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Immediately after that play last night I said to myself (wife was in bed), "That was Brooks Robinson!" I flashed back to Brooksie's incredible plays in the World Series. He did the same in 1966 as he did in 1970, he broke batters' (and teams') hearts with incredible plays on "sure" doubles down the line.
That play might have been season-saving. Incredible. Did I say incredible? It wasn't just the play, it was the context. And it wasn't just the grab. When he snagged it, I thought, "He'll never be able to get a throw off in time." I was more stunned by how quickly he got up, turned, and fired the ball to first than I was the grab, which was Brooksian in itself.