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Hamilton (L, 0-1)

2007-12-20 06:48

by Jon Weisman

Ducksnorts blogger Geoff Young (of all people, I say with due kindness!) revisits the 22-inning, Jeff Hamilton-pitching, Fernando Valenzuela-first-basing game at The Hardball Times today.

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2007-12-20 07:01:25

1. Daniel Zappala

That was another game I listened to on my transistor radio while at Stanford, using the Vegas station. Extra innings were conducive to reception because they continued late at night. I still can't believe I was so Dodger-crazy that I spent nights outside my dorm, trying to find the best place to stand so I could pull in the signal. Such is the power of Vin Scully.

2007-12-20 07:07:04

2. Daniel Zappala

Oh, and in 1989 John Shelby had the most excruciatingly-awful season I've seen in a Dodger outfield. You think Juan Pierre is bad?

2007-12-20 07:11:39

3. Disabled List

I remember watching EVERY. SINGLE. INNING. of that cursed game. When the Dodgers failed to score with runners at 2nd and 3rd with no outs in the 21st inning, I knew we were toast. I went to bed absolutely heartbroken that night.

I've run across that game on ESPN Classic a few times since. I've become well-accustomed to Dodger futility in the years since, so I actually enjoy watching it now.

2007-12-20 07:37:50

4. fiddlestick

Back then, the Dodgers were the home team in Arizona and all the games were broadcast on one of the local AM stations.

I listened to every inning and I remember telling my mom how it ended the next day.

2007-12-20 07:42:09

5. D4P

I've become well-accustomed to Dodger futility in the years since, so I actually enjoy watching it now

Glad to hear you've come around.

2007-12-20 07:50:48

6. Vishal

5 it's possible to be accustomed to futility but still retain the capacity to think positively. you, on the other hand, have become somewhat of a doom fetishist :P

2007-12-20 07:54:06

7. D4P

To know a doom fetishist is to love one.

2007-12-20 08:23:13

8. Vishal

7 i shudder to think what loving one entails.

2007-12-20 08:23:38

9. Gold Star for Robot Boy

I remember that game well, because it was the night before my family drove me out to my summer job at Disneyland.
That Houston series was very interesting. Check out who had the winning sac fly in the 13th the next afternoon:
www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU198906040.shtml

2007-12-20 08:29:51

10. Ben P

Ah, I remember this one well too. And I think this remains the best raw pitching (despite the loss) I've ever seen by a position player. I certainly can't remember the last time a position player took the mound with the game on the line, rather than in a blowout.

2007-12-20 08:38:33

11. Jon Weisman

New post up top as well...

2007-12-20 12:39:01

12. ishXdavid

Thanks for the link! I vaguely remember the game being 9 years old at the time, but I do remember wondering why Fernando was playing 1B and wishing he had been a little bit taller to make the catch. I certainly didn't remember Hamilton getting two K's. Which Dodger position player today would be the best pitcher? I'd love to see Furcal light up the gun.

2007-12-20 15:57:40

13. Joe Pierre

I may be mistaken, but wasn't Eddie Murray a left handed fielder? I think he was the first southpaw in decades, that day, to play third in the majors. I could be thinking of someone else.

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