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Parker, it was agreed later, had crushed the pitch, hitting the ball exactly in its middle with the middle of his bat, so that it flew toward Dauer without any spin - a knuckleball, in short, which took a sudden and characteristic knuckleball veer at the last instant and skipped free. Tim Foli, running toward second, was the nearest witness, and he said later, "I could see the seams of the ball, so I knew what had happened. It was so strange to see a ball hit that way, and hit so hard, that I yelled 'Look out!' as it went by me. Dauer never had a chance."
-- Parker's seventh inning single off Jim Palmer to break up a scoreless tie in Game 6 of the 1979 World Series. in Roger Angell, Late Innings
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Welcome to quaint, old Fenway Park.
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On the road again.
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Sorry baby
We call it like we see it in Chicago


All right then - the White Sox are bad.
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Well the danger on the rocks is surely past
Still I remain tied to the mast

Home at last.
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The road trip concludes.
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On to Missouri!
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Playoffs, baby! Hang on, Tampa Bay already won their game.
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It's inter-league ball. Cool.
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You said, "Vegas is beautiful at night"
And it's not about the money, 
you just like the lights

That was one weird road trip.
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Yikes. Let's get out of Tampa Bay. It remains a place where Blue Jays go to die.
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Welcome to Steinbrenner Field. At least it's not the bloody Trop.
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Well, Blue Jays. You now have our undivided attention.
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The Blue Jays welcome the best team in the American League in for the weekend. Which is more shocking would you say: that said best team is the Detroit Tigers, or that one of their very best players has been centerfielder Javy Baez?
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That was a totally normal road trip...eh? Right?
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