Tony Clark: bailing out asses

[Frayed Knot]

I caught part of the Braves/DBacks game late last night.

Snakes jump out to a 7-0 lead, smacking around Atl LHP Jo-Jo Reyes (rumored to be
part of the proposed Teixeira deal).
But then the Braves started coming back against one-time Met famhand Yusmeiro Petit, getting
2 runs at a time - including several RBIs from Julio Franco - until it was 7-6.

Arizona then loads the bases w/0 out in the 7th ... but can't score. Then get 2 on w/1 out in
the 8th ... but again can't score.
So in the 9th the Braves get one of their young callups on who, with 2 outs, steals 2nd while
no one in the infield is looking. The pitcher is adjusting his socks
without calling time
out while the 2nd baseman has his back to the IF for some reason, so this kid just takes off and
was 3/4 of the way towards 2nd before anyone even looked up. That OF COURSE was followed
by a bloop hit tying the game and I'm tearing my hair out.

So it's at least good that I woke up this moorning to discover that Tony Clark - also a culprit
during that sneaky SB (he was standing in foul territory for some reason) - hit a walk-off in
the 11th, bailing out not only the DBacks asses (they're in the WC hunt) but ours also for losing
that pathetic game last night and "getting away with it" for another day.

[MFS62]

You win some, lose some.
I was hoping that ex-Met Petit could get the win. He had been pitching pretty well for the Snakes recently. But the Braves hit him hard last night.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Also - I forgot to mention in the first post - after the first guy (Yunel Escobar) caught
the Snakes sleeping and swiped 2nd to set up the tying run, Willie Harris, the guy who drove
him in, immediately tried the exact same thing and just missed being safe.

The way they were pulled off - particularly the first one - were just too funky to have
been called plays from the dugout, but Cox certainly keeps his guys alive and they were
gutsy fucking moves to try, much less pull off, while trailing (or tied) w/2 outs in the 9th.