GAME 3 (Yankee Stadium) Dodgers 5, Yankees 2:
Once upon a time Baseball played World Series games during the afternoon. They also canceled games when the weather was forecasted to be wet. One hates to see a World Series game decided by the weather, but this one had 3 rather large rain delays, not to mention an extremely sloppy track. Special thanks has to go to the Yankee Stadium grounds crew for keeping the field marginally playable. Besides dusting the field to the tune of YMCA these guys do one heck of a job. The first rain delay of almost 30 minutes occurred after the Dodgers batted in the 4th and the game not official yet. Brooklyn was up 3-0 at this point. Duke Snider homered with 2 outs in the first off of Yankee starter David Cone. Brooklyn scored it's next two runs in the 4th when Billy Cox hit a 2 run shot, also with 2 out. Here is where the weather really influenced the outcome. Prior to Cox's homer Brooklyn DH Rube Walker singled on a pop up that Bernie Williams normally gets to. Unfortunately for Bernie the outfield was a swamp and he narrowly missed the routine pop up. Conditions were so bad that the ups had to delay the game. Dodger starter Ralph Branca was cruising along until Chuck Knoblauch led off the 6th with a double. Jeter had a productive AB and when he grounded to Robinson at second he advanced Knobby to 3rd. Paul O'Neil followed with a sharp grounder that normally would have made it into right, but today it found it's way into a puddle and the Jackie's glove. Knobby scored to make it 3-1, but
the Yanks missed out on a golden opportunity to have a big inning. After seeing the weather affect the game the officials decided to call for the tarp again. Almost an hour passed before both teams took the field again. By that time Dodger starter Ralph Branca was done and Clem Labine came on board to replace him. David Cone gutted out the elements and the Dodgers Hall of Fame lineup to finish 7 strong innings, but he left the game on the short side. Mike Stanton started the 8th, but 3 hits and 2 runs later he let the game slip away. Reese led the inning off with a single. Snider doubled him home. 3 batters later Snider scored on Hodges sac fly to O'Neill in right. The weather played havoc again and caused another long delay. MLB officials were not going to call the game, so everyone was back in sit and wait mode. 90 minutes later Clyde King took the hill for Brooklyn with a 4 run lead and proceeded to get O'Neill and Tino to pop up. King was not going to pick corners with the rain starting in again and his 2-1 offering met Bernie's bat and didn't come to a rest until it hit the upper deck seats that hours before had fans sitting in them. King couldn't find his footing and walked Strawberry on 5 pitches. Posada stepped up and hit a shot to right center that dropped into Snider's glove for the 3rd out. By the time the game ended maybe 10,000 fans were left. Shame on major league baseball for making them endure this weather and possibly influencing the outcome.
Once upon a time Baseball played World Series games during the afternoon. They also canceled games when the weather was forecasted to be wet. One hates to see a World Series game decided by the weather, but this one had 3 rather large rain delays, not to mention an extremely sloppy track. Special thanks has to go to the Yankee Stadium grounds crew for keeping the field marginally playable. Besides dusting the field to the tune of YMCA these guys do one heck of a job. The first rain delay of almost 30 minutes occurred after the Dodgers batted in the 4th and the game not official yet. Brooklyn was up 3-0 at this point. Duke Snider homered with 2 outs in the first off of Yankee starter David Cone. Brooklyn scored it's next two runs in the 4th when Billy Cox hit a 2 run shot, also with 2 out. Here is where the weather really influenced the outcome. Prior to Cox's homer Brooklyn DH Rube Walker singled on a pop up that Bernie Williams normally gets to. Unfortunately for Bernie the outfield was a swamp and he narrowly missed the routine pop up. Conditions were so bad that the ups had to delay the game. Dodger starter Ralph Branca was cruising along until Chuck Knoblauch led off the 6th with a double. Jeter had a productive AB and when he grounded to Robinson at second he advanced Knobby to 3rd. Paul O'Neil followed with a sharp grounder that normally would have made it into right, but today it found it's way into a puddle and the Jackie's glove. Knobby scored to make it 3-1, but
the Yanks missed out on a golden opportunity to have a big inning. After seeing the weather affect the game the officials decided to call for the tarp again. Almost an hour passed before both teams took the field again. By that time Dodger starter Ralph Branca was done and Clem Labine came on board to replace him. David Cone gutted out the elements and the Dodgers Hall of Fame lineup to finish 7 strong innings, but he left the game on the short side. Mike Stanton started the 8th, but 3 hits and 2 runs later he let the game slip away. Reese led the inning off with a single. Snider doubled him home. 3 batters later Snider scored on Hodges sac fly to O'Neill in right. The weather played havoc again and caused another long delay. MLB officials were not going to call the game, so everyone was back in sit and wait mode. 90 minutes later Clyde King took the hill for Brooklyn with a 4 run lead and proceeded to get O'Neill and Tino to pop up. King was not going to pick corners with the rain starting in again and his 2-1 offering met Bernie's bat and didn't come to a rest until it hit the upper deck seats that hours before had fans sitting in them. King couldn't find his footing and walked Strawberry on 5 pitches. Posada stepped up and hit a shot to right center that dropped into Snider's glove for the 3rd out. By the time the game ended maybe 10,000 fans were left. Shame on major league baseball for making them endure this weather and possibly influencing the outcome.
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