 Sunday, August 26, 2007
Meeting Torrie Wilson and El Duque Decks the Dodgers
Medford Bob joins me for the sweltering summer day at Shea. They don't
call them the dog days of summer for nothing.
I was running late since I had to do a favor for my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew to get tickets for their first ever Yankees game. My sister is almost as last minute as Rochester Mike. Moreover, I was late after meeting WWE superstars Torrie Wilson and Chris Matthews in Midtown. We are pictured below.
El Duque is on the mound for los Mets versus Stokes who walked three in the first. Delgado is up with two outs. The Mets are the only team in MLB without a grand slam this season according to Fox TV which I am listening to on my uber geeky FM/AM/TV/Weather with MP3 player. That trend continues as Delgado grounds out to a chorus of boos to end the first.
Alomar throws out two runners in two innings. Martin draws a walk.
Reyes singles to start the third. Milledge grounds out but Reyes advances to third. DW singles and Reyes scores. Beltran singles to short. Conine strikes out. Delgado pops up to second to another chorus of boos. Mets 1 - Dodgers 0.
DW singles with two outs in the fifth. Beltran singles and DW advances to third. Adam Sandler leads the "Let's Go Mets" chant as Conine approaches the plate. (Like the Tank, Sandler is a Yankees fan who also roots for the Mets.) Beltran advances to second on no throw. Stults then intentionally walks Conine. DW motions towards home to try to get Stults to balk. Delgado breaks his 0-19 stretch with the bases loaded single pictured below.
He singles home DW and Beltran. "Mister Delgado" plays to the tune of Styx's classic "Mr. Roboto". I betcha Steve's girlfriend Kathleen likes Styx more than she admits to. She busted my chops for going to a Styx, Reo Speedwagon, and Journey concert four years ago. The Dodgers bring in Seanez to face Alomar who strikes out to end the inning. Mets 3 - Dodgers 0 at the end of the fifth.
Alomar makes a great catch on Sweeney's pop-up behind home plate and lands in the netting. Furcal singles to end eleven consecutive outs for El Duque and only the second hit of the game. Pierre strikes out to end the sixth.
Rudy Seanez is the new Dodgers pitcher and gets Gotay, El Duque, and Jose out in order.
Gonzalez hit what looked like a fly out to right center for the Dodgers third hit and first run. Martin hits a home run to left. Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson talks to El Duque and gets Kemp to strikeout on his 103rd pitch. Get up and stretch, Mets 3 - Dodgers 2.
DW singles with one out. Beltran strikes out. Conine doubles to left center and DW scores as he was running on the pitch. Beimel relieves Hernandez as "Mister Delgado" flies out to the warning track in right. Mets 4 - Dodgers 2.
Hillebrand hits a ball to right which Milledge tries to catch but misses. Hillebrand advances to third. Hillebrand scores on a ground out to first. Furcal singles with one out. Pierre grounds out into an inning ending double play. Mets 4 - Dodgers 3.
You know what time it is. Time for Neil Diamond's classic "Sweet Caroline" before the bottom of the eighth.
Jonathan Broxton gets Feliciano to ground out. Gotay grounds out. Anderson pinch hits for Feliciano and also grounds out to end the eighth.
No "Enter Sandman". What? No, Billy Wanger. Heilman is introduced to boos and a few cheers. Ethier flies out to center. The ever dangerous Jeff Kent singles to center. The even more dangerous Luis Gonzalez comes to the plate and works a 3-0 count. I am nervous and about to throw up. He hits a game ending double double play. Whew, because the Mets had relievers warming up in the bullpen and I was about to hurl.
The Mets are "Takin' care of business" and beat the Dodgers 4-3.
As I exit Shea, I criticize the vendors for selling "Brooklyn Dodgers" t-shirts. And you think I have issues. OK, I do but let it go people. The Dodgers stabbed you in the back 50 years ago and went west. Hasta la vista, good riddance, and don't let the door hit you know where.
Posted by the Tank reporting live from Shea Stadium in Flushing,
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