TDog
06-19-2006, 05:55 AM
Carlos Lee ended the Brewers game with a home run against the Indians Sunday. I was happy for him. I looked at the write-ups to see if it mentioned that Carlos Lee homered in his first MLB at bat in a game against the Indians. I'm pretty sure it was against the Indians anyway. Instead I found both AP and an Ohio newspaper referring to the today's HR as his "first" walk-off HR in the major leagues.
When you talk about game ending home runs for the Sox, a few spring to mind as most memorable. The Scott Podsednik home run in last year's World Series Those of us old enough to remember 1972 will recall the Dick Allen pinch hit home run in the second game of a June doubleheader. There was a Robin Ventura grand slam in 1990. There was last year's Joe Crede shot against the Tribe. I was at a 12-inning game against the Tigers in 2003 that Crede ended with a home run, so that was memorable.
But wouldn't a certain Carlos Lee grand slam against the Cubs on June 18, 2001, ending the game with 2 outs in the 10th be on every Sox fan's list?
The fact that two reporters got this wrong leaves to wonder if:
A) A PR guy with the Brewers provided the media with the wrong information and the reporters were too lazy to ask Carlos Lee if it was his first game-ending home run.
B) Carlos Lee told them it was his first game-ending home run, either forgetting that he once played for the Sox or refusing to acknowledge those years.
C) The Associated Press and the Akron newspaper do not recognize regular-season games between the White Sox and Cubs to be "major league games."
D) Some cheating was going on. (Someone sold those guys the wrong answers, one of them copied off he other's paper when his editor wasn't looking, that sort of thing.)
E) All of he above.
I'm sorry to go long here, and I really don't mean to be obsessing over it. But that one home run meant so much to Sox fans, and now it's like it didn't even mean anything to anyone else, including, perhaps, Carlos Lee.
If someone were to start a poll of favorite game ending home runs, Carlos Lee's certainly would be among the choices.
When you talk about game ending home runs for the Sox, a few spring to mind as most memorable. The Scott Podsednik home run in last year's World Series Those of us old enough to remember 1972 will recall the Dick Allen pinch hit home run in the second game of a June doubleheader. There was a Robin Ventura grand slam in 1990. There was last year's Joe Crede shot against the Tribe. I was at a 12-inning game against the Tigers in 2003 that Crede ended with a home run, so that was memorable.
But wouldn't a certain Carlos Lee grand slam against the Cubs on June 18, 2001, ending the game with 2 outs in the 10th be on every Sox fan's list?
The fact that two reporters got this wrong leaves to wonder if:
A) A PR guy with the Brewers provided the media with the wrong information and the reporters were too lazy to ask Carlos Lee if it was his first game-ending home run.
B) Carlos Lee told them it was his first game-ending home run, either forgetting that he once played for the Sox or refusing to acknowledge those years.
C) The Associated Press and the Akron newspaper do not recognize regular-season games between the White Sox and Cubs to be "major league games."
D) Some cheating was going on. (Someone sold those guys the wrong answers, one of them copied off he other's paper when his editor wasn't looking, that sort of thing.)
E) All of he above.
I'm sorry to go long here, and I really don't mean to be obsessing over it. But that one home run meant so much to Sox fans, and now it's like it didn't even mean anything to anyone else, including, perhaps, Carlos Lee.
If someone were to start a poll of favorite game ending home runs, Carlos Lee's certainly would be among the choices.