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Earlier today, I griped about the Reds game not being shown on TV in Cincinnati.
Now I realize it was merciful that it wasn't!
This is why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
In football if a team was down by a lot with a minute to go, you can take a knee.
In basketball you can run out the clock.
In hockey you can trap until time runs out.
In baseball, you need to get 27 outs.
The Braves down 9-3 in the 9th and dead from the neck up? They just got hit after hit... the Reds made a few errors... next thing you know some guy named Brooks Conrad hit a ball off of Laynce Nix's glove and over the wall for a walk off grand slam.
Of course Conrad thought Nix had caught it and started walking back to the dugout... before he put 2 and 2 together and realized that everyone was rushing the field... and they wouldn't do that for a sacrifice fly that made the score 9-7, Reds.
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If Laynce Nix is remembered at all for this game, it will be because the walk off grand slam went in and out of his glove.
He went 3 for 5 with 3 RBI, a homer and missed the cycle by a triple.
Joey Votto hit a grand slam as well... nobody will remember that.
It's a cruel game and a sure fire win turned into a gut wrenching loss... and with the Cardinals win, the Reds have fallen out of first place.
Man, it's a good things Reds fans didn't see this!
I watched it on GameCast on the computer - and I hate baseball*.
ReplyDelete*fleeting feeling, but right now, hate hate hate.
another former Oakland A's player helping a different team... happens all the time.
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