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Biggio's Last AB

Because the Bears were looking so pathetic, I was toggling between their game and the Astros/Cards tilt.  Although they are done for the season, I never get tired of watching a Cards drubbing.

And while they rallied back to win, the Cards fans received their all too usual suck-up from the media.  As Craig Biggio came up to bat in the 8th, the StLu faithful stood to cheer his final AB in their facility, and ESPN did their best to paint the Cards fans as the greatest thing since sliced bread.

This reminded me of how irked I was earlier this month when Cecil Cooper decided to take Biggio down late in the game on the Astros final appearance at Wrigley.  Had he let the line up play out, Biggio would have come to the plate in the top of the 9th, undoubtedly to a thunderous ovation. Instead, Coop pulled the famed double-switch, and Biggo's last AB in Wrigley was an uneventful, inning-ending whiff in the 6th.

Perhaps it's a bit dated now, but I recall discussing this issue with several others in the bleachers that day, and we were all miffed over the fact that we were unable to pay our respects to a guy who has exemplified the best in baseball over the past two decades.

Whether is was the Bears looking like crap or having to listen to Miller and Morgan inflate the so-called worldly fans in St. Loser, it just reminded me of how unfortunate it was that both Biggio and the Chicago fans were robbed of the opportunity to participate in an appropriate Friendly Confines send-off.

Rumor has it that he wants to come back and spend a day in the bleachers.  Let's hope we DO get our chance to say what we wanted to say to a sure fire HOFer.

Furthermore, may Cooper's "playing days" team (read Brewers) never see the light of October baseball.

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