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THE ZAPPER
John Walters
October 23, 2000
Nobody planned it—nobody could—but only 57 seconds elapsed between the final pitch of last Saturday's Cardinals-Mets Game 3 and the first pitch of Mariners-Yankees Game 4. Speaking of Game 4, lip-readers could have made out that Seattle shortstop Alex Rodriguez used two of George Carlin's "seven words you cannot say on television" after striking out in the seventh inning. Don't blame A-Rod: He was in the dugout, where a batter should be permitted to fume in private.... Does anyone look less comfortable smiling than NBC's Jim Gray?
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October 23, 2000

The Zapper

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Nobody planned it—nobody could—but only 57 seconds elapsed between the final pitch of last Saturday's Cardinals-Mets Game 3 and the first pitch of Mariners-Yankees Game 4. Speaking of Game 4, lip-readers could have made out that Seattle shortstop Alex Rodriguez used two of George Carlin's "seven words you cannot say on television" after striking out in the seventh inning. Don't blame A-Rod: He was in the dugout, where a batter should be permitted to fume in private.... Does anyone look less comfortable smiling than NBC's Jim Gray?

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