Found April 07, 2008 on Four Blocks to Miller Park:
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I try to keep this blog on the analytical tip, so I try to stay away from "symbolic" moments, but this one I can't resist.It happened, ironically, in the first inning of the only Brewer loss so far this season.On a simple fly ball to right, Brewers 2nd baseman Rickie Weeks tagged up and charged for the plate. The Cubs new RF Fukudome made a horrible decision to make a play on Weeks, and then compounded his error by airmailing his throw to the backstop (what's Japanese for "Hit the cutoff man, hot shot?").On top of that, the Cubs new greenhorn catcher made the foolish, foolish decision to loiter in the basepath without the ball. Ho, Rickie Weeks made him pay. Weeks, a 2nd baseman, knocked the Cubs backstop ass over tea kettle, without even breaking his own stride. It was one of the most bonecrushing, teethrattling hits I have ever seen made without shoulder pads.In the aftermath, the Cubs catcher got up dazed, and then realized too late that Brewers CF Ton...
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