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Old 09-18-2021, 05:48 AM   #1186
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(Rangers 3, Tigers 2. They led most of the game, but Claudell tied it with a solo shot in the bottom of the 7th. Gibson led off the 8th with a double, advanced on a grounder and scored on an SF. But a tiring Tom Terrific gave up 2b/1b/1b to the bottom of the order to tie the game, walked Melvin Barrow to load the bases and Keith Hernandez had the game-winning SF.

Tom got out of the inning without further damage and Matlack gave up 1-out and 2-out singles in the 9th, but he got the last out to end the game.)

Meanwhile…backing up Andre Dawson in LA is Greg Smith. No, not the Greg Smith who played IF for the Cubs later in the decade (nor the Greg Smith who pitched after that), but the guy who IRL drove in 109 runs for single-A Lodi in 1983. Unfortunately, he was 24 at the time, and so soon ended up in the Padre chain, where he had strong years for AA-Beaumont and AAA Las Vegas. Which got him a "did you know you're 27?" speech, and bounced to the Rangers chain, where a disappointing year at Wichita in 1987 got him a brochure about how exciting the Mexican League could be and a hearty "Vaya con Dios".

Greg got 6 years' worth of senoritas and Margaritas down south. (Perhaps even a senorita named "Margarita" or two.) But Sim Greg is probably far happier being on the MLBPA pension. Not to mention the Dodger dogs.

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Just one pic (with shadows), but I trust you.
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