[Radsmats]

One other rare pitching gem:
After three seasons, finally, a complete game. It's a loss, ironically, for Tom Seaver of Pittsburgh '93, when 3B Manny cranks a solo, walkoff homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth for the margin of victory in a 3-2 game. Seaver's line on the night: 8.1 IP, 8H, 3R, all earned, 1BB, 10 K. He lost to Greg Maddux (7 IP) with Mariano Rivera and Pedro Martinez in relief.

World Series
After losing the first three, MannyBeingManny fights back to make it a series, but it's too much BaBo, who wins in six games. The only game that's close is the first one, a second complete game loss of the season. Roger Clemens throws eight innings, six hits, two earned runs, one walk, 5 Ks. His only mistake was a fifth-inning, two-out, one-on HR to 1B Bonds. Clemens' heroics are not enough as the Pittsburgh Pedro goes seven strong, four hits, one run, one BB, 10 strikeouts. Mariano Rivera throws a two-inning save: 0H,0R, 0BB, 4K.

After two lopsided wins for the Pittsburgh Bonds, (Maddux over Maddux 9-1, Clemens over Toad Ramsey 7-2), Manny's side breaks through with a five-homer effort, 12-2. Lefty Grove over Tom Seaver.

Game 5 is bizarre. Bonds hits all four HR, and neither starter figures in the result (Pittsburgh Pedro v. Cleveland Clemens). For Pittsburgh, Ed Morris inherits two runners in the seventh, fails to record an out, and gives up three hits and a walk on just 19 pitches. Yup, that's an "L" in the record. For Cleveland, Walter Johnson picks up the W on 1.1 innings of relief work. Pedro 2000 goes 2 scoreless innings for the save. CF Manny goes 4-for-4 with a double and 6 RBI as player of the game.

It's all for nought in Game 6, when it's Greg Maddux over Greg Maddux. Bonds '93 score in all eight innings and jog out with a 19-3 decision and the title.

Statistical note:
After I muse that we might see a lot of 300-hit seasons, we don't get close. Bonds tops out at 240, then 211, and 210.
Next up: Mel Ott v. Jim "Thumper" Thome. Some fun, huh Bambi?