July 8, 2022

They Are Saying Boo

In the top of third inning in Boston, Joey Gallo lifts a fly ball to rightfield that looks like it should be a sacrifice fly. Christian Arroyo, in rightfield for the Red Sox, puts his arms out to his sides and scans the sky for the ball, panicking as he can’t find it. Gallo sees the panic and turns on the jets. The ball lands well behind Arroyo. He races back to grab it fires the ball in, and Gallo is thrown out at the plate trying for an inside the park home run. He drives in two runs with the triple however, and the Yankees lead 7-2.

The New York broadcast then shows Lou Piniella losing the ball in the 1978 tie breaker game. Piniella makes exactly the same face and arm movements as Arroyo, but the ball lands in front of Sweet Lou, and he holds the batter to a single. The rest is history.

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