Word: geronimos
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...none. Johnny Bench is in Pete Rose's arms, and the ball is high above shallow center. Everyone knows this now. No one is covering third base, but Yasztremski is invisibly flying to the dugout and the dark tunnel behind it to the locker room. The ball descends. Cesar Geronimo extends his arm and it is swallowed up. The gigantic humming cluster of Reds is swarming and heaving and falling over itself like a nest of insects to its dugout and its own locker room. The ball is discarded somewhere or hoarded. The universe of hope is now one, ordinary...
Griffey and Geronimo: "That Fisk...
...Cesar Geronimo led off the tenth inning with a single. He was followed by bunting specialist Ed Armbrister who was pinch hitting for Cincy pitcher Rawly Eastwick. Armbrister laid down a bunt in front of home plate, but when Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk tried to make a throw to second to get Geronimo, he ran into Armbrister. As a result, Fisk's throw went over shortstop Rick Burleson's head and into centerfield. A heated argument between Sox manager Darrell Johnson and home plate umpire Barnett ensued, but the appeal did not succeed...
...fifth Wise gave up back to back home runs by Concepcion and Geronimo and, after striking out Cincinnati reliever Pat Darcy, gave up a triple to Pete Rose. At this point, Wise was replaced by Jim Burton, who gave up a sacrifice fly to Joe Morgan that scored Rose. Starter Wise had only given up four hits, but three of them were home runs and one was a triple...
...almost went ahead in the tenth when Yastrzemski hit a ball deep to centerfield with Denny Doyle on first. Reds centerfielder Geronimo caught up to it, though, and the Red Sox were blanked in the rest of the inning...