Oh, July 1997, how we miss thee. "Men in Black" was tops at the box office, and Larry Walker was flirting with a .400 batting average when the AL and NL met at then-Jacobs Field in Cleveland on July 8. When Walker came up to face hard-throwing lefty (and now Hall of Fame electee) Randy Johnson in a 0-0 tie, Walker had to duck out of the way of a heater headed right for his dome.
Baseball's really a game of chess, so Walker's next move was to flip his helmet backward and step to the other side of the plate.
He eventually drew a walk (he was always an OBP guy), but was stranded. Later, hometown hero Sandy Alomar Jr. homered in the seventh to lift the AL to a 3-1 victory.
Baseball's really a game of chess, so Walker's next move was to flip his helmet backward and step to the other side of the plate.
He eventually drew a walk (he was always an OBP guy), but was stranded. Later, hometown hero Sandy Alomar Jr. homered in the seventh to lift the AL to a 3-1 victory.
