Top four Yadier Molina moments from last night's Cardinals' game
- Molina is in kneeling position to tag runner Omir Santos out at home plate - shortstop Brendan Ryan bounces his throw in and over Molina's shoulder. Later in the dugout, Molina is seen admonishing Ryan.
- 6th inning, runners on first and second, one out - pitcher Tim Redding sacrifice bunts. Molina springs up, fields the ball and throws the lead runner out at third.
- Cardinals' center fielder Rick Ankiel throws home on a single trying to get base runner Luis Castillo. The throw is surprisingly close but up the line. Molina dives at Castillo as he runs by. Did Molina tag Castillo? Yadier sure thought so, but the umpire did not. Uncharacteristically, Molina lets the umpire know he disagrees.
- Molina hits a ground ball behind second base. Luis Castillo dives to his right, makes the stop and throws the ball on three hops over to get Molina at first. Molina, attempting to stretch to reach first base, lands awkwardly on the bag. Later, Molina is seen crying in the dugout. Tears of pain? Tears of frustration at being so unbearably slow? No one but Yadier can be sure.
Below, Molina argues with home plate umpire Dale Scott.
"Hockey ought to be sternly forbidden, as it is not only annoying but dangerous." Halifax Morning Sun, quoted in Michael McKinley's Hockey - A People's History
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We have been in FL on vacation for two weeks but we did watch that game and those Yadi moments stuck out for me/us as well. He is Benji's favorite player and he wears #4 in his honor (although he doesn't like playing catcher). Yadi still leads the voting for the All Star game - it would be fun to see him start in STL. They have turned the crater which was the other half of the old Busch into a softball field because they haven't gotten the financing they need for Ballpark Village.
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