In a contest between the Blue Legs and the Haymakers, John Clarkson and Cy Young both pitched well, but the game was tied at 2 after the ninth. The tenth was scoreless, but in the top of the eleventh, the Haymakers' Amos Rusie gave up a run to put his team on the brink. Vic Willis, the Legs' closer, started off the bottom of the inning by giving up a sharply-hit double to Deacon White. With a man in scoring position and nobody out, the defending champs were in excellent position to get the tying run across the plate. Roger Bresnahan, however, had grander plans. The team's longtime catcher caught hold of Willis's offering and belted it out of the park. With that one swing, a 3-2 deficit turned into a 4-3 victory.
The amazing thing is that the ball had only a 5% chance of leaving the park. I don't really have a favorite team in this league or a desire for any team to win any particular game (though I would like to see the Canaries get a championship at some point!), but I have to admit jumping up and down when that d20 roll landed on a "1" and Bresnahan ended the game in such dramatic fashion. A classic baseball moment!
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