There is a story that most of us know in the Lore of Baseball. It has the Babe, the one and only Babe Ruth, pointing out to center field and calling his own home run in Chicago in the 1932 World Series. Now, it may or may not be true, but our own Gerry Dasey today called his own number to end the game.
It was the bottom of the ninth. In a close battle with the undermanned Purple team we had finally taken a lead in the top of the ninth, but not a very safe one at 18-16. Purple had the hammer. They quickly loaded the bases and got the first run in on a ground out. With one out all they needed was a medium deep fly to tie, and a hit or two to win. Gerry called for a double play ball to him. Sure enough, the batter obliged and hit a two hopper right to him, and hard enough that all Gerry had to do was field it cleanly, step on second and take his time with a good throw to first. He turned it to perfection.
Purple deserved to win this game. They outhit us, and out-hustled us, and played better ball all around.
We started out hot, scoring five in the first before an out was tallied. Then we went cold and Purple scored the next nine runs. From there it was seesaw through the eighth, with five lead changes and four ties. Every time we scored, they pulled back into it. Finally it was 15-16 Purple going into the ninth. Hits by Paul Lisi and Gary Namanny, a triple by Dasey, and a ground out by Tony Gorgone gave us the two run lead that ultimately was all we needed.
The triple by Dasey was one of eight we hit on the day, the highlight of our otherwise lower than usual output. Lisi, Art Miner, Namanny (2), Dasey (2), Charlie Uhlman, and Gary Booth formed the Triples Brigade and that pretty much carried us to victory.
The pitching and defense was solid as usual. Until Dasey's game ender, there were just a couple of highlights. Helen Kostoff took a bad hop sharp grounder and turned it into a force out at second. Likewise one of the first baseman took a similar bad hop grounder and actually threw accurately to second base to get the lead runner. Chip Sharpe came quickly off the mound to get an out on one of those impossible dribblers. Mike Nichols made a nice catch on one of those slicing knucklers in right field.
Namanny as usual led the way with four hits. Lisi, Miner, Dasey and Gorgone all had three.
It showed our character to win a game when we didn't hit our best and we were basically outplayed. A little luck never hurts. Here's to it continuing in the playoffs!
It was the bottom of the ninth. In a close battle with the undermanned Purple team we had finally taken a lead in the top of the ninth, but not a very safe one at 18-16. Purple had the hammer. They quickly loaded the bases and got the first run in on a ground out. With one out all they needed was a medium deep fly to tie, and a hit or two to win. Gerry called for a double play ball to him. Sure enough, the batter obliged and hit a two hopper right to him, and hard enough that all Gerry had to do was field it cleanly, step on second and take his time with a good throw to first. He turned it to perfection.
Purple deserved to win this game. They outhit us, and out-hustled us, and played better ball all around.
We started out hot, scoring five in the first before an out was tallied. Then we went cold and Purple scored the next nine runs. From there it was seesaw through the eighth, with five lead changes and four ties. Every time we scored, they pulled back into it. Finally it was 15-16 Purple going into the ninth. Hits by Paul Lisi and Gary Namanny, a triple by Dasey, and a ground out by Tony Gorgone gave us the two run lead that ultimately was all we needed.
The triple by Dasey was one of eight we hit on the day, the highlight of our otherwise lower than usual output. Lisi, Art Miner, Namanny (2), Dasey (2), Charlie Uhlman, and Gary Booth formed the Triples Brigade and that pretty much carried us to victory.
The pitching and defense was solid as usual. Until Dasey's game ender, there were just a couple of highlights. Helen Kostoff took a bad hop sharp grounder and turned it into a force out at second. Likewise one of the first baseman took a similar bad hop grounder and actually threw accurately to second base to get the lead runner. Chip Sharpe came quickly off the mound to get an out on one of those impossible dribblers. Mike Nichols made a nice catch on one of those slicing knucklers in right field.
Namanny as usual led the way with four hits. Lisi, Miner, Dasey and Gorgone all had three.
It showed our character to win a game when we didn't hit our best and we were basically outplayed. A little luck never hurts. Here's to it continuing in the playoffs!
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