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...John Balaz recounted the time he ran into a chain-link fence during a minor league game. "I hit the crossbar, but I was luck I missed the upright because I would've been in real trouble...
...other hand, you are Bob Heise or John Balaz, it means having to sweat out every ground out to third because it may be your last in a Red Sox uniform for quite a while...
During the bottom of the third, the Red Sox had men on first and third. Expos pitcher Steve Renko tried to get out of the situation by faking a pick-off to third and then wheeling around and throwing to first. The move didn't work. Outfielder John Balaz, who sat in the bullpen most of the game, said that the move was the same one used by some Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers. "The Dodgers use that, especially in the minor leagues," Balaz said. Less than one week later, the Sox gave Balaz the opportunity to see that move again...
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