It was less like baseball and more like archery practice. And wherever Stephen Piscotty went he had a bull’s-eye on him.
In a bruising
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three times in one inning, as if being tracked by a GPS.
The pounding sequence began in the fifth when he was struck on the right arm by Chicago Cubs ace Jake Arietta. Piscotty shook it off and headed to first. It
was only beginning. The ball soon got away from the catcher and Piscotty bolted
for second, hit on his left arm by Wilson Contreras’ throw.
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Then came a slow roller to second base that Kolten Wong overran. Piscotty rounded third and broke for home. Wong’s throw to the plate nailed him on the
helmet. A shaken Piscotty walked to the dugout. He would later pass all
concussion tests.
Piscotty, since traded to Oakland in the offseason, majored in atmospheric and energy engineering at Stanford. But even he was puzzled by that inning
against the Cubs.
”I’ve never seen that before
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Piscotty was not the only Cardinal traveling strange byways in 2017. A ball somehow stuck to the chest protector of St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina , who
was asked if a foreign substance were responsible. ”That’s a dumb question,” he
said.
This was also a year in which Atlanta Falcons receiver Julio Jones lost a $100,000 earring while jet skiing, prompting erroneous reports that he hired a
dive team to find it. (”I did not do that. It was insured.”).
Synchronized swimming changed its name to artistic swimming. Olympic champion shooter Michael Diamond of Australia was convicted on firearms charges, and his
gun license was revoked. Mechanical doping came to the fore in France when an
amateur cyclist was caught with a motor on his bike.
A bowler from upstate New York raced from one lane to another and rolled a perfect 300 game in less than 90 seconds. The Saint Louis University basketball
team was left waiting for its bus after a game at St. Bonaventure because the
driver was some 40 miles away and soon to be charged with drunken driving. And
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The high hops and unscripted plays came from all over:
ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Shortstop Zack Cozart , then with the Cincinnati Reds, made the All-Star team, and with it came a gift from teammate Joey Votto that
required more upkeep than a watch – a donkey. . Second baseman Rougned Odor was
not wowed by his contract offer until Texas sweetened the deal by throwing in
two horses. ”I love horses,” he said. . Fans of the top Danish soccer club
Brondby threw out the welcome mat for opposing players by throwing dead rats at
them. . A New Zealand cricket player tried to convince the court he had good
reason for driving after too many drinks – he needed to console his distraught
girlfriend over the death of a pet parrot.
DOUBLE FAULTS: World-weary Australian star Bernard Tomic bemoaned that Wimbledon provides insufficient motivation: ”I felt a little bit bored to be
completely honest with you.” . Romania’s Ilie Nastase, banned by international
tennis authorities for his profane outburst and general boorishness during the
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vigilant, ordering some junior boys players to change their resplendently
colored underwear. Venus Williams, when questioned about the flash of pink
beneath her dress, said: ”I don’t like talking about bras at press conferences.
It’s weird.”
ON THE GRID: Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles posted a 14-minute video on Twitter of her gauze-filled mouth after her wisdom teeth were removed. . An
Indiana high school student won a bet with his teacher to call off a final exam
by getting Kobe Bryant to give him a retweet. The retired NBA star said: ”Hope
you have an A in this class.” . Canadian tennis star and model Eugenie Bouchard
figured she was on safe ground. With the Falcons way ahead in the Super Bowl she
tweeted that she ”knew Atlanta would win.” A University of Missouri student
replied with a dare: If the Patriots win, they go on a date. Bouchard said sure,
and New England rallied to win from 25 points down. The two went to a Brooklyn
Nets game. Said Bouchard: ”Never bet against Tom Brady.”
THE BIG SLEEP: A death notice in The Richmond Times-Dispatch for one Patrick ”Pat” Killebrew began by noting he ”passed away peacefully at home . after
watching the Washington Nationals relief pitchers blow yet another lead.” . A
similar notice in a New Jersey newspaper requested eight Philadelphia Eagles for
pallbearers
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his ashes scattered there at the hockey team’s last home game at Joe Louis
Arena. . A New York City man honored his plumber friend by flushing his ashes
down toilets of major league ballparks. The friend told The New York Times:
”This is the perfect tribute to a plumber and baseball fan.”
HONORS CLASS: Theo Epstein , the master builder who helped end title droughts for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs, was No. 1 on Fortune magazine’s list of
World’s Greatest Leaders. He was followed by Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Pope
Francis. Epstein didn’t get carried away, telling ESPN: ”Um, I can’t even get my
dog to stop peeing in the house.” . The rugby sevens team from Fiji that won the
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