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10-25-2005, 11:51 AM
Pretty good, funny article about the Sox bench guys - most of who haven't left the bench since the playoffs started.
"The other night, we got lobster and crab legs," Blum reported. "They've really stepped up in the playoffs. They've even added a little more decoration. Some World Series logos. And they threw in some raspberries and more exotic fruits."
But we would be remiss if we led you to believe the Bench Bunch has spent the whole darned month working on its spread-killing drills. In fact, there was a truly magical moment for one of them Sunday.
Yes, let it never be said that backup outfielder Timo Perez isn't a man of the people. He heard the roar of the crowd. He sensed a demand for a wave of the cap. So up he hopped, to the top step of the White Sox dugout, and waved away.
It was a beautiful scene, all right -- marred by just one technicality:
It was Paul Konerko (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=5908), not Perez, that that crowd was chanting for -- since it was Konerko who had just smoked a go-ahead grand slam, while Perez was off testing raspberries. But Konerko was kind of busy high-fiving and hugging at the time. So somebody had to give them what they wanted. "I used to do that in New York sometimes," said Perez, the former not-necessarily-totally-beloved Met. "But there, sometimes they booed. Then I'd come back and everyone would say, 'They know you, Timo.' "
:rolling::rolling:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2005/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=2202776&CMP=OTC-DT9705204233
"The other night, we got lobster and crab legs," Blum reported. "They've really stepped up in the playoffs. They've even added a little more decoration. Some World Series logos. And they threw in some raspberries and more exotic fruits."
But we would be remiss if we led you to believe the Bench Bunch has spent the whole darned month working on its spread-killing drills. In fact, there was a truly magical moment for one of them Sunday.
Yes, let it never be said that backup outfielder Timo Perez isn't a man of the people. He heard the roar of the crowd. He sensed a demand for a wave of the cap. So up he hopped, to the top step of the White Sox dugout, and waved away.
It was a beautiful scene, all right -- marred by just one technicality:
It was Paul Konerko (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=5908), not Perez, that that crowd was chanting for -- since it was Konerko who had just smoked a go-ahead grand slam, while Perez was off testing raspberries. But Konerko was kind of busy high-fiving and hugging at the time. So somebody had to give them what they wanted. "I used to do that in New York sometimes," said Perez, the former not-necessarily-totally-beloved Met. "But there, sometimes they booed. Then I'd come back and everyone would say, 'They know you, Timo.' "
:rolling::rolling:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2005/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=2202776&CMP=OTC-DT9705204233