Mrs. Meta
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Admittedly, kind of two opposite ends of the spectrum, in their importance, but I'll set the scene anyway for each:
Julio Franco versus Kyle Farnsworth - some regular season game against the Cubs at Turner field, I want to say Circa 2003 or 2004.
Julio Franco, that heavy bat of his wrapped around his head, like the condom wrapped around Enscheff on his wedding night, ready to strike. Dude fouls off Pitch after pitch, easily works Kyle Farnsworth pitch count into double digits. The crowd starts chanting for Julio, and eventually....? He hits one of his patented singles into right field.
And then, Chipper Jones, game 5 of the 2002 NLDS against Rob Nen and the San Francisco giants, also at Turner Field.
Ironically, I want to say that Julio Franco had just hit a single or double to right field to start / extend the rally that could have, and I would argue should have, put the San Francisco Giants away; that Bullpen could have won the World Series for us.
At any rate, I remember the at-bat being rather short, and Chipper Jones grounding into what I believe was a 3-6-3 season ending double play. I don't know where I read it years later, but I do know that chipper said that that was the one that bat in his career that he would want a do-over on.
As an aside, in his two post Seasons with us, I want to say that Gary Sheffield got a grand total of two hits. Although I'm still amazed we were able to get him for Brian Jordan and though Oh, Dallas!! Perez. Would have been great to just re-sign Sheffield instead of giving up Adam wainwright, but I digress.
But yeah, for better and for worse, what are some individual at-bats that have stuck in your mind's eye, with any degree of permanence, over the years?
Julio Franco versus Kyle Farnsworth - some regular season game against the Cubs at Turner field, I want to say Circa 2003 or 2004.
Julio Franco, that heavy bat of his wrapped around his head, like the condom wrapped around Enscheff on his wedding night, ready to strike. Dude fouls off Pitch after pitch, easily works Kyle Farnsworth pitch count into double digits. The crowd starts chanting for Julio, and eventually....? He hits one of his patented singles into right field.
And then, Chipper Jones, game 5 of the 2002 NLDS against Rob Nen and the San Francisco giants, also at Turner Field.
Ironically, I want to say that Julio Franco had just hit a single or double to right field to start / extend the rally that could have, and I would argue should have, put the San Francisco Giants away; that Bullpen could have won the World Series for us.
At any rate, I remember the at-bat being rather short, and Chipper Jones grounding into what I believe was a 3-6-3 season ending double play. I don't know where I read it years later, but I do know that chipper said that that was the one that bat in his career that he would want a do-over on.
As an aside, in his two post Seasons with us, I want to say that Gary Sheffield got a grand total of two hits. Although I'm still amazed we were able to get him for Brian Jordan and though Oh, Dallas!! Perez. Would have been great to just re-sign Sheffield instead of giving up Adam wainwright, but I digress.
But yeah, for better and for worse, what are some individual at-bats that have stuck in your mind's eye, with any degree of permanence, over the years?
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