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A Sample from Retrosheet
A Sample from Retrosheet
I picked a random day. August 18, 1927. 3 games that day. Yankees beat the White Sox 5-4 in 12. Top of 12th. Koenig singles. Ruth sacrifices him to 2nd. Babe Ruth, in the midst of one of his greatest seasons ever, bunts in the top of the 12th. Gehrig IBB. Meusel K. Lazzeri infield single to 3rd. Bases loaded, 2 out. Mike Gazella draws a walk to score Koenig and give the Yanks the lead. Inning ends when Gehrig is picked off 3b. 2 outs in the 12th inning of a 1 run game and one of the games greats is picked off 3rd. You can't make up this stuff. Nobody would believe Ruth bunting and Gehrig getting picked off 3rd in the 12th inning.


