In the bottom of the 6th in Saturday’s Red Sox-Yankees game, runners were on second and third with two outs. The score was 2-1 and Manny Ramirez was at the plate, he had already homered earlier in the game against pitcher Mike Mussina. With first base open and Yankee reliever Brian Bruney (0.153 WXRL) warm in the bullpen, options were aplenty.

Instead of walking Ramirez or bringing in Bruney to face him, Yankee manager Joe Girardi elected to have Moose face Manny. Ramirez promptly lined a Mussina fastball to right-center for a double scoring both runners and relinquishing the Yankee lead.