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8th inning, game 4
« on: January 13, 2016, 12:16:36 pm »
Probably a lot of you have seen this already, and probably a lot of you don't want to, but I found it eased my pain a bit--though I'm not sure why. The excellent Sam Miller autopsies one of life's worst innings:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=28123
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Re: 8th inning, game 4
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2016, 12:31:06 pm »
almost as painful as 1986. almost.
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Re: 8th inning, game 4
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2016, 11:34:52 pm »
Quote from: JimR on January 13, 2016, 12:31:06 pm
almost as painful as 1986. almost.

Jim, I was 14 years old and I cried like a little bitch when Bass struck out.  I'm not sure I've ever been as high (Hatcher HR) and as low in that short of a timeframe.
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Re: 8th inning, game 4
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2016, 10:30:03 am »
Quote from: Lefty on January 13, 2016, 11:34:52 pm
Jim, I was 14 years old and I cried like a little bitch when Bass struck out.  I'm not sure I've ever been as high (Hatcher HR) and as low in that short of a timeframe.

The 33 minutes between Berkman and Pujols comes close.
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Re: 8th inning, game 4
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2016, 10:49:33 am »
Quote from: ValpoCory on January 14, 2016, 10:30:03 am
The 33 minutes between Berkman and Pujols comes close.

not for me. 1986 was elimination.
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Re: 8th inning, game 4
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2016, 12:57:09 pm »
Quote from: Lefty on January 13, 2016, 11:34:52 pm
Jim, I was 14 years old and I cried like a little bitch when Bass struck out.  I'm not sure I've ever been as high (Hatcher HR) and as low in that short of a timeframe.

I have a book about the game called "The Greatest Game Ever Played." I still am not emotionally ready to read it.
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Re: 8th inning, game 4
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2016, 08:25:01 pm »
Didn't Bass also hit a deep foul just before striking out? Just to make it that much more agonizing.
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Re: 8th inning, game 4
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2016, 08:09:40 am »

Quote from: JimR on January 14, 2016, 12:57:09 pm
I have a book about the game called "The Greatest Game Ever Played." I still am not emotionally ready to read it.

It's a great read.


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Re: 8th inning, game 4
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2016, 08:52:51 am »
Quote from: austro on January 14, 2016, 08:25:01 pm
Didn't Bass also hit a deep foul just before striking out? Just to make it that much more agonizing.


I do not think so. I remember him swinging over sliders.
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Re: 8th inning, game 4
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2016, 09:35:39 am »
Quote from: JimR on January 14, 2016, 12:57:09 pm
I have a book about the game called "The Greatest Game Ever Played." I still am not emotionally ready to read it.

Suck it up and read it. I have. It may be cathartic in some ways.
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Re: 8th inning, game 4
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2016, 11:09:26 am »
Quote from: JimR on January 15, 2016, 08:52:51 am

I do not think so. I remember him swinging over sliders.

Bass saw six pitches, all of them sliders.  Keith Hernandez had told Orosco before Bass's at bat that if he threw Bass a fastball, there'd be a fight.  Bass laid off three, but swung and missed three. 

I also remember Ashby missing the squeeze with Bass at 3B, which would have made it 4-0 in the first, and who knows...
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Re: 8th inning, game 4
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2016, 12:33:58 pm »
Quote from: HudsonHawk on January 15, 2016, 11:09:26 am
Bass saw six pitches, all of them sliders.  Keith Hernandez had told Orosco before Bass's at bat that if he threw Bass a fastball, there'd be a fight.  Bass laid off three, but swung and missed three. 

I also remember Ashby missing the squeeze with Bass at 3B, which would have made it 4-0 in the first, and who knows...

and all the crap in the 9th inning
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