ConspiracyBuff
07-13-2006, 04:20 AM
83-year-old strikes out in lone at-bat :
Associated Press
July 13, 2006
No one in the bleachers at the Sioux Falls Canaries game was quite sure what was going on down on the field. They were all quiet, wondering and transfixed on the little old man digging into the batter's box.
The infielders moved up on the grass, giggling, and pitcher looked as uncomfortable as anyone else would have felt. But to 83-year-old Jim Eriotes, it was serious business. Eriotes led off Tuesday's game for the Canaries against the St. Joe (Mo.) Blacksnakes and took four big swings -- even fouling a pitch off -- before striking out.
http://msn.foxsports.com/id/5780860_36_1.jpg Jim Eriotes fouls off a pitch. (Cory Myers, The Argus Leader / Associated Press)
The at-bat made Eriotes the oldest man to ever play professional baseball. It was his only at-bat in the game.
The record didn't mean much to the Chicago native and former minor leaguer.
"I don't give a damn about that stuff," he said, bothered by his failure to reach base. "If I got a couple more at-bats, I'd get a hit. Easy." He wasn't kidding....
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5778660?FSO1&ATT=HMA
Associated Press
July 13, 2006
No one in the bleachers at the Sioux Falls Canaries game was quite sure what was going on down on the field. They were all quiet, wondering and transfixed on the little old man digging into the batter's box.
The infielders moved up on the grass, giggling, and pitcher looked as uncomfortable as anyone else would have felt. But to 83-year-old Jim Eriotes, it was serious business. Eriotes led off Tuesday's game for the Canaries against the St. Joe (Mo.) Blacksnakes and took four big swings -- even fouling a pitch off -- before striking out.
http://msn.foxsports.com/id/5780860_36_1.jpg Jim Eriotes fouls off a pitch. (Cory Myers, The Argus Leader / Associated Press)
The at-bat made Eriotes the oldest man to ever play professional baseball. It was his only at-bat in the game.
The record didn't mean much to the Chicago native and former minor leaguer.
"I don't give a damn about that stuff," he said, bothered by his failure to reach base. "If I got a couple more at-bats, I'd get a hit. Easy." He wasn't kidding....
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5778660?FSO1&ATT=HMA