It’s plays like this that made me happy to give up my centerfield position and take over at shortstop.
Many Little Leaguers could empathize with [Brett] Gardner, when the Yankees left fielder lost Davis’ flyball in the fourth despite wearing shades. While ranging back onto the warning track with his glove up, Gardner took several awkward shuffle steps and fell on his backside as the ball bounced off the dirt just a foot or two behind him and into the crowd. Gardner was initially given an error but postgame it was changed to a double.
At first, I thought shortstop was a demotion because, “Bucky Dent doesn’t hit any home runs!” But then the coach reminded me:
The announcer was Bill White. When I die, I hope they just put old ball games on an iPod and let me listen to his voice as I drift off.
