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Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Angels 1, M's 2
Let me set the moment for you: ninth inning, tied 1-1. Bases loaded, no outs, Erstad up, lefty on the mound. The first thought that popped into my head was "what's the most likely triple-play combo here?" I could have taken bets on it.
However, Erstad found it within himself to prove me wrong - merely grounding into the rally-killing double play, while leaving the inning hanging on to the last tenuous threads of life. I took it as a small victory. Clearly there was no larger one coming at that point.
Paul Byrd deserved better. But then again, I seem to be saying that a lot this season, so maybe he got exactly what he deserved. Perhaps he was a mass murderer in a former life, and Darin Erstad, Steve Finley, and Mike Scioscia are the consequence of bad sanchita karma.
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