IMScotty wrote:
Here is a little post I made about being at the Bucky Dent HR game...
I was at the Bucky Dent wildcard game. Everyone talks about Dent's improbable home run, but what I remember most was the last at bat of the game. If only Captain Carl Yaztremski could get another at-bat, I was sure the Red Sox could still win this. And it happened. A walk and a single in the bottom of the 9th brought Yaz to the plate. His intensity and determination was palpable. We all cheered. We all felt it. This was the magic moment. Every fan was on their feet. And then Yaz popped up. The cameras followed the Yankee players as they stormed the field, our field, and mobbed Yankee pitcher Goose Gossage. But I never took my eyes off of Yaz. I was close enough to see the disappointment wash over his face the moment he took that swing. Whatever the Red Sox fans were feeling, Yaz was feeling it a hundred times over. I will never forgot that moment. Yaz was my boyhood hero, I felt so bad for him. Yaz played for the Sox for another five years, but he never made to another post-season game.
Always loved Yaz #8. Still remember watching 1975 World Series, which was great until 9th inning of Game 7
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General
Richard Ewell, CSA General