Word: santiagos
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...first inning, fortune threw the home side a slider. The Twins methodically walked and singled for a quick run. Bases were loaded with one out, and one feared for the fragile Santiago. Watching the pitcher carefully, however, one was reassured, not by the pitches he threw--a collection of junk balls without craft--but by his manner...
...stretch, with his long arms straight up, Santiago's loose wrists would come together in an insolent, triumphant flick of glove and ball. At first, one though it was some kind of supplication. But it was a strong gesture, a determined yet casual Latin signal of defiance. One could imagine Jose saying to himself, as he checked the Twins all around, "I have good stuff. I have real good stuff and I no worry...
Then fortune hurled another sign. Kaat was pitching to Santiago in the bottom of the third. Jose had little chance of getting a hit, but he fought Kaat as best he could, fouling pitch after pitch, making an easy out difficult...
Those fouled pitches--Santiago's show of resistance--exasperated Kaat. He bore down. And something popped in his left arm. The game would be ours. One's premonition was justified...
...heels, the ball spinning up as if shot from his groin. So Harmon did have it in him. The ball went right over Yastrzemski, and Carl could do nothing to stop a home run that stood between him and an undisputed lead for the Triple Crown. Kaat vs. Santiago. Yastzemski vs. Killebrew. Minnesota vs. Boston. The duals lined up perfectly, and the mind boggled at coincidence. It was a bad sign, that home run, because it was a parting gesture of defiance. A retreating enemy had signaled that it was not beaten...