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Scott Rolen homers off Brett Myers; (Millar does, too)
Doubleheader today: B-game at Bright House during the day, major league game in Dunedin tonight.
The matinee just got underway and an interesting thing happened. Scott Rolen strolled to the plate but there weren't enough fans here to boo.
(In B-games, there is no public address system. There are about 100 fans here. Rolen also didn't have a name on the back of his jersey).
But when he turned on an 0-2 pitch from Brett Myers and sent the ball into the empty left field bleachers, it was obvious it was Rolen.
He ran around the bases, in typical Rolen fashion, as if a rabid dog was on his heels.
I was curious if Rolen and Myers ever played together with the Phils, so I looked it up: Myers made his major league debut on July 24, 2002 - a week before Rolen was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals.
Myers, of course, is just getting his work in... and likely isn't throwing a curve ball. So don't panic.
Yet.
UPDATE: In the third inning, Myers got some revenge by striking out Rolen looking. But two pitches later, Kevin Millar launched a three-run home run just south of the Tiki Bar in left.
The matinee just got underway and an interesting thing happened. Scott Rolen strolled to the plate but there weren't enough fans here to boo.
(In B-games, there is no public address system. There are about 100 fans here. Rolen also didn't have a name on the back of his jersey).
But when he turned on an 0-2 pitch from Brett Myers and sent the ball into the empty left field bleachers, it was obvious it was Rolen.
He ran around the bases, in typical Rolen fashion, as if a rabid dog was on his heels.I was curious if Rolen and Myers ever played together with the Phils, so I looked it up: Myers made his major league debut on July 24, 2002 - a week before Rolen was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals.
Myers, of course, is just getting his work in... and likely isn't throwing a curve ball. So don't panic.
Yet.
UPDATE: In the third inning, Myers got some revenge by striking out Rolen looking. But two pitches later, Kevin Millar launched a three-run home run just south of the Tiki Bar in left.
posted by Ryan at
2:08 PM
4 Comments:
South of the Tiki Bar is in the stands right?
um, yes. but no one is in the stands.
my early estimation of a hundred fans may have been about 88 too many.
You're probably surprised that anybody cares, but what's the score?
Nah, not surprised - they're the defending World (bleepin') Champs, right?
They lost 12-7 in a slugfest. Rolen homered twice. Three Phillies also homered, or, minor league Phillies: Tuffy Gosewich, Chris Walker and Andy Tracy.
Myers wasn't great - 5 ER in 3 IP - but he also wasn't throwing all his stuff.
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