I was born and raised in southwestern Pennsylvania, which meant that by default of where my parents copulated and conceived, “My Teams” were the Pirates, Steelers, and Penguins. A recent interaction with Tyrone on my Rickey Henderson post brought back a particularly vivid and traumatic memory from when I was nine years old.
The memory revolves around a wild pitch thrown by a relief pitcher during the 1972 playoffs—a moment that cost the Pirates their chance at victory. To most, it might seem like just another heartbreaking sports moment, but to my 9-year-old self, it was monumental. I can still recall isolating myself and crying inconsolably, grappling with the crushing weight of disappointment for the first time. In hindsight, those moments teach us to handle life’s setbacks.
But today, with the clarity that comes from five decades of reflection, It’s obvious that it was all scripted. Yes—scripted for dramatic effect. Almost nothing we experience (in the media) is truly natural or organic. Let’s just consider this yet another piece of evidence that manipulation isn’t a new tactic—it’s something we’ve been subjected to for our entire lives.
The (1-minute) video picks up in the bottom of the 9th inning of the final game of the divisional playoffs. The winner would go to the World Series. When he throws the wild pitch, there were 2 outs and only a runner a third. He literally could have walked two more batters. Bob Moose was born 10/9/47 and “died” on 10/9/76 at the age of 29.
Piece of Mindful 
Any baseball insider will tell you that the players are so good that deception is the only way to get them out …if the batter knows the pitch and location, kiss it good bye. I wonder if Bench was tipped.
Throwing a wild pitch too seems utterly controllable.
The most easy-to-see rigging of a World Series was the Cubs in 2016, seven games and tons of late-inning dramatics, the Cubs of course winning. As I recall, there was Freemason significance to it. I’ve forgotten how so. I just remember telling people who thought the Cubs had dynasty potential, forget it, they are one and done. I am seldom right about predictions, especially about the future, but I got that one right.
Speaking of Freemasons, Pete Rose was Order of DeMolay, i.e., a Freemason, so that his gambling affairs could have been fake, a ritual shaming ala Cosby and Weinstein. In retrospect, it had a Milli Vanilli feel about it, with them being shamed for lip syncing, thereby showing us that lip syncing is not done in the music business. It is and always has been rampant, right Taylor? In the same manner, I wonder if Rose, a GOAT, was told to give himself up, thereby showing us that baseball was otherwise squeaky clean, when it was not, never was and never will be.
Keyboarding with a finger splint is difficult, constant typos, and if I take the splint off, the broken digit still is not under control.
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If Bob Moose was a loyal soldier he may have been rewarded with an early “death” and a promotion. He was “killed” in a car accident a couple of years after his wild pitch. Prior to that he had arm surgery that required removing a rib. Sounds ominous, doesn’t it? My understanding is that Freemasons can’t have body parts missing, but maybe that’s only at induction. Speaking of tragedy relief, what should one make of the story of Angel’s reliever Donnie Moore, who gave up the biggest home run in Red Sox history at the ‘86 ALCS, thus costing the Angels a shot at the World Series, then up and killed his wife and then himself because he never got over it. Seems like the punishment doesn’t fit the crime, unless it’s a Lifetime channel movie.
Just remembered another hinky baseball story- Pat Neshek, a reliever for the A’s in 2012, lost his one day old son in the maternity ward as the A’s were heading down the stretch. The name of the dead baby? Gehrig. Neshek was back on the mound soon after. I don’t even…..
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Yes, who has a rib removed to repair a shoulder injury? Perhaps some kind of reference to Adam’s rib. And apparently, Moose ribs are good eating.
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For the number rundown, the video shows a 33. The Pirates have a score of 3 and the Reds have a score of 3.
In last scene the pitcher’s jersey # is 38 and the batter’s # is 11.
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Also the pitcher, Dave Giusti, who served up Bench’s homerun is aged “33”. In the beginning Bench says, “Johnny, Johnny, Johnny”. The count when Moose threw the wild-pitch was 1 & 1. The date was 10/11/72…read that backwards and get back to me.
It’s all stage/spell-craft. I “em-bare-assed” to have fallen for it for so long.
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Both teams played in ballparks that had River in their park’s name.
I got nuthin’-
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Thanks Tyrone. I think we’ve milked this Moose for all it’s worth…lol
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“I “em-bare-assed” to have fallen for it for so long.”
Me too. Angry at those who would ruin such things.
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I hope you’re not angry at me. And besides, do you get angry at a movie because people don’t actually die?
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Anger at those who would ruin true [fair] sport.
If the script of a movie is so poor that those who should die do not, then yes… But “anger” is a bit strong.
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Lol…agreed.
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