That would have been … Fun.
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La Russa would have used Ankiel — to pitch My heart would not have been able to handle that. |
April 14, 2010; St. Louis, MO; St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Felipe Lopez (8) delivers a pitch against the New York Mets at Busch Stadium.
Credit: Scott Rovak-US PRESSWIRE
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Some day we will sit around the dinner table with our children and grandchildren and they’ll say “Tell the story again about the baseball game.” And you’ll automatically know they were talking about this one. You won’t leave out Jaime Garcia’s great start but they’ll want you to skip that part every time and get to the good stuff. “Tell the part when Tony put Lopez in as pitcher!” (Yes, your kids will refer to him simply as ‘Tony’, because he is like family).
And you’ll tell the end of the story and they won’t believe you each time and each time the story is told, the game will get longer and longer and each time more ridiculous.
But you’ll never forget watching that game.
