Bases loaded. Two outs in the ninth. Two strikes on the batter. You're up 6-4, so you've got a cushion but you want this guy out for the win. Throw...swing and a miss! You win!
Except the pitch is wild, your catcher drops it and that means it's a live ball and it's squirted away from him. If he doesn't throw the runner out at first, runs will score. He doesn't, and in fact throws it past the first baseman into right field. Two runs score easily and the third beats the throw in from the outfield, and you lose.
Sometimes it really isn't over until it's over.
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I had the Los Angeles Dodgers radio broadcast on the other day, and I was treated to the audio spectacle of a balk-off: bottom of the night, score tied, bases loaded, two out, and the pitcher starts his motion.
And doesn't finish it. The runners advance, and the game is over.
I suspect someone may test Dan Quisenberry's assertion that you can't drown yourself in a shower.
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