Robert Fick Forgets He Plays For Braves and Tries To High-Five Karros at First Base
When the game was over tonight, I stared at the TV for a few moments. It wasn’t supposed to happen that way. Sosa’s ball was supposed to go out of the park. So close . . . .
Oh, well. It just means that the Cubs have to travel to Atlanta to finish off the Braves tomorrow night. I have two predictions: 1) Kerry Wood effectively tells Mark Prior – what you can do, I can do better; and 2) Robert Fick, if he’s allowed to play, will get booed. Loudly. And deservedly. And those of us watching on TV will hear it, because Cubs fans, including Cubs Blogger Army member Scott Lange, will be out in full force.
As David Pinto notes, MLB should suspend Fick.
On another note, I agree with David Pinto about something else: Chipper Jones can’t play leftfield. The Cubs got two doubles tonight that a better leftfielder might have caught. Of course, with the two homers Chipper hit, the Braves hardly have reason to care.
Elsewhere, Braves blog No Pepper agrees with both the Fick and Chipper comments as well, and BravesJournal.com also thinks Fick’s move was dirty. The Cub Reporter also has a good rant on Fick.
UPDATE (9:35pm): According to the AP game recap currently posted at the Tribune, here’s what Fick had to say about the play:
“It’s an elimination game and you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do,” Fick said in a profanity-laced explanation. “I’m not saying I did it on purpose. But it’s … baseball.”
What a classy guy.