I would personally like to hold Mister Billy Wagner by his ankles over a scorpion pit.
After a near perfect month of July for which he received an award, he comes in tonight in the top of the ninth inning with the Mets leading by just one slim run.
Lead-off hitter Chipper Jones singles. One on no outs.
Mark Teixeira singles moving C. Jones to second. Two on no outs and the lead looks positively razor thin.
Chris Woodword comes up as a pinch hitter and walks on five pitches. At this point Wagner has thrown 11 pitches with just four of them counting as strikes (and two of those became singles). Bases are loaded and there are still no outs. Jeff Francoeur is coming to the plate.At this point I would settle for a tie score if they could get a double play.
But then something magic happens.
Wagner gets Francoeur to ground to David Wright at third who throws home to force Chipper Jones. The bases are still loaded but there is one out and no one has scored.
Oh, oh. Andruw Jones is coming to the plate. But wait! He hits into a game ending double play! Second baseman Luis Castillo to shortstop Jose Reyes to first baseman Carlos Delgado! Three outs and no one scores! The Mets win 4-3!
Like I said Wagner is a great closer---but I still want to hold him over that scorpion pit!
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