03-19-2009, 12:07 PM
<!--quoteo(post=23814:date=Mar 18 2009, 01:56 PM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Mar 18 2009, 01:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->heres one off the top of my head:
in 1984 pete rose, then playing for the expos, hit a line shot up the middle in the ninth inning of a game that would have brought the expos back and given them the lead. but the shot hit lee smith on his ample ass and ricocheted into the air. shortstop dave owen caught it on the fly and doubled off the runner on first to preserve the victory and give big lee a most dubious of saves.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I remember this well. I refused to deliver my paper route (<i>The Hammond Times</i> was an afternoon paper) until the game ended. I was sweating the odds of at least the tying run on second coming in to score.
That makes two moments of Cub lore that Dave Owen contributed to.
in 1984 pete rose, then playing for the expos, hit a line shot up the middle in the ninth inning of a game that would have brought the expos back and given them the lead. but the shot hit lee smith on his ample ass and ricocheted into the air. shortstop dave owen caught it on the fly and doubled off the runner on first to preserve the victory and give big lee a most dubious of saves.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I remember this well. I refused to deliver my paper route (<i>The Hammond Times</i> was an afternoon paper) until the game ended. I was sweating the odds of at least the tying run on second coming in to score.
That makes two moments of Cub lore that Dave Owen contributed to.
One dick can poke an eye out. A hundred dicks can move mountains.
--Veryzer
--Veryzer