Saturday, July 31, 2010

John Montefusco



On this date in 1975, Giants pitcher John "The Count" Montefusco predicts that he will shut out the Reds and strike out Johnny Bench four times.

He was a little off as the Reds score seven* runs in 1 1/3 innings off Montefusco with three of the runs coming on a Bench homer. The Reds win, 11-6.

Evidently, he did not "count" on the "tipped pitches" thing.

Throw a curveball the same way you throw a fastball!

*"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7" says The Count!

2 comments:

Matt Runyon said...

one--ahahahaha! two--ahahahaha! three--ahahahaha! four--ahahahaha! five--ahahahaha! six-ahahahaha! seven beautiful runs-ahahaha!

As a Giants fan I shouldn't be making fun of this, but it wasn't a smart move for John to pop off like that

Contrary Guy said...

Probably falls into the "good rule of thumb" category.