(Mike Stanton caught Laynce Nix's game-tying HR bid about a foot shy of the wall. Screen grab of TV/MASN.)
“Storen, he never gives up anything and he gave up the two-run homer. That was the difference.”
(Davey Johnson, via Washington Times, 7/28/2011)
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"On $1 Hot Dog Night, the $126 Million Top Dog gets benched." It's about time! Recommend a pyre be built in the Center Field Plaza on Saturday so people can throw their Jason Werth(less) bubble heads into it.
Posted by: El Rey | July 28, 2011 at 10:01 AM
I thought it was gone when Nix hit it, even thought we lost it was nice drama to enterain the few of us who actually stayed until the bitter end!
Posted by: Harper_ROY_2012 | July 28, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Nix tattooed that ball but for some reason it would not leave the field. Everyone was sure it was gone. It wasn't a laser like his earlier home run in the game but you could hear the smack of the bat on the ball.
Posted by: Shoshana | July 29, 2011 at 11:46 AM