More from Mark Simon…this memory below is from Jayson Stark, but it’s part of a longer article you should read.
So because I was in the newspaper business and we had this concept known as “deadlines,” I had that tale all written, a story no one in that press box had ever written before, the story of the Red Sox winning the World Series. I’d sent it in. It was late on a Saturday night. I was practically done for the night. And then THAT inning happened. And everything changed, of course. So the story I’d waited a lifetime to write was never going to run.
I remember sprinting down the ramps at Shea Stadium, dodging fans, just about knocking people over, because I had to get to that clubhouse. I remember spending 10 minutes down there, grabbing anyone who appeared, and then sprinting back up the ramps and writing stream of consciousness for the next 20 minutes. And then it hit me what I’d just seen, a moment in baseball time we’d be talking about all my life.
via What it was like to cover Game 6? – Mets Blog – ESPN New York.
