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My dad has always recounted this story to me, but I've never been able to find confirmation:
Andre "Hawk" Dawson was up to bat. He was being intentionally walked because there were men in scoring position. My dad says that one of the pitches came too close to the plate and Hawk hit it for a home run.
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<!--quoteo(post=24088:date=Mar 19 2009, 03:50 PM:name=biggz)-->QUOTE (biggz @ Mar 19 2009, 03:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My dad has always recounted this story to me, but I've never been able to find confirmation:
Andre "Hawk" Dawson was up to bat. He was being intentionally walked because there were men in scoring position. My dad says that one of the pitches came too close to the plate and Hawk hit it for a home run.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I remember watching a TWIB years back that showed someone from the Expos reaching out and driving a base hit up the middle on a pitch that cam too close during an intentional walk.
This would have been during the time Dawson was on the Expos . . .
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<!--quoteo(post=24081:date=Mar 19 2009, 02:19 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Mar 19 2009, 02:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=24056:date=Mar 19 2009, 12:43 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Mar 19 2009, 12:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=24037:date=Mar 19 2009, 10:52 AM:name=Tailgater)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tailgater @ Mar 19 2009, 10:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I always remember watching a game on tv in my younger days against Pittsburgh. Willie Stargell was at the plate and I want to say Sutcliffe was pitching (can that be right?). Anyway, the pitch came WAY inside and high, Stargell ducked down from his crouch to have the ball hit off his bat and go sailing into the stands behind him. The funny thing was, from the angle of the camera and pitcher you couldn't see the bat and the ball looked like it hit him square in the ass and rocketed out of site. Sutcliffe started cracking up on the mound...he walked a fewe steps towards the plate to let Willie know what it looked like, and he started laughing too. It was so good that Sut had to step of the rubber to compose himself and just when he did, Stargell had to step out of the box. As good as the whole scene was, it was even better that Harry was calling the game, and he pretty much lost it too.
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i didn't see your edit at first, but yeah, it couldn't have been sutcliffe.
shawon dunston, one of my all time favorite players, made an unbelievable basket catch on a fairly deep pop up to left against the mets. he doubled off the runner at first to seal the victory against the mets in 1989. i'll never forget the way he pumped his fist. most people do it in an upward motion or a stright ahead motion, but he did it downward. years later i made a diving catch in leftfield for my softball team and when i jumped up, i pumped my fist in the exact same way.
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A dive? Maybe a flop or a stumble, I just can't see you executing a dive, maybe you tripped?
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dude, a dive. you pee pee sniffs think i'm a big ol' fatboy that can barely tie his own shoes, but i can throw some leather. i'm not afraid to leave my feet, make a little thunder, rattle some windows. i'm not much of a hitter but i can field. think omar vizquel in rick rueschels body. without the range.
i am a big ol fatboy that can barely tie his shoes though. you weren't wrong about that.
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Remember Jose Cardenal and that 60" Afro?
I loved how his hat just sat on top until he ran.
He spent a lot of time picking up his hat.
It looked like a beach ball with a Cub hat on top.
I don't recall how he looked with the helmet on.
He'd always fake a bunt and then slam into the hole at second.
He was my favorite early on in my Cubs Fan Career.
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<!--quoteo(post=24107:date=Mar 19 2009, 03:53 PM:name=MW4)-->QUOTE (MW4 @ Mar 19 2009, 03:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Remember Jose Cardenal and that 60" Afro?
I loved how his hat just sat on top until he ran.
He spent a lot of time picking up his hat.
It looked like a beach ball with a Cub hat on top.
I don't recall how he looked with the helmet on.
He'd always fake a bunt and then slam into the hole at second.
He was my favorite early on in my Cubs Fan Career.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Was that a poem?
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That's what I was wondering!
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I am so performing it at open-mic night. Only I'll be adding an interpretive dance.
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<!--quoteo(post=24097:date=Mar 19 2009, 03:37 PM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)-->QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Mar 19 2009, 03:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=24088:date=Mar 19 2009, 03:50 PM:name=biggz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (biggz @ Mar 19 2009, 03:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My dad has always recounted this story to me, but I've never been able to find confirmation:
Andre "Hawk" Dawson was up to bat. He was being intentionally walked because there were men in scoring position. My dad says that one of the pitches came too close to the plate and Hawk hit it for a home run.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I remember watching a TWIB years back that showed someone from the Expos reaching out and driving a base hit up the middle on a pitch that cam too close during an intentional walk.
This would have been during the time Dawson was on the Expos . . .
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Hmm...that may be what he was talking about. It's been a while since I've talked baseball with him, and he never said it was with the Cubs. Thanks.
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9/11/89.
Cubs win 4-3 over Les Expos on a game-ending pickoff at first. Mitch Williams was pitching and Lloyd McClendon was playing first. Great game, great ending.
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<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->And in the playoff chase, it was a pinch-hit home run by Gary Gaetti, leading off the 10th inning, that gave the Chicago Cubs a 4-3 victory before a crowd of 32,047 at Qualcomm Stadium. Gaetti's 18th home run, off the Padres relief ace Trevor Hoffman, was the Cubs' fifth home run of the series, in which each of the four games was decided by a late-inning homer.
''I can't do it alone every day,'' said Sosa, who was 4 for 18 in the series with seven strikeouts. ''Last night was my turn. Today it was Mark Grace and Gary Gaetti.''
Rod Beck survived a shaky 10th inning to help the Cubs extend their lead to one game over the idle Mets in the National League wild-card race. With runners on first and third and two out, the pinch-hitter Carlos Hernandez hit a hard ground ball that ricocheted off Beck's right leg. Shortstop Jose Hernandez fielded the ball and threw to Grace, the first baseman, for the final out of the game on a close play. Replays later showed that Carlos Hernandez beat the throw.
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Cubs win 4-3 over Les Expos on a game-ending pickoff at first. Mitch Williams was pitching and Lloyd McClendon was playing first. Great game, great ending.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
yep, and technically that was illegal. mcclendon wasn't holding the runner on. williams actually threw to mcclendon while he was about 5 feet off the bag, which you're not supposed to do. either the umpire blew it or he felt that mcclendons momentum was taking him to first and he let it go. either way, great play great ending.
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Cubs win 4-3 over Les Expos on a game-ending pickoff at first. Mitch Williams was pitching and Lloyd McClendon was playing first. Great game, great ending.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
yep, and <b>technically that was illegal. mcclendon wasn't holding the runner on. williams actually threw to mcclendon while he was about 5 feet off the bag, which you're not supposed to do</b>. either the umpire blew it or he felt that mcclendons momentum was taking him to first and he let it go. either way, great play great ending.
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Is that right, I never heard of that rule before?
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Cubs win 4-3 over Les Expos on a game-ending pickoff at first. Mitch Williams was pitching and Lloyd McClendon was playing first. Great game, great ending.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
yep, and <b>technically that was illegal. mcclendon wasn't holding the runner on. williams actually threw to mcclendon while he was about 5 feet off the bag, which you're not supposed to do</b>. either the umpire blew it or he felt that mcclendons momentum was taking him to first and he let it go. either way, great play great ending.
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Is that right, I never heard of that rule before?
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Absolutely, it's an easy way to get a balk called.
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Cubs win 4-3 over Les Expos on a game-ending pickoff at first. Mitch Williams was pitching and Lloyd McClendon was playing first. Great game, great ending.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
yep, and <b>technically that was illegal. mcclendon wasn't holding the runner on. williams actually threw to mcclendon while he was about 5 feet off the bag, which you're not supposed to do</b>. either the umpire blew it or he felt that mcclendons momentum was taking him to first and he let it go. either way, great play great ending.
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Is that right, I never heard of that rule before?
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Absolutely, it's an easy way to get a balk called.
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yep, should have been a balk. good call.
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The '07 season, series against the Rockies at Wrigley. It was after the horrendous start to the season and the Cubs had just started putting some momentum together. They had a huge lead only to have Howry blow it in the top of the 9th (and then have a fan run at him from the stands and be viciously tackled by security just in front of the mound).
IIRC, DeRo led off the bottom of the inning with a bloop single off Brian Fuentes, and then I believe that both Rob Bowen and Koyie Hill had hits that inning too. Then Soriano came up and hit a 2 RBI-single to win it with Jacque Strap crossing the plate as a pinch runner.
In my mind that game was a true turning point for the Cubs.
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