One of the most beautiful events
I have ever witnessed
was the expression on Lou Pinella's face
(dogging it down the first base line
as Yaz settled under the ball in lane)
when the ball somehow hit the wall,
Yaz turned, took it on one bounce,
and from 370 feet away
threw him out at first.
Yaz homered his next time up
after a two week slump,
and the way he went around the bases
is why people watch baseball.
Local 254, 1976
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