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cknox0723 · 07-01-2005, 07:11 PM

Apparently the time would be now to get Jon Rauch that win...if only we had nine Magglio Ordonezes and Frank Catalanottos in the lineup. Our corner outfielders start the bottom of the seventh with back-to-back line drive singles into center field, but then our other outfielder, Raul Gonzalez, pops out into left-center. Frank Thomas follows with a slow ground ball to opposing first baseman Broussard, who pivots and tosses it to second, and the only reason the Tribe don't get two to end the inning is because shortstop Berroa slips and falls after dragging his right foot across the second base bag. There's a moment of trepidation in the Tribe dugout as Berroa is prone and in pain -- Pokey Reese might have to play, the horror! -- but then he bounces up sprightly enough, and all is well for the Clevelanders.

Until Berroa's a step too slow to snare a shot off the bat of the next batter, Eric Munson. Pokey Reese would have snatched that one, and so, too, would have Angel Berroa had he not been stepping gingerly to favor his knee. Or maybe he just has the range of Jeter. Either way, Ordonez jogs home to get us on the board, Frank Thomas hustles into third and beats the throw from Corey Patterson, and now we've got the tying run on base.

Then Meadows hits the dirt with his first pitch to Yorvit Torrealba, and it sneaks by catcher Vic Martinez. The Big Hurt hustles home and doesn't even need to slide -- something still left in those old legs, huh? -- and Munson moves up to second. Base hit ties the game now!

But of course we don't get one of those.

"One-and-oh to Torrealba, Munson with a slight lead off second. Martinez setting up on the outside half as Torrealba waves the bat around up by his ear. Meadows to the stretch. He kicks his leg, the pitch...fastball, a swing and Torrealba crushes it to left-center! Patterson going back...at the track, at the wall...but that ball is OUTTA HERE! A two-run home run for Yorvit Torrealba, and the White Sox take a four to three lead!"

Is Yorvit Torrealba the coolest freakin' catcher ever, or what?

07-01-2005, 07:11 PM	#490
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957	the inevitability of dawn Apparently the time would be now to get Jon Rauch that win...if only we had nine Magglio Ordonezes and Frank Catalanottos in the lineup. Our corner outfielders start the bottom of the seventh with back-to-back line drive singles into center field, but then our other outfielder, Raul Gonzalez, pops out into left-center. Frank Thomas follows with a slow ground ball to opposing first baseman Broussard, who pivots and tosses it to second, and the only reason the Tribe don't get two to end the inning is because shortstop Berroa slips and falls after dragging his right foot across the second base bag. There's a moment of trepidation in the Tribe dugout as Berroa is prone and in pain -- Pokey Reese might have to play, the horror! -- but then he bounces up sprightly enough, and all is well for the Clevelanders. Until Berroa's a step too slow to snare a shot off the bat of the next batter, Eric Munson. Pokey Reese would have snatched that one, and so, too, would have Angel Berroa had he not been stepping gingerly to favor his knee. Or maybe he just has the range of Jeter. Either way, Ordonez jogs home to get us on the board, Frank Thomas hustles into third and beats the throw from Corey Patterson, and now we've got the tying run on base. Then Meadows hits the dirt with his first pitch to Yorvit Torrealba, and it sneaks by catcher Vic Martinez. The Big Hurt hustles home and doesn't even need to slide -- something still left in those old legs, huh? -- and Munson moves up to second. Base hit ties the game now! But of course we don't get one of those. "One-and-oh to Torrealba, Munson with a slight lead off second. Martinez setting up on the outside half as Torrealba waves the bat around up by his ear. Meadows to the stretch. He kicks his leg, the pitch...fastball, a swing and Torrealba crushes it to left-center! Patterson going back...at the track, at the wall...but that ball is OUTTA HERE! A two-run home run for Yorvit Torrealba, and the White Sox take a four to three lead!" Is Yorvit Torrealba the coolest freakin' catcher ever, or what?