In the ninth inning of Monday's game against the Brewers, the (homer) scorekeeper would have you believe that Jason LaRue, 34 year old back up catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals legged out a gutty, pinch hit, infield single in a tight game. But this would not tell the whole story. To understand the full story, you must first know that a day or so before the game, the Brew-crew traded for long time vet 2B Ray Durham. This fact, combined with the knowledge that current Brewers 2B Rickie Weeks is hitting .219, lets you in on the details necessary to understand what happened on Monday.
First of all, back up catchers don't get infield singles to second basemen. Can you imagine a situation where a ball is hit to the right side of the infield, but ohhh, he had to range too far, LaRue's already burning down the line in his orthodics and turtleneck. Rickie Weeks' teammates yelling to him "Eat it! Eat it! No throw!"
No. Jason LaRue ends up at first base because "knock-kneed, holy shit I can't believe I'm going to lose my job to Ray Durham" Rickie Weeks made an error. But the hometown scorekeeper has Jason LaRue's rookie card and he wouldn't even trade it for Ken Griffey Jr. Fleer Ultra Rookie card.
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Is that Jason LaRue or Tyson Gay?
Weeks is on my fantasy team. He's like Roger Dorn. I can't have him getting hurt knocking down 10 hoppers. This guy has to contribute to my strikeout total.
I have the Ken Griffey Jr. Ultra Fleer rookie card!! Griffey can't even keep his hat on b/c of his fro
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