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Mike DiPatri 8/25/11

 

 

         We witnessed an historical event in Major League Baseball today.  In the 135 or so year history of the Majors, there has never been three grand slams hit in one game by one team.  That is until today.  At Yankee Stadium in the A’s-Yankees game, the Yankees made history by doing just that.  One had to think that this was proof that the ghosts had definitely moved from the old stadium to the new. 

 

         The game played out this way.  The A’s were Leading the Yankees 7-2 in the fifth.  A pessimist would have thought the Yankees were out of the game.  It looked as if the A’s were going to sweep the series.  Then, the Yankees loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth.  Robinson Cano hit a grand slam to make the score 7-6.  That had to make even those pessimists think a comeback was possible.  Then, in the sixth, the Yankees loaded the bases again.  Russell Martin came up.  Martin had already hit a solo homer earlier in the game, so it really was doubtful he’d hit another.  But, as it turned out he did which gave the Yankees a second grand slam and a 10-7 lead.  They kept going scoring another seven runs.  Then in the eighth, they loaded the bases again with Granderson coming up.  All the sports networks stopped their broadcasts and looked in live in case history was coming.  Sure enough, Granderson hit what turned out to be an historic third grand slam.  It was the first time one team had ever hit three grand slams in one game.

 

         This was really unbelievable.  In the new stadium, Monument Park is in center field instead of left field like the old stadium.  All three slams went over right center, just right of Monument Park.  It was as if the ghosts were pulling them over the wall.  You may think that it’s silly believing there are ghosts out there.  If you do think that, then you’ve never been there.  

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From left:  Robinson Cano hits first of three Yankees grand slam in the fifth, Russell Martin hits second in the sixth and Curtis Granderson the third in the eighth to make major league history by hitting three grand slams in one game.