Tom Gordon
Tom Gordon
Thomas Flynn Gordon, nicknamed "Flash", is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 November 1967
CitySebring, FL
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I was keeping everything in. I still had the fastball I could throw him (outside). I hadn't shown him the curveball the whole at-bat. (A count of) 2-2 was the time to do it.
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It was tremendous -- great players making a great play. I needed a double play. I tried to make sure that if he hit the ball, he hit it at somebody in the infield.
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It's not a simple nursing home. It's a safety net for people who have nothing else.
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Our bottom line is the quality of the care there. It would probably take 6 to 9 months to close it down because we don't want to abandon the patients.
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I hadn't thrown him a curveball in the at-bat. I had thrown him fastballs and cutters.