Batgirl Is There For You.

Seattle at Twins. Twins 7, Seattle 6.

Oh, readers, Batgirl was there tonight. Batgirl bore witness. She saw Carlos Silva allowing 11 hits but two runs (meaning either he pitches well in pressure situations or Seattle can't convert worth a damn). She saw J.C. Romero acting like he was throwing BP to Seattle, turning a tie game into a 4 run deficit for the Twins. She then saw Seattle's pen having some sort of cosmic breakdown, letting the Twins retie the game. She saw Luis Rivas extricate himself from the doghouse by hitting a dinger short of the cycle, including a two-out game-tying single in the 8th. And she saw Shannon Stewart acting more like a running back than a sensitive left fielder, barreling into, and then leaping over catcher Dan Wilson in the 11th to score the winning run.

Did you not see it? Were you watching American Idol instead? Had you nestled up, snug in your beds, cozied up with your kitties, unable to cope emotionally with another extra-inning game? Batgirl cannot blame you, she cannot, but she cannot bear the idea of you missing out on the excitement. So here, for those of you who did not set your TiVos and may have missed the late night excitement, is a reenactment of the final play:


In the bottom of the 11th, Shannon Stewart leads off with a walk. Guzie then executes a beautiful bunt to advance Stewie. With Stewart on second, Dougie comes up, and quickly falls into an 0-2 hole.
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Dougie makes contact, launching a soft single to left center. Shannon takes off.
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Randy Winn makes a perfect throw to home. There's going to be a play at the plate!
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Catcher Dan Wilson shields the plate, but fumbles the ball…
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Wilson scrambles for the ball and Stewie executes a karate leap over his body…
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and touches home…SAFE!!!!
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Posted by Batgirl at May 12, 2004 01:04 AM
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