TV on the Consciousness - Report #1
My level of consciousness had just hit zero. With one out in the top of the ninth, Shawn Green hit what looked to be a one out grounder to the Phillies' shortstop Jimmie Rollins, thus allowing Endy Chavez, that most underappreciated of outfielders, to trot home from third and tie the game at three, staving off the Mets' fourth straight loss and keeping their lead in the NL East at four games over the Phillies who were surging in the Wins column. For five or so seconds, I was ecstatic. And then I was devastated. Second-base umpire C.B. Buckner called Marlon Anderson for interference for running outside the base lines before crashing into Phillies' second baseman Tadahito Iguchi and awarded the out at first to the Phillies, thus ending the game and moving the Phillies to a mere three games back in the NL East.