October 05, 2008
Bench Coach Credit
Credit the bench coach with saving a run Saturday in the game against the Phillies:
Yount knew the rule from his own experience playing in a game against the Minnesota Twins.
"(Kent) Hrbek took out Gumby (Jim Gantner) and started a fight," Sveum said. "Robin then got in the next inning and didn't slide and took their shortstop out. They called obstruction, and they made the guy (the Brewers runner at third) go back."
When you play as long as Yount did, you get to see all the rules come into play. :-)
Hrbek is mentioned. In Braves-Twins WS, Hrbek shoved Braves Smith off 1B & tagged him & ump called Smith out. To this day I wonder if MLB ever looked into that & it was a clear cut shove & tag. Smith could not believe call. Neither could I.