Today is the anniversary of what is probably the greatest moment in Arizona sports history. But it is also the occasion of the most precient bit of sports commentary I have ever heard. Watch this brief clip. Listen to Tim McCarver's comment just before the second pitch and then see what happens. He called it exactly.
I suppose we Arizonans are biased, but the whole game is one of the best baseball games I have ever watched. Randy Johnson relieving Curt Schilling. Mariano Rivera relieving Roger Clemens. You can watch it all here.
My son and I went to see a game today in Yankee Stadium. both because he is a big Yankees fan and to see Yankee Stadium one last time before they tear it down. While the Yanks lost, with Mariano Rivera giving up a solo home run in the 9th, my son, who is a huge A-Rod fan, got to see A-Rod go yard to tie the game in the 8th. A couple of observations:
There is a whole different seat-ethic going on in Yankee Stadium. Every single time we got up to get food or go to the bathroom, we found someone in our seats. Seat numbers on tickets seem to be a recommendation rather than an absolute assignment
If you leave aside the history, there are a lot of very good design reasons for blowing up Yankee Stadium.
The Yanks showed a nice Rocky-themed film in the 8th, but puh-leeze -- there is not any team in the world that can less wrap itself in the mantle of scrappy underdog. If any team is Apollo Creed, its the Yankees.
Enter the Sandman is great entry music for a closer like Rivera.
