It’s the top of the 10th inning. The score is tied at 7-7. Runner on 1st and one out.
The reigning American League MVP steps to the plate.
And then in the words of Joe Buck, “There’s a shot into right! Back at the track…at the wall…Hamilton has gone deep!”
9-7.
I need to stop now and apologize. It hurts for me to write it, to relive it. We all know the rest.
This was of course after the Nelson Cruz non-catch. But this still could have been it. This should have been it.