Sport: Relief Pitcher

The tension was clearly too much for the home team. Starting Pitcher Sandy Koufax walked four men in one inning and was sent to the showers. Reliever Don Bessent let a man steal home. The Dodgers were losing to Cincinnati 6-0 when the public address system sputtered: "Attention, ladies and gentlemen. The vote on Proposition B, returns from the first 58 precincts, shows: yes, 3,844 votes; no, 3,557 votes." The crowd hooted. "Can I change my vote to no?" roared a first-base fan. "I wanna send these bums back to Brooklyn."

Final Innings. All evening the returns came in as the count...

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