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The Holy Grail of Baseball
Jun. 26th, 2007 11:11 pmWe went to a Wausau Woodchucks game tonight. They are a local league filled with college kids who get to play ball all summer. It's a good time and we had great fun. Ok, the Woodchucks lost, but we got to see the Holy Grail of Baseball.
One of our very own Woodchucks stole home. This wasn't a suicide squeeze, it wasn't wild pitch or dropped ball, this was an honest-to-God steal. It was a close call (and the opposing manager mananged to get himself tossed out while arguing it) but it was a steal.
It was so cool.
As reported by the local paper: Nick Nordgren (Indian Hills C.C.) accomplished a feat as rare as hitting for the cycle or throwing a no-hitter, when he had a straight steal of home in the fourth inning to tie the game at one. He led off with a double before moving over to third on a groundout. Joe Servais (Kansas) was at the plate with a 3-1 count when Nordgren swiped home.
We did lose but we should have won. We left 12 guys on base, including two on the corners with no one out in the sixth. The Bullfrogs, despite having the lead the entire game, played, well, desperately. They didn't like the ump. They didn't like our players. They didn't like the crowd.
In baseball, more than any other sport, if you win the psychological game, you usually win the game. We had them psyched, we should have won. We just couldn't pull it off.
But I saw someone steal home. That was well worth the price of admission.
One of our very own Woodchucks stole home. This wasn't a suicide squeeze, it wasn't wild pitch or dropped ball, this was an honest-to-God steal. It was a close call (and the opposing manager mananged to get himself tossed out while arguing it) but it was a steal.
It was so cool.
As reported by the local paper: Nick Nordgren (Indian Hills C.C.) accomplished a feat as rare as hitting for the cycle or throwing a no-hitter, when he had a straight steal of home in the fourth inning to tie the game at one. He led off with a double before moving over to third on a groundout. Joe Servais (Kansas) was at the plate with a 3-1 count when Nordgren swiped home.
We did lose but we should have won. We left 12 guys on base, including two on the corners with no one out in the sixth. The Bullfrogs, despite having the lead the entire game, played, well, desperately. They didn't like the ump. They didn't like our players. They didn't like the crowd.
In baseball, more than any other sport, if you win the psychological game, you usually win the game. We had them psyched, we should have won. We just couldn't pull it off.
But I saw someone steal home. That was well worth the price of admission.
