Charlie Manuel called Jimmy Rollins' shot
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Charlie Manuel called Jimmy Rollins' shot
David Murphy, Daily News Staff Writer
Were you surprised by Jimmy Rollins' walk-off two-run double with two out in the bottom of the ninth last night?
Charlie Manuel wasn't.
In fact, the Phillies manager said today that he called Rollins' shot, pointing to right field moments before the short stop unleashed his laser of a double, which scored Carlos Ruiz and Eric Bruntlett and lifted the Phillies to a 5-4 win.
According to Manuel, the sequence of events went like this: During Rollins ' at-bat, Manuel looked over to the visiting dugout and locked eyes with Dodgers slugger Jim Thome, a long-time friend whom he managed in Cleveland. Manuel says he then pointed to right field, indicating where Rollins was going to hit the ball.
"Thome is standing over in the other dugout, and Thome looks at me, and I motion like that," Manuel said, holding out his arm. "I told Thome, he is going to hit one. I go like this (points finger) and point to the right field stands. I did, but I had a good feeling about it. It wasn't like I was joking or kidding or nothing.
"He was looking at me, and I went like that, and he's shaking his head like no, he's not, or something like that. You can ask him. I had a real good feeling. I was talking to (bench coach Pete) Mackanin the whole time. With Jimmy up there, I liked that moment. I liked the guy hitting."
Readers, your mission: Find me video proof of the Called Shot.
sounds like we need to call him "Cosmic Charlie" now!!!— pieman- My heart......my hea— TBear
- A little early for dynasty talk. They need to beat LA and win another World Series first. LA isn't out of this. We need to put them away now. So, Charlie is the Carnac the Magnificent. Who knew? Pre-game interview with predictions before the remaining games please!!! What if Charlie went on a streak and he closes the season with another championship crown and 10 consecutive correct predictions??? Is it baseball knowledge or psychic ability? Ask him to make an Eagles' prediction.— MikeP
- Get it yo' self Murphy. That's your job. And who cares! I believe Charlie! I don't need proof. Go Phillies!— Could.It.Really.Be...ColonelAngus
Comment removed.- The way MLB protects video of its product, just by asking for video proof you are inviting a lawsuit.— PhillyPhantastico
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- Wow, some serious nastiness in here today. Did a bunch of Dodgers fans crash this site? Murph, TBS would have video of that b/c they have a dugout feed going all the time on MLB.com's Postseason.tv engine. It's the same camera angle that they occasionally show during the broadcasts.— danielswolf
- I picked a bad day to give up cocaine— fgoreman
- That was one of the most glorious hits ever -- it had me reflecting on Del Unser's double in the '80 Series and Dykstra's homer vs. Atlanta in 1993. I can't get enough of the coverage right now. But I agree with solomon, let's drop this particular subject. There's a game to win Wednesday so that we don't go back to LA. The off-season is the time for building myths... And to answer drjimmy's question: Some people are just miserable and inconsolable. They blame everything around them and never summon the courage to look inside.— PhilaLogic
- drjimmy- some people in this town are never happy... even after one of the greatest endings in vaseball hoistory... just ignore those negadelphians...lol— Sillies
- Aha! Now we have the answer. Charlie is psychic. That's why all the moves he makes that make us scratch our heads work out (like putting in Ben Francisco to make that great catch in left field). I will never again question his tactics!— dlscholt
- "attended college" always means you didn't graduate.— Big5fan
- The ghost of Napoleon Bonaparte told me Rollins would come through.— p-diddy
