just ninety feet from home plate.
Reserve catcher Roy Partee came up next, but he promptly popped out to Stan Musial, leaving the entire World Series up to pinch hitter Tom McBride. But the reserve outfielder hit a sharp grounder to Schoendienst at second base, who tossed the ball to shortstop Marty Marion for a game-ending force out.
The game was over. Cardinals win, 4-3.
The World Series was over. Cardinals win 4-3!
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