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Top 100 Coolest Baseball Plays
1. Hit By Pitch
2. Bunt
3. Unassisted Triple Play
4. Broken Bat Hit
5. Balk off
6. Balk (regular)
7. Slider
8. Ball 2
9. Bench Clearing Brawl
10. Perfect Game
11. Call For Time
12. Ball hits umpire
13. Double
14. Foul ball
15. Home Run
16. Wild Pitch
17. Fan On Field
18. Rain Delay
19. Check Swing
20. Pitcher Change
21. Grand Slam
22. Infield Fly
23. Dot Race
24. First Pitch
25. Fan Catches Foul Ball In Beer
26. Ground Ball
27. Error (Any)
28. Final Out
29. Player Retirement Speech
30. Umpire Ejection
31. Kiss Cam
32. Single
33. Manager talks to pitcher
34. Hot Dog Purchase
35. Attendance Annouced
36. Double Play
37. 7th Inning Stretch
38. Manager Ejection
39. Foul Ball Stolen From Child
40. Intentional Walk
41. Dip Spit
42. Fan Ejection
43. Triple
44. Retracting The Roof
45. Call Up From AAA
46. Crotch Grab
47. 3-Run Homer
48. Rich Fan Leaves In The 5th
49. Playoff Berth
50. Fan Gives Birth In Stands
51. Future Fan Conceived In Stands
52. Pee Break
53. Celeb Fan Boo'd
54. Strikeout Swinging
55. Flyover
56. HR to win Game 7 of World Series
57. Fastball under 100 MPG
58. Hit
59. Failed Wave Attempt
60. Fat Dude In Speedo
62. Squeeze Play
63. Called Out At Home
64. HOF Induction
65. 2-2 Pitch
66. The Wave
67: Shitty Ceremonial Pitch
68: Ceremonial Pitch
69: Nice
70: 4 Pitch Walk
71: Failed PED Test
72: Passed Drug Test
73: Suicide Squeeze
74: Team Contraction
75: Strike 1
76: Curfew
77: Bird Hit By Ball
78: A-Rod Crying When Heckled
79: 5 Games Back in Div
80: Win
81. Pitcher Tampers w/ Ball
82. Old Man Keeps Box Score
83. Old Man Drunk
84. Fell Asleep On Couch
85. Double Play
86. Forfeit
87. Pinch Hit
88. Prospect flames out
89. Pitcher Hit
90. Full Count
91. Congressional investigation
92. Walk
93. Mascot Assaulted
94. 3-0
95. Choke On Sunflower Seeds
96. Sinker
97. Player Hit By Fan's Mr. Pibb
98. Loss
99. Foul Pole Hit
100. Fans Boo Honored Soldier
ALDS Game 3, CLE @ BOS, 10th October (4-3, loss)
I’m sorry this has taken so long. Better Sox writers than me were able to overcome emotion and all the other stuff to get their breakdown of the game and tributes to the amazing David Ortiz out much faster than me. I wish I could say that it’s worth the wait. That my hot take on a too soon end to the Red Sox post season run will either have that overlooked nugget of truth, or hilarious quip, that all the others missed. But I’m feeling a little empty. The last 2 series of the regular season, and then the ALDS, they all seemed like a bad run in June. As though the Sox were unaware that it was cowboy up time, that this was when it really mattered. Now, I know that’s not true. I know that they were well aware of what time of year it was and just how much it mattered - goodness knows Hanley tried to lift the whole team on his shoulders. And Pedey seemed to pull himself out of his two-game slump by the end. But it wasn’t enough. Everything that went wrong for the Sox (when they went wrong for them) in the regular season went wrong for them against Cleveland. Bats going cold and starters not seeing them through (though Buchholz, I would argue, put up a better fight than Price or Porcello). Part of me wonders if it was just timing. These Sox on a different set of days could’ve hammered those Indians, couldn’t they? They did, pretty consistently, throughout the season.
At least it wasn’t a beatdown. But it was like a horror movie in slow motion... the dawning that this was it. When Ortiz was pulled for Hernandez in the eighth (which I both understand and don’t), that if there was a comeback, it would be without the large father. Chad Finn wrote about as good a take on the game as you’ll see. And if you haven’t read his appreciation of Ortiz in Boston, take a look. It’s great. No, I don’t know what Farrell was thinking when he subbed out Benintendi for Young. Nintendo was one of the few consistently good things in the lineup this postseason. But whatever. I just can’t bring myself to blame a manager for everything when the team won the division.
However, as much as I don’t blame Farrell for everything, I blame him for some stuff, and if this series taught me anything, it’s that I want Tito back. Or, to be clearer, I never wanted him to leave. But he did. I’ll be rooting for his team, in spite of my grave misgivings about their mascot, through to the very end of the playoffs.
As for the Red Sox, there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic. David Price is a good enough pitcher, or has been, to assume that he’ll get over his freshman year stutters. Rick Porcello might not win another 22 games next year, but that he’s capable of such a feat is a source of comfort.
With another year under their belts, the young core of the team will hopefully sort out their irksome droughts of the bat. It’s already exciting to watch them play.
And the elephant that just left the room? David Ortiz? The man that changed the way most Red Sox fans believe in their team? Or just allowed them to believe in their team at all? The image of him on the mound, after the Indians left the field, tears streaming down his cheeks while he held his hat high for the crowd of fans that didn’t want to say goodbye, will stay with me my whole baseball-loving life. An era came to an end on Monday. Not the way we wanted it to. A little too quietly, perhaps not enough of a fairy tale ending. But that wave of the cap, triumphant in defeat, warm and sad, seemed perfect. I don’t know what the future holds for the Red Sox without David Ortiz, but I know that because of him I can believe it’s bright.
Thank you for 14 wonderful seasons, Papi. The Sox won't be the same without you ❤️⚾️
I'm crying so much right now
OhGodOhGodOhGodOhGod....cmoooooooooooooon!!!!!!!!
Oh my nerves can’t take this....keep not watching @raccoonsmate4life!! It’s helping!!