11/05/24
February 08, 2006
Venezuela Wins Caribbean Baseball Series: You have to see the clip of the last play. The ball is hit high to short left field, the shortstop goes for it but loses it and the ball wacks him on the end (ouch). His own left fielder could not contain himself and laughed at the play.... Gonzalez ends up scoring the winning run to give Venezuela the title!
posted by zippinglou to baseball at 01:40 PM - 7 comments
classic play. i'm sure it wasn't very funny for the people in the dominican. i could only imagine the magnitude of that play if it happened here and was for a division title, pennant, or world series winner.
posted by erkno11 at 02:18 PM on February 08, 2006
Sweet. Now my All-Bounces-Off-His-Head team has a shortstop. Right field, Canseco. I have my choice of a score of pitchers (pun intended, but not maliciously). Am I missing anyone?
posted by BullpenPro at 03:42 PM on February 08, 2006
i'm sure it wasn't very funny for the people in the dominican
Yes, Every Fan in the caribbean is very pationate about their teams, the Dominicans are no exceptions. The play wasn't funny a all, but the left fielder's first reaction was to laugh at it, maybe out of dispare!
It was a great series......
posted by zippinglou at 06:21 PM on February 08, 2006
What, is it amateur hour? What was he thinking? Going after the ball, then stopping to look at his teammate, as if to say "Maybe he's got it?" wtf? Aren't these guys pros who should know better?
posted by worldcup2002 at 06:39 PM on February 08, 2006
Aren't these guys pros who should know better?
I've sadly seen worse plays in MLB.....
posted by zippinglou at 06:51 PM on February 08, 2006
i could only imagine the magnitude of that play if it happened here and was for a division title, pennant, or world series winner. Ask Bill Buckner. Parallel circumstance, with just a bit less physical humor. I hope (perhaps against hope) that Aybar doesn't go through what Buckner (or Merckle, etc.) have gone through. I wonder if the collective memory of Dominican fans, passionate as they are, is as long, cynical and unforgiving as that of the American fans. I also wonder what influence this series might have when these teams meet again - very soon - in the WBC.
posted by BullpenPro at 11:17 AM on February 09, 2006
Not long after Venezuela's Alex Gonzalez pounced on home plate for the game-winner, the fireworks lit up the night behind the new Red Sox shortstop and the fans poured onto the field from the stands. Yessss... Excellent!