Wednesday, May 05, 2004
Fan reaction
At last night's Cubs game, the notoriously impatient Corey Patterson received a loud outburst of cheering and applause from Section 528 when he took a ball on the first pitch, something very few of us had ever seen him do.
Later in that at-bat, though, when he swung and missed at a terrible curveball out of the strike zone, he got roundly booed by the same large group.
But he righted the balance on the Corey-o-Meter later by receiving a standing ovation from our section for taking a walk.
As the scoreboard graphic of a phantom gliding down to first at the Metrodome will tell you, "Walks will haunt." If only the Cubs--who seem to understand it on the pitching side--could realize that they are capable of doing some haunting themselves.
Or, for the sake of my Cardinals, maybe it's best that they don't.
Later in that at-bat, though, when he swung and missed at a terrible curveball out of the strike zone, he got roundly booed by the same large group.
But he righted the balance on the Corey-o-Meter later by receiving a standing ovation from our section for taking a walk.
As the scoreboard graphic of a phantom gliding down to first at the Metrodome will tell you, "Walks will haunt." If only the Cubs--who seem to understand it on the pitching side--could realize that they are capable of doing some haunting themselves.
Or, for the sake of my Cardinals, maybe it's best that they don't.
Labels: corey patterson, cubs, walks haunt
