1 September 2008 - 8:40From the ‘way back’ machine – I was there…"The Slide"

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It was late on a mid-October evening in Atlanta.  The Pirates had taken a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the ninth, when their season imploded.  After giving up a sac-fly run to Ron Gant earlier in the 9th; David Justice was on third, Sid Bream on second and Damon Berryhill on third.  An unlikely hero stepped up to the plate.  Back-up catcher and pinch-hitter Francisco Cabrera, the last position player on the Atlanta bench, singled to left to score Justice and – just ahead of Barry Bonds’ throw – Bream.

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