Thursday, March 27, 2008

Pirates-Yankees, bottom of second

It's pretty awesome gazing at the framed photographs throughout the George M. Steinbrenner Field press box.
The cement beam blocking my view of half the field sports a black-and-white of Babe Ruth, holding a bat in his left hand and appearing to be walking toward home plate.
There's a boyish-faced Mickey Mantle; manager Casey Stengel looking wise in the dugout; Roger Maris, relaxing astride the top step; catcher Elston Howard bracing for an oncoming base runner.
Yogi, Reggie, Whitey and the Yankee Clipper all have their place.
Gorzelanny and Igawa are both working slowly, but Gorz gets Morgan Ensberg to ground into a 6-4-3, inning-ending double play. Second baseman Luis Rivas does a nice job relaying a low feed from shortstop Jack Wilson.

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