DUNEDIN, FLA. - Joe Biagini had just committed the worst possible sin a pitcher can on a sunny spring afternoon.
The Blue Jays’ Rule V selection from the San Francisco Giants, allowed a home run, tying the game with two out in the top of the ninth.
And now, the Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox would plod into extra innings.
Major-leaguers would rather run sprints carrying backpacks loaded with rocks for half an hour than play extras.
This we learned at this very field in 1985 when Jeff Reardon gave up a game-tying homer to Ron Shephard in the bottom of the ninth.