10-08-2005, 02:19 PM
There's so many great moments from those two years. That Gruber triple play was matched only by the slide he made at home plate which knocked him out. Friends of the family had a satellite dish (back when they standard NORAD sized things) and we were watching the live feed from Skydome.
During the commercial break, it was really tense as everybody crowded around Gruber's carcas at home plate. It looked bad. Eventually, the EMT's had to revive him with smelling salts and help him to his feet. A real trooper that guy.
I also love the romantic story of people in cottage country rushing to their radio's in '92 when the cable north of Barrie went out across the top of the province just before Otis Nixon came to the plate in the 10th. There's a cinematic gem waiting to happen: the image of thousands crowded into their cars in the blushing October Muskoka's, intently listening as Nixon ground out to Timlin... and then honking their applause.
Anybody remember that huge Nike ad/mural painted on a building across the street from Skydome? It was a black and white image of Carter's swing with the only words reading: 10:38pm, Sunday, October 23, 1993
During the commercial break, it was really tense as everybody crowded around Gruber's carcas at home plate. It looked bad. Eventually, the EMT's had to revive him with smelling salts and help him to his feet. A real trooper that guy.
I also love the romantic story of people in cottage country rushing to their radio's in '92 when the cable north of Barrie went out across the top of the province just before Otis Nixon came to the plate in the 10th. There's a cinematic gem waiting to happen: the image of thousands crowded into their cars in the blushing October Muskoka's, intently listening as Nixon ground out to Timlin... and then honking their applause.
Anybody remember that huge Nike ad/mural painted on a building across the street from Skydome? It was a black and white image of Carter's swing with the only words reading: 10:38pm, Sunday, October 23, 1993