When Marlon Anderson played for the Philadelphia Phillies he was often crtiticized for not being a smart ball player. Ultimately, Phillies management got rid of Marlon because they had lost patience with him. Well tonight, it came back and helped the Phillies win a game against the division-leading New York Mets. Having already won the first 2 of the 4 game set, the Phillies nursed a one-run lead going into the 9th inning. With Brett Myers on the mound, the Mets organized runners to first and third with one out. Interestingly, the Phillies kept their infield @ double-play depth and waited for the improbable to help them win a game!
Richie Ashburn frequently mused about the beauty of baseball and how on any given night you could see a play that you had never seen before. Well tonight in the 9th innning and with runners on 1st and 3rd with 1 out, his “Whiteness” must have been looking down on CBP and readying a smile. As Shawn Green grounded into what was clearly NOT a double play ball, the aformentioned Marlon Byrd decided that breaking up the double play was the only way to guarantee the tying run crossing the plate. The problem is that he egregiously and overtly ran outside the basepath to take out Phillies 2nd basement Tadahito Iguchi. Immediately, 2nd base umpire C.B. Bucknor identified the obvious interference and ended the game on an interference-based double play.
Thanks Marlon, you finally helped the Phillies win a ball game!
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