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Sunday, March 26, 2006

Doc Gooden/Calvin Schiraldi>Possible Game Throwers

It was Game 6 of the 1986 World Series:
Dave Henderson hits 2Run Homer off Rick Aguilera;
Schiraldi pitches 2 2/3 strong relief & then the adventure begins;
Gary Carter Singles;
Kevin Mitchell Singles;
Ray Knight Singles, sending Carter home & Mitchell to 3rd;
Mc Namara had enough of Schiraldi & in comes Stanley;
Wilson does a 10 pitch job on Stanley, who has a history of being an "Arsonist" in this situation;
The Wild Pitch, in a # of replays, looks blockable, but Gedman lets it go by;
Mitchell Scores & it's 5-5;
Mc Namara wanted a horrifically-pained Buckner on the field, when the Red Sox win The Series;
Normally, Dave Stapleton was there for moments like these, but sentimentality reigned here;
Wilson hit the grounder & you know what happened there;
I do think that Schiraldi was exhausted at that point, as I don't see many relievers go 3 Innings, so throwing the Game wouldn't enter my mind.

Doc Gooden, on the other hand, would've done ANYTHING for a line of Cocaine; His fastball was way off & he looked awful, physically. This World Series was tighter than it needed to be, because of the High & Erratic Gooden. The Mets won, IN SPITE of him. The Guy pitched like he was looking to win the "Medallin Cartel Cup" for most lines snorted up his nose. By 1987, I was tuning into WTIC 1080 in Hartford, CT, for Ken Coleman & Joe Castiglione, on Red Sox Broadcasts, with quite a bit more-frequency, so I wouldn't have to hear about Gooden.

The Verdicts:
Schiraldi was tired & Mc Namara was an "Original Idiot";
Doc Gooden is STILL a Selfish Little Coke Freak, & may go to prison for 5 years, for violating probation;
In the case of Doc's Nephew, Gary "The Cream" Sheffroid, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, but in Sheffield's case, his crime was enhancing himself with steroids;
But like "The Doc", his attitude SUCKS.

Click on title for Game 6 Movie.

The bit about Schiraldi throwing Game 6, was in a discussion in a Red Sox Friendly Pub, called "The Hairy Monk", @ East 25th Street & 3rd Avenue in Manhattan, a place where "Theo The Great" Epstein, did a turn as a Celebrity Bartender.

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