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by **Coppermine** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:35 pm

Beckett deal for Texas' Blalock near
November 20
Miami Herald: "Josh Beckett never would have won the deciding Game 6 of the 2003 World Series at Yankee Stadium if not for Texas Rangers third baseman Hank Blalock. Now, in an odd twist of fate, those two players might end up swapping jerseys as part of a simmering deal that also would result in the departure of longtime third baseman Mike Lowell from the Marlins."

by **eftda** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:45 pm

What did Hank Blalock do for Josh Beckett?

by **RynMan** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:52 pm

eftda wrote:What did Hank Blalock do for Josh Beckett?

Game winning home run in the all star game - making it american league home field (Yankee stadium). Pretty terrible parallel if you ask me.

by **slomo007** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:53 pm

He hit the HR for the AL in the AS game that gave them Home Field advantage for the WS. It's a definite stretch, but the writer is saying that if Blalock wouldn't have hit the HR, they wouldn't have been playing in Yankee stadium that day.

Does anyone honestly think this is some weird twist of fate? I sure as heck don't. What a dumb thing to say.