Word: eckersley
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Louis--Ray Lankford is hurt. When he gets back, the team's outfield of Lankford plus Brian Jordon and Ron Gant will be awesome. The starters are good, but how long can the ancient bullpen including Dennis Eckersley and Rick Honeycutt hold...
...distracted. St. Louis was so busy worrying about the lack of respect they were getting that they seemed to forget they needed to win one more game. Why were the Cardinals and manager Tony LaRussa so involved with the media at this point of the season? The Dennis Eckersley fist-pumping controversy (and the lack of respect it seemed to indicate) appeared to distract the team from the task at hand. They looked lost the last three nights and they paid the price...
...Eckersley made the big mistake: He threw Gibson a hanging slider. Gibson hit the ball. Canseco, playing rightfield, didn't even bother to turn around. The ball was in the rightfield pavilion...
Then something incredible happened. Eckersley, who has the control of a pitching machine, walked Davis. And Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda sent Kirk Gibson to the plate to pinch...
Gibson was hurt. He could hardly walk, and this would be his only atbat during the entire series. He made a couple of terrible looking swings at pitches and then Eckersley threw a few balls...