Unearthing a nice memory. Can you help me out here?

by qrsouther on Mar 15, 2010 8:53 PM PDT

Just this morning I was thinking about Ben Broussard. Somehow I came across a factoid about him and I was immediately taken to the memory of his game-tying (or go ahead?) homer on Turn Back The Clock Day a few years ago. I seem to remember trailing and making a late-game rally in the 8th inning or so and Ben Broussard pinch hitting and taking the first pitch into the stands. It was the one where he pointed over in Red's general direction and Safeco went nuts. I may be getting some of the history of it wrong; memory is fungible. I recall it very fondly as a sunny Seattle day in our powder blue uniforms with a sort of FanFest-like atmosphere. Most of all, I always loved Ben Broussard.

So, I was wondering if there was anywhere I could find a video of that home run, that game in its entirety, or any sort of highlight reel? I couldn't find it on seattlemariners.com (which was a probably a futile effort anyway, but whatever), nor Youtube.

If there are any old torrents that may have it, I'd love to get my hands on it. I think it was 2006 or 2007.

Thanks.

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Jeff’s end-of-year retrospective: http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/3/2/21255/90249

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by Eyebrows on Mar 15, 2010 9:30 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Thanks, I remembered that retrospective too with the Google Maps and stuff.

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by qrsouther on Mar 15, 2010 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Well I uncovered this prediction by Jeff.

From here on out, Morrow could go in any direction. He could be an ace, he could be a #4, he could be a setup guy, he could be a closer, he could get hurt, he could suck for two seasons and go away - his doors are all still wide open. But no matter what he ends up doing, ten years from now, if you find yourself talking to someone who watched this game, he’ll be able to tell you exactly where Brandon Morrow’s career got started.

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/story/2008/2/14/224322/102

You got slurved!

by Slurvey on Mar 15, 2010 10:12 PM PDT reply actions

How bold

by Dewey N on Mar 15, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions

And it turned out to be

All of the above.

Except maybe the Ace part.

by wandergeist on Mar 15, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions

I did a simple search I was reminded of one of Jeff's finest moments

Ever since Broussard hit this game- and – for a few weeks – season-changing home run, people have been trying to figure out what he was pointing at as he jogged to first base. Some of the hypotheses include:

(1) Richie Sexson, whom Broussard had replaced after Sexson got ejected an inning earlier

(2) the Mariner dugout

(3) the crowd

(4) the heavens

However, I don’t think any of these are correct, for the following reasons:

(1) having been ejected, Sexson would’ve been somewhere in the clubhouse and unable to see the point

(2) you’ll notice that Broussard is clearly pointing somewhere above the dugout. It isn’t hard to control where you’re pointing. If he wanted to point at the dugout, he’d have pointed at the dugout

(3) why would he point at the crowd? What did the crowd have to do with anything?

(4) the sky is up