I know that this is not the type of notariety that Ben would have wanted but ....... I and thousands of other ex-ballplayers (and non ex-ballplayers) would gladly have traded places with him.
Fact of the matter is that Ben pitched well yesterday. 2.0 innings, 1 hit, 1 earned run, no walks, 7 batter faced.
You've got to be pretty good just to be in the position that young Mr. Ford was in last night!
Bob, "Former" Head Cook and Bottle Washer
Posts: 1507 | Location: Tennessee | Registered: December 22, 2002
Hey, congrats to Ben for all the hard work and persistence that has gotten him to MLB. Sounds like he had a good showing on the mound in spite of one "infamous" swing of the bat!
Posts: 3638 | Location: Minnesota | Registered: January 04, 2003
I was sitting with a couple of very highly-touted HS pitchers at a college baseball game the other night just after word reached us that #661 was hit (we didn't know off who). I asked them, "if you were facing Bonds and he could hit #661 off you, would you challenge him or pitch around him?"
Both immediately repsonded they would, without a doubt, challenge him. Youthful exhuberence? Probably. But I know they BOTH would have loved to have been in young Mr. Ford's place the other day.
Congratulations to Barry Bonds and congratulations to young Ben Ford for being good enough to be a part of history. Might not have felt too great at the time, but he's got a story for his grandkids now.
----------------------- Go Bearcats!
Posts: 3652 | Location: California | Registered: June 22, 2003
