April 29, 2009: Why it's a beautiful game

Game: April 29, 2009, Tigers vs Yankees
Score: 8-6 Yankees
Game time temperature: 51o
Attendance: 28,345
Winner of the Dunkin' Donuts Race: Dashing Donut

2hrs 57 mins

At 9:44 PM, it was the bottom of the 8th inning.  I took this photograph of a nearly empty ballpark and told Dale "I'm going to call this 'O ye of little faith.'"  D nodded but noted, "There's an inning left and they're down 7 runs."  "True, but you never know."  Indeed, you never know.  This is why this is a beautiful game.



The ninth inning began with Cabrera getting a walk.  Guillen follows and gets a double.  Laird strikes out.  Inge gets a double and scores two runs. 8-3.  Anderson strikes out. The second out.  Santiago gets a single. The guys in front of us put on their rally caps. The Yankees get nervous. Curtis steps up, hits it out of the park and scores 3 runs.  The rally cap guys hug each other.  8-6. Still only 2 outs. They could do it.  Polanco pops it to 2nd base and gets the final out.  The Tigers lose by 2 runs.  Still, they almost did it.  And this is why it's a beautiful, beautiful game.