News Item: Dodgers’ Cora Ends 18-Pitch At-Bat With Homer
It’s official: Alex Cora has just replaced Billy Beane as the sabermetric movement’s new Messiah. ‘Cause that whole Bobby Kielty idea didn’t really work out.
Cora hit 14 straight foul balls; sort of reminds me of that Garrison Keillor story (“Babe Ruth Visits Lake Wobegon”) where a certain baseball player has the magical ability to hit a foul ball anywhere he wants in the stadium, so he hits 28 balls in a row off the home plate umpire’s head.
Posted by Stephen Silver at May 13, 2004 06:21 PMNah, he only took two balls out of 18 pitches.
Maybe he can be the Joe Morgan messiah for his "gutsy play" and "veteran leadership" in "knowing how to win."
Besides, everybody knows that if you're looking at OBP, walks, and Homers, Bonds is your messiah.
Posted by: Jeremy Wahlman at May 14, 2004 01:05 AM