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Reminds of the late great Mill Famie.
He was the only ML pitcher to have a better "head to head" record against the great Cy Young. Unfortunatley his drinking got the better of him, and was a constant battle, he'd miss trains, practices and even starts from time to time.
After a season off (due to drinking woes), he refound himself and chose to make one last go of it and discovered sobriety. After a dominate year, he found himself starting game 7 of the series against non other than Cy Young.
After 8 strong innings his team is leading 1-0.
Everyone new of his drinking woes and in an effort to sway his focus "someone" snuck an ice cold one out and dropped it behind the mound, as Mill took the mound in the 9th he noticed the beer there and thought; man I've really earned that, I should, but he shakes it off and gets back to business, he K's the 1st two batters, grabs the rosin bag, and thinks "what can it hurt", he slides the beer into his glove pops the top and slams it. After several months of sobriety coupled with an unseasonably hot Sept. day game in which he's given his all, the effects are immediate. He walks the bases full, walks in the tying run, then struggles to a full count on the next batter only to loose him and allow them to score the winning run.
As the victors hoop and holler and dog pile each other around the mound, one of the young rookies notices the empty beer bottle lying there. He asks, hey what's that? One of the vets say's "come on kid, everybody knows. That's the beer....
that made:
Mill Famie Walk Us
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