How I Won the World Series by Dan Gutman

Author:Dan Gutman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

The Red Sox sat back down in their dugout. The NBC crew grabbed their equipment and dragged it out of the Boston clubhouse like the place was burning down. The Red Sox could actually lose this game now. Somewhere, the ghost of Babe Ruth was chuckling. And Mookie Wilson was still at the plate.

Pitch 8: The count was full now. Mookie had gone to the dugout to get a new bat. He used it to foul off another pitch, back behind the plate. The count was still 3–2.

Pitch 9: Mookie fouled off yet another pitch, a bouncer down the third baseline. 3–2 count.

Pitch 10: The last pitch of the game, and one of the most famous in baseball history. Stanley delivered a fastball on the inside corner. Mookie swung and …

“Little roller up along first!” shouted Vin Scully on NBC TV.

“Ground ball to first!” shouted Jack Buck on CBS Radio.

“… and a ground ball, trickling; it’s a fair ball!” shouted Bob Murphy on WHN.

Hold everything for a second. You gotta see this for yourself. Go on YouTube and search for Bill Buckner.

The first baseman was a veteran ball player named Bill Buckner. An excellent hitter, he had been in the big leagues for eighteen years. But he had bone spurs and damaged ligaments in both of his ankles. Earlier in the season, a holy woman had sent Buckner a magic elixir she claimed would heal his sore legs.

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