Randy Johnson and the exploding bird.
The pine tar incident.
The All Star Game tie.
Add Fordham's Friday night game against The Deal to your list of wacky incidents. A scheduling error by the league left Fordham opponentless for 45 minutes until The Deal finally started showing up around 6:15--early as far as they knew. Both teams scurried to start as time on the field permit ticked away, but in the end, since the game didn't go the full time, the league decided to suspend the game with Fordham up 7-5 after five, to be continued later in the season.
Fordham bats were quiet but effective during the game, with several "seeing eye" hits doing some major damage against The Deal. Patti "Hit it where they ain't" Dickerson drove in four runs on two clutch floaters just over the infield. The game of inches also came back to hurt Fordham as well. Pat "The Mighty" Quinn just missed a great stab at a liner over third and Larry Porco attempted a diving stop of a smash to first. Both plays would have shut the door before The Deal put three on the board in the third, but as it was, luck wasn't much of a lady to either team on Central Park's Great Lawn that night.
Fordham sent Charlie O'Donnell to the mound in place of their absent ace Brian Cuthbert. O'Donnell frustrated The Deal with his unwillingness/inability to keep the ball around the plate, causing some ugly and desperate swings. He also walked three, but never game The Deal much of anything to hit. He slipped several called strikes past the surprised Deal hitters, and while it might of been ugly, it kept Fordham in the game.
No word yet on when the remaining two innings will be played, but Fordham will look for their first win this week at Heckscher #1 this Thursday night at 6:45 in Central Park.