Back To 1997

Back to 1997 but not without pointing out how horrible some of Joe Maddon’s managerial decisions were in the recent World Series.

So Cleveland, denied the title in the bottom of the ninth were up in the top of the 11th and were issued the free pass.

Jim Valvano won a so called miracle title with N.C. state in the ’83 basketball event because he knew if he lost doing the right thing, “he could sleep like a baby” but the wrong way would haunt him.

Of course it must be noted Valvano died of cancer ten years later which I suppose puts it all in perspective?

Hargrove had his best hitter Sandy Alomar Jr. , sadly or maybe not as I have to learn being second is not only no disgrace but quite a feat, a coach on the 2016 Indians and he had Alomar bunt/sacrifice.

NOOO! First of all, Alomar failed to even sacrifice but even if he had, Cleveland would have lost a top left handed hitter, Jim Thome, to an intentional walk. Hargrove lost, without using his not so arguably, best hitter and would have lost Thome if Alomar sacrificed successfully.