This is a really fun read. Even the home plate ump and official scorer get off good lines.

Bagwell: I was never less upset about a three-strikeout game. I was OK with it that day.

Stone: Derek Bell was a quality major-league hitter. But to me, it looked like Ray Charles came to bat. That’s as much chance as Derek Bell had

Riggleman: Bob Patterson, who was a really good left-handed reliever for us, got hurt. Sprained his ankle. He was the only lefty we had in the bullpen. So Terry Mulholland, who was one of our better starters, had to go to the bullpen so we could get a lefty down there. We brought Kerry up to the rotation.

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Amazing to think that was only 20 years ago. No team would ever dream of doing that today.

Ausmus: I vividly remember swinging at one breaking ball that bounced in the grass. And I think it might have gone all the way to the backstop. But hey, if it was a fastball I would have been right on it. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a fastball.

Biggio: After that game, Brad and I were in a cab. And whenever you’re in a cab, they’ve got (sports) talk radio on. And the guy on the talk-radio show was laughing and making fun of us. He said, “There was a guy on the Astros who actually swung at a breaking ball that hit the grass!” We started laughing. I’m like, “Dude, that was you, bro!”

Thanks CS.