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My parents, brother and I were fortunate enough to spend this Labor Day afternoon at RFK witnessing the Nats 4-1 victory over St. Louis that was highlighted by maligned starter Ramon Ortiz's near no-hitter. Ortiz, who hasn't had an ERA under 5.00 since leaving Anaheim and didn't break 91 on the gun all day long, somehow kept the Cards from hittin' it where they ain't until Aaron Miles led off the 9th with a highly disappointing basehit. Aside from the near pitching miracle, there were two other occurrences that made this game extremely worthwhile...

1. Ortiz came to the plate in the bottom of the 8th with the no-hitter intact. Predictably, the crowd gave him a standing O, which he acknowledged by digging in and hitting the first home run of his career. Unbelievable.

2. Once the no-no was spoiled, Pujols came to the plate with none on and the Cards down to their last out. With the shutout intact, Ortiz delivered and the great Pujols smashed the ball into the upper deck, probably 500 feet away. Amazing.

Check out the photo gallery above for pics from the day that was, and here are two digicam videos of interest. The first is the crowd reaction to the Ortiz HR and the second is the crowd appreciation when Ortiz came out of the game following Pujols' HR. Enjoy...

No-No Ramon [Baseball Musings]

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• #1 Comment from mepk00 
  9/4/06 8:50 PM | Permalink

  just to say i think andre a. is a poor excuse for a man......   what a poor showing of manhood.....   are there no locker rooms in tennis......    why cry in public.....    baby....   attention seeker...   cry for all the poor young guys at war....   not yourself and your career....   grow up and be a man one can respect....