Word: inning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course, those of us in the know weren't the least bit surprised when Leyritz went deep. There had been that none-too-small matter of a 15th-inning shot into the Yankee Stadium bleachers to put the Bombers up two games to nothing over the Seattle Mariners in perhaps the greatest postseason series of the decade, one whose conclusion I've long since repressed...
...series saved the game, that it took the bad taste of a strike still bitterly remembered out of the fans' mouths. Indeed, those five gritty games rekindled the spark that greed and intransigence had almost extinguished. We revived our passion for mammoth home runs, for blown saves and tenth-inning comebacks...
...outs when the son of the zealous dad hit a bases-clearing triple. We never scored another run after that. But lo and behold, our pitchers held the other team in check, thanks to some spectacular plays in the field. With two outs in the sixth, and last, inning, they had runners on first and second, while we had two outs and a 3-1 lead...
...Cleveland, this time in a game starring Sandy Alomar as The Natural. Down to their last four outs, Indians fans were preparing their "wait until next year" speeches when the Cleveland catcher quickly deposited Mariano Rivera's 2-0 fastball into the right field stands at Jacobs field. An inning later, Omar Vizquel singled in the winning run and stretched the series to a fifth and deciding game tonight...
That series included the most exciting playoff game of all time, which ended when Kevin Bass struck out against Jesse Orosco with two runners on in the bottom of the 16th inning. It haunts me to this...