San Francisco Giants right fielder Hunter Pence races in and makes a great sliding grab on Pete Kozma's pop up in the fifth inning of yesterday's 5-0 SF win over the Cardinals. At first glance it is...
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October 20, 2012
Hunter Pence took his glove with him to the ballpark Friday night, but he decided he was better off using his wrists on one key catch.
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October 20, 2012
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Via MLB Injury News
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Don’t Go There
Via SF Lunatic Fringe
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Davey Johnson probably doesn't give a rat's ass that Randy Knorr would've walked Kozma
Via Nationals Enquirer
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October 19, 2012
So Randy Knorr, Davey Johnson's bench coach, admitted during a radio interview in Canada (590 The Fan in Toronto) that his only regret about NLDS Game 5 was that Pete Kozma got to hit in the 9th with Jason Motte on deck. Via Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post:
"The only thing I kick myself about was, we had a chance to walk Kozma to
get Cruz up to hit to get Motte...
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