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Manny In Seattle
August 7, 2007
Bryan: "It's HOTTT out here!" Andy: "Goddamn right it is, only the top of the 5th and we're already cookin'! Look Manny's up next." Bryan: "Hell yea! I bet he's goin' yard this time, but it'll be in the bull pen, where I can't catch the sh*&t!" Andy: "You're probly right... Oh well, good time for a bomb though." So I'm standing there talking to Andy when the distinct sound of a ball hit very well goes off. Now being a ball player myself having played through college that sound is unmistakeable. So I turn my head toward the field to see the ball flying not toward the pen, like I had thought but right at ME! Lumbering down the stairs thinking, "oh sh*&t, who am I going to have to jump over to get this ball?" The ball falls from the sky to the crowd who parts like the red sea and I find myself all alone looking at the ball flying down! The ball didn't quite make it to me on the fly so on the bounce I smother it to the ground and POUNCE on it. Being a former catcher this comes in handy and Manny's HR ball is mine.
What are the chances, right? AWESOME day GO SOX!
-SeattleBaseballGuy
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