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From: schneider@vlnvax.DEC
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Oddities and Poll
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 13:38:19 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  9 13:38:19 1985
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>  
> 2: In a Sox-Yankees game, Fisk tags out two runners on the same play
> for an odd DP (like the one Buck Martinez had when he got hurt).  The
> real reason is that the second out came because Dale Berra is a lousy
> base runner.
> 

Its not often that a player (Rickey Henderson) doubles into a double play.
This game was a catastrophe for the Yankees.  On the play in question,
Bobby Meacham was on second and Berra was on first.  Henderson hit one over
the centerfielders head towards left-center and Berra was off.  Although it 
seemed obvious that the ball was uncatchable, Meacham held up to tag in case
of a catch.  Berra seeing this had to stop, and thus stumbled coming around the
bag when Meacham finally took off.  They went around third about six
feet from each another and Meacham was out easily.  Fisk shrugged that off
and still managed to get Berra.  The fault in my mind resides with Meacham
for holding up and Gene Micheal for not telling Berra what to do.

Despite not cashing in here the Yankees later caught up and the game went
into the tenth.  Righetti once more failed to hold the lead giving up two
runs.  In the bottom of the inning,  Winfield again justified his paycheck
by taking the Sox deep with one on, two out and a full count, tying it up.
Of course the Yankees lost this demoralizer in the eleventh.

> Poll Time:
>  
> Send me your answer of the statement that best describes your feelings:
 
6) Don't know - Don't care - Pass me a hot dog
 
I just want to see and hear and read about the game.  That's all I ask.

		{decvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vlnvax!schneider
		Daniel Schneider

Posted:	Fri 9-Aug-1985 13:38 EDT
To:	RHEA::DECWRL::"net.sport.baseball"