Last night's homer was Willie Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.
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Ozzie makes a leaping, diving stop, shovels to Fernando and everybody drops everything.
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Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it.
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The way he's swinging the bat, he won't get a hit until the 20th century.
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Finley is going over to get a new piece of bat.
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From the way Denny's shaking his head, he's either got an injured shoulder or a gnat in his eye.
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Davis fouls out to third in fair territory.
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If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement.
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The new Haitian baseball can't weigh more than four ounces or less than five.
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Turner pulls into second with a sun-blown double.
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Thomas is racing for it, but McCovey is there and can't get his glove to it. That play shows the inexperience, not on Thomas' part, but on the part of Willie McC ... well, not on McCovey's part either.
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At the end of six innings of play, it's Montreal 5, Expos 3.
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Kent Abbott is in the on-deck circuit.
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Houston has its largest crowd of the night here this evening.
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I sure hope you're staying alive for the upcoming Dodgers series.
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At the end, excitement maintained its hysteria.
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Grubb goes back, back... He's under the warning track and makes the play.
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Billy Almon has all of his inlaw and outlaws here this afternoon.
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Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now.
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Edwards missed getting Stearns at third base by an eyeball.
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Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.
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Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres!
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They've taken the foot off Johnny Grubb. Uh, they've taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.
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There is someone warming up in the Giants' bullpen, but he's obscured by his number.
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There's a shot up the alley. Oh, it's just foul.
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It's off the leg and into the left field of Doug Radar.
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Sometimes, big trees grow out of acorns. I think I heard that from a squirrel.
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There's two heads to every coin.
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There's a deep fly ball... Winfield goes back, back... his head hits the wall ... it's rolling towards second base.
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The Padres, after winning the first game of the doubleheader, are ahead here in the top of the fifth and hoping for a split.
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