{"id":58,"date":"2008-09-19T15:48:23","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T23:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/?p=58"},"modified":"2009-07-13T12:56:11","modified_gmt":"2009-07-13T20:56:11","slug":"super-finish-to-fridays-allstar-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/2008\/09\/19\/super-finish-to-fridays-allstar-matchup\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Finish to Friday&#8217;s Allstar Matchup!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/images\/91908\/shot0021.gif\" alt=\"Game\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Friday&#8217;s Allstar had the look of a blowout with 3 first inning runs by team Ultra.  But it ended much different than it started as Davey&#8217;s Super team inched their way back into the game before Chris delivered the final blow in extra innings.  Dominant pitching kept offense to a minimum after Rocky&#8217;s first inning 3-run homer for team Ultra.  While Ultra&#8217;s strikeout count kept mounting, so did their pitch count, and a couple bad pitches made the difference in the contest.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Click here to read more and see highlight of the game! --><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n            function startGallery_3() { \n              var myGallery = new gallery($(\"myGallery_3\"), {                  timed: true,         showCarousel: false,         showInfopane: true,           showArrows: true,           embedLinks: true, slideInfoZoneOpacity: 0.80, delay: 7000, defaultTransition: \"fadebg\"   });\n              \n              document.getElementById(\"myGallery_3\").style.display = \"block\";\n           }\n            window.addEvent(\"domready\", startGallery_3);\n          <\/script>\n         <div style=\"width: 480px; height: 450px; border:0px solid; margin:0px auto; clear:both;\"><div id=\"myGallery_3\" class=\"myGallery\" style=\"display:none; width: 480px !important; height: 450px !important;\"><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 19, 2008 - Allstar Game<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Today's box score with tomorrow's headline.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0021.gif\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0021.gif\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0021.gif\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 19, 2008 - Allstar Game<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Walker watches helplessly as Rocky's home run leaves the stadium.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0004.gif\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0004.gif\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0004.gif\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 19, 2008 - Allstar Game<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Rocky celebrates his first inning blast.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0007.gif\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0007.gif\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0007.gif\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 19, 2008 - Allstar Game<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Super turns what would have been a triple play if an out hadn't already been recorded.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0008.gif\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0008.gif\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0008.gif\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 19, 2008 - Allstar Game<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Super baserunner gets caught trying to stretch a single into a double.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0009.gif\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0009.gif\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0009.gif\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 19, 2008 - Allstar Game<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Super's bench starts to come alive as Walker puts their first runs on the board.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0011.gif\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0011.gif\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0011.gif\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 19, 2008 - Allstar Game<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Walker celebrates his two run shot.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0012.gif\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0012.gif\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0012.gif\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 19, 2008 - Allstar Game<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Morris follows in the eighth with a solo homer.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0014.gif\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0014.gif\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0014.gif\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 19, 2008 - Allstar Game<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Morris celebrates as he brings Super within one run.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0015.gif\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0015.gif\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0015.gif\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 19, 2008 - Allstar Game<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Chris comes home in walk-off fashion with a solo home run in the tenth.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0016.gif\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0016.gif\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0016.gif\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 19, 2008 - Allstar Game<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Chris gets mobbed at the plate by his Super teammates.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0018.gif\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0018.gif\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0018.gif\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 19, 2008 - Allstar Game<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> The fans go wild!<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0019.gif\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0019.gif\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0019.gif\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 19, 2008 - Allstar Game<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Chris and Walker, heroes of the night.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0020.gif\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/shot0020.gif\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/91908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0020.gif\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p>The tense matchup climaxed in the bottom of the ninth with two out and a runner on second.  What should have been a routine flyball to left field, turned into an RBI single, tying the game for Super.  Sluggish leftfielder Rocky, turned from hero to zero in this match, failing to flag down the flyball in left-center.  &#8220;Hey, on a scale of 1-8, I&#8217;m about a 3 when it comes to running speed.  There was just no way I was going to get that ball.&#8221;  Asked why he uses a scale of 1-8 instead of 1-10, Rocky stormed out of the locker room, visibly upset by today&#8217;s loss.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/images\/out\/OutULTSmall.gif\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"Out\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Davey: Wins by 1 run ($0.25 + $0.05), 5 K&#8217;s ($0.25), 3 HRs ($0.15) = $0.70<br \/>\nTim: 10 K&#8217;s ($1.00), 1 HR ($0.05) = $1.05<br \/>\nTotal: Davey owes Tim $0.35<br \/>\nLifetime: Tim owes Davey $2.50<\/p>\n<p>Series Lifetime: Tim 2, Davey 4<br \/>\nK&#8217;s Lifetime: Tim: 23, Davey 37<br \/>\nHR Lifetime: Tim 8, Davey 12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday&#8217;s Allstar had the look of a blowout with 3 first inning runs by team Ultra. But it ended much different than it started as Davey&#8217;s Super team inched their way back into the game before Chris delivered the final blow in extra innings. Dominant pitching kept offense to a minimum after Rocky&#8217;s first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}