Baseball's newest Hall of Famer was known for his glove. However, 10 years ago he made a key defensive mistake which changed the course of Giants history for the better.
Newly minted Hall of Famer Scott Rolen is widely considered one of the best defensive third baseman to ever play the game. However, he’s forever remembered in San Francisco for one of his rare fielding blunders.
The Giants’ 2012 World Championship run is best defined by the team's improbable series comebacks, which started in their first playoff matchup against Rolen’s Cincinnati Reds. The orange and black dropped the first two games of the best-of-five Divisional Series in San Francisco, meaning they had to win three straight times on the road in order to advance to the next round.
The game eventually went to extra innings tied 1-1, as the Giants mustered just one hit through the first nine frames, scoring their lone run on a hit-by-pitch, walk, bunt and sacrifice fly. However, stingy pitching from starter Ryan Vogelsong, and the team’s “core four” relievers, Jeremy Affeldt, Santiago Casilla and Sergio Romo, limited the National League Central champion Reds to just one run also, which they plated in the first inning.
The next batter, Joaquin Arias, hit a bouncing ball between third and shortstop. Rolen drifted left to field the chopper, but the ball took a higher hop than he expected, bounced off the heel of his glove and onto the infield dirt beneath him.
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