Giant Masher

June 4, 1992: After sitting through a pitcher's duel yesterday, we anticipated that we might be on a hot streak. Today's matchup called for Houston Astro's ace Jones (2-0) against the the San Francisco Giants Heredia (also 2-0).

"YOU'RE A MASHER AREN'T YOU WILL?", was heard by the 9,863 fans over and over from the three of us sitting in row 13 behind first base at Candlestick. Huge fans of Will Clark. Jase was a first baseman throughout his playing days and so we paid attention to those guys and the attitude with which they carried themselves. The fact that Willy was left-handed also factored into the equation. So we didn't hesitate to make sure the "Orange and Black Attack" heard our screams. Finally, Sem received a ball (probably to shut him since he definitely had the loudest voice) and got future Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell to sign it for him. Note about Sem: he's a big dude, with a big voice and you can't ignore him when's he's yelling...."PLAY BALL"

Heredia only gave up 5 runs in the first before retiring for the night (he should have joined us in the 13th row - at least we had a blanket to keep warm).

With the score 10-2 Astros, Cory Snyder of the Giants in Right Field made a great throw to nail the runner at home, and the stadium erupted in applause. In the bottom of the 8th, Willy came up and proved that he truly was a "masher" by blasting a 2 run homerun 419 feet into the upper deck. This didn't prevent the Giants from losing however, 12-5...well, at least we had Curly Thiele in Santa Barbara to look forward to tomorrow.