— Watching Mets-Giants Sunday, they showed Bobby Thomson’s home run from 1951 that won the Giants the NL pennant in a 3-game playoff with the Dodgers, both of whom called New York home back then. It reminded me of a story.
My dad grew up in Brooklyn, was a huge Brooklyn Dodger fan; he talked a couple times about how devastating Thomson’s home run was. Dodgers had a huge lead in the pennant race in August, but let it slip away.
When I was a teenager, I spent lot of late afternoons watching M*A*S*H reruns on TV; when my dad came home from work, he’d grab a beer and sit in the living room with me and watch before dinner.
There is an episode of M*A*S*H where surgeon Charles Winchester makes a bet that the Dodgers are going to win the pennant, thinking he can’t lose. He was wrong.
Anyway, my dad comes in the room, watches the show for about five minutes, then says to me sternly “Turn this off, now!!!”
He almost never talked to me that way; I scrambled for the remote and put something else on and things went back to normal. Not something he wanted to hear about again.
— Late Saturday night in Anaheim, Angels’ RF Jo Adell had the great defensive night any major league outfielder ever had. Seriously.
Angels won the game 1-0, but not before……..
Adell robbed Cal Raleigh of a home run in the first inning.
Adell robbed Josh Naylor of a home run in the sixth inning.
In the 9th inning, JP Crawford hit a ball down the right field line; Adell caught the ball, just before he went over the fence, into the stands. He hung on, and the Angels won.
— West Virginia 89, Oklahoma 82 OT
Oklahoma led by 13 early in the second half.
Honor Huff was 8-15 on the arc, scored 38 points.
Huff was 12-12 on foul line; Oklahoma’s whole team was 10-12.
Sooners shot 60% inside arc, scored 1.14 ppp.
West Virginia wins the Crown Tournament in Las Vegas.
— Auburn 92, Tulsa 86 OT
Auburn led 34-13 with 7:45 left before halftime.
Tulsa led by 5 with 1:05 left in regulation.
Tahaad Pettiford scored 24 points, had 8 assists.
Auburn was 11-27 on the arc, Tulsa 6-26.
Auburn wins the NIT at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis
Famous birthdays, April 6th:
Billy Dee Williams, 89
John Ratzenberger, 79
Bery Blyleven, 75
Marilu Henner, 74
Sterling Sharpe, 61
Brett Boone, 57
Paul Rudd, 57
Lou Merloni, 55
Tim Hasselbeck, 48
Sunday was a very good day of baseball; in 11 of the 16 games, the game-winning run scored from the 7th inning on.
— A’s 12, Astros 10 (10)
This game was scoreless after four innings.
Brett Rooker hit a 3-run, walk-off home run for the A’s.
Astros pitching ace Hunter Brown (shoulder) goes on the IL.
— White Sox 3, Blue Jays 0
Davis Martin allowed four hits in his six IP
White Sox are 3-0 at home, for first time since 2004.
Blue Jays have lost five of six after a 3-0 start.
— Angels 8, Mariners 7 (11)
Nolan Schanuel hit a walk-off sac fly for the Angels.
Seattle tied the game with a run in the 9th inning.
Mariners lost four of their last five games.
— Cubs 1-5, Guardians 0-6
Cubs had only two hits in their 1-0 win; Miguel Amaya had the game-winner.
Edward Cabrera allowed one hit in 5.2 IP
Cleveland scored three runs in the bottom of the 8th to win the nightcap.
— Rockies 4, Phillies 1
Mickey Moniak hit two home runs for Colorado.
Tomoyuki Sugano gave up one run in six IP.
Rookie TJ Rumfield homered; he is hitting .345 so far.
— Diamondbacks 6, Braves 5 (10)
Ketel Marte hit a walk-off double for Arizona.
Corbin Carroll was 3-for-4, with two runs scored.
Drake Baldwin homered, had four RBI for Atlanta.
— Mets 5, Giants 2
Luis Torrens had a pinch-hit, 2-run double in the 8th inning.
Mets swept the Giants in San Francisco, improved to 6-4.
Logan Webb is the only MLB pitcher who had started three games.
— Pirates 8, Orioles 2
Ryan O’Hearn homered, had four RBI against his old team.
Pittsburgh has won five games in a row; they’re 6-3.
Oneil Cruz also homered, had three RBI.
— Dodgers 8, Nationals 6
Washington led 6-1 after the fifth inning.
Shohei Ohtani homered, had the game-winning sac fly.
Dodger bullpen threw four scoreless IP.
— Rays 4, Twins 1 (10)
Richie Palacios hit a 2-run homer in the 10th inning.
Nick Martinez allowed one hit, one run in six IP.
Rays finally go back to Florida, have their home opener Monday.
