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The Agony of Victory.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 29 2009 10:43 AM

We are the champ--YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWCH! http://www.boston.com/sports/schools/ba ... le/?page=1 ]Auburn senior Chris Halliday threw the final pitch of his high school career, retiring a Plymouth North batter on a fly ball to center to seal a 2-1 victory in the Division 2 state championship game. Then came the obligatory pig-pile on the mound as Halliday was smothered by more than a dozen of his closest friends and teammates. Then came the leaping chest bump with catcher Kyle Beede. Then an awkward landing and the sound of bones breaking above Halliday’s left ankle...

metirish Jun 29 2009 11:12 AM

Every time I see a pile I wonder if one of them will get hurt.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 29 2009 11:22 AM

That was the popular rumor re: Brad Lidge's knee issue, no?

Gwreck Jun 29 2009 11:38 AM

I'd never heard that. Cool. I remember Minnesota infield Denny Hocking getting hurt after his hand got stepped on in an ALDS-winning celebration in 2002. Seems to me he missed the ALCS as a result.

Edgy DC Jun 29 2009 01:14 PM

Insane. <img src="http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2009/06/27/1246149265_3382/539w.jpg">

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 29 2009 01:20 PM

And the truly crazy thing is... it WASN'T the crazy, suffocating pig-pile that got him. This is closer, mechanically, to when Arizona kicker Bill Gramatica was jumping up and down like an a-hole after making a figgie against the Giants... and tore his ACL.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 29 2009 02:37 PM

Rick Aguilera.