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Article: Glare of sun revives Reds // Pirates fall after fly ball fools Bonds
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 6, 1990
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CINCINNATI - If this is daytime, it must be Wrigley Field.
Barry Bonds didn't see Paul O'Neill's fifth-inning fly until it
came out of the sun, and by then it was too late.
O'Neill had a run-scoring double and the Reds had a 2-1 lead
they never lost Friday on the pitching of Tom Browning, Rob Dibble
and Randy Myers.
They evened the National League Championship Series at a game
each with two days off before resuming at Pittsburgh on Monday.
"It was like Chicago at 3 o'clock," Bonds said. "As soon as it
left the bat, I lost it. It got into the sun and never came out. I
flipped my glasses (down), but that didn't help, so I just ran to the
wall."
The Pirates hit the wall as soon as ...