Sunday Baseball Classic: The Best Announcer's Prediction...Ever

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First, let's emphasize that baseball is infinitely superior to wasting five days of your life on a cricket match.

Now, let's illustrate why. In what other sport can you find a player, in his big moment on the field, predicting exactly what he is going to, as the famous Babe Ruth did in 1932 when he pointed beyond center field and then launched a home run there? Or find an announcer going one better and, hours before the game, telling the audience that a new player was going to hit his first home run...into a particular location...on a particular at-bat...on a particular pitch?

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Comments

[Amy]

Best prediction since Babe Ruth pointed to the spot where he would hit it out!

Go M's!!! (sigh)

[Canuckistan]

Actually, I'm not sure that the home run made the 2nd deck at the Rogers Centre but it was close.

[Amy]

That part was "almost" in the 2nd deck-- Niehaus called it that way, but I think the almost got lost in the excitement. The prediction was "almost" a Nate Silver, but close enough for me.

[ChrisE]

Scott, you know my respect for you knows no bounds. I even like baseball...but I may never forgive you for your unprovoked and vicious attack on the noble sport of cricket.

And there was me thinking that 30 years over here had thoroughly Anglified you!