February 26, 2004
Burning Leather
Athletics Nation wants a ball desctruction moment of its own.
The A's need to track down Jeremy Giambi's shoes. You know the ones that kept him upright in 2001 when he represented the tying run of that Barry Zito gem. The ones that likely cost the A's a possible World Series championship that season.
I'm convinced now that it was those shoes that has started this spiral (even though we lost in 2000, our team was much younger and less experienced and also featured Gil Heredia), this horrible downward spiral of postseason misery the A's have experienced. While we're at it, get Miggy's shoes and Eric Byrnes' shoes circa 2003 ALDS and let's make it a cleat-burning extravaganza.
I'm actually sad they are blowing up the Bartman ball. It's a piece of baseball history that is going to be lost. Maybe they should just give it to the Marlins for enshrinement in Pro Player Stadium. :-)
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Anybody know if Fred Snodgrass' muffed ball is in the HOF? Or the one Pesky held? Or the one (pax, Red Sox fans!) that went through Buckner's legs?
Has any team gotten less respect as a World Series champion than the Marlins have this coming season? Talk about the forgotten team.