You just kind of know that things are going good when your ninth-hole hitter--also known in National League speak as "The Pitcher"--is going deep for you in the World Series. When Joseph Matthew Blanton stepped to the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning of Game Four against the Rays on October 26th, 2008, his aspirations were far from lofty. "I just closed my eyes and swung hard in case I made contact," said Blanton after the game. Indeed, it would have been unrealist...
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