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It was a special day for Rob Mackowiak.

Earlier tonight, Mackowiak and the Pittsburgh Pirates played a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs, in Pittsburgh. Going into the final inning of the first game, the Pirates were behind 5-4, due mostly to a pinch-hit home run by Michael Barrett of the Cubs in the 7th. They were facing Joe Borowski, a reliever with a club record 22 consecutive saves dating to last year. The Pirates were able to get a run across the plate tying the score, then loaded the bases. Mackowiak stepped to the plate, and with two outs and a 2-1 count, launched his first career grand slam to deep right field. A walk-off home run, winning the first game 9-5, but there's more.

Game two: The Pirates were trailing 4-2 into the bottom of the 9th. The first batter, Tiek Redman, reached base on a walk. Mackowiak, on the first pitch from reliever LaTroy Hawkins, hits a towering shot over the center field fence, and the Pirates tie it up 4-4. In the bottom of the 10th, Craig Wilson hits the first pitch of the inning into the right field seats, and the Pirates win this one 5-4.

Mackowiak was exhausted after the game, but not so much from coming down off the adrenaline rush. He had been up early that day; about 12 hours earlier, his wife gave birth to their first child, a son, at a Pittsburgh hospital.

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Shouldn't this be in the sports forum?

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Goddammit.

That was me. I didn't realize mord was still logged in.

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55 ºF here.

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ESPN's story caption: Baby Grand

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Did anyone catch the story about the kid pitcher somewhere that has pitched 3 perfect games and like 5 no-hitters? His reward? He is benched by his team for it not being fair to opposing teams. Can't find a link, caught it on the news half-asleep yesterday morning at around 5:30.

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If that child is named anything stupid I'm going to personally walk up to him* and give him a slam in the face.


*Not the baby#.


# Not an obscure butchering of a quote from Dinosaurs*&.


*& That show really scared me as a child.

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How were the big brown salty chocolate balls?

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That's real nice. I like days (of course, everyone does) where things don't just go good but go spectactularly well, and its nice to see someone else have one too. OF course, I've never had one quite that good, but my fall was pretty good wiht the job, baby, and degree coming together in the space of a few weeks.

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Coming together with your baby is sick.

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