Lucas: A Different Picture

Posted Jun 9, 2007

This is the picture of the 2007 Diamond Heels we've grown to expect. Up 9-6 in the eighth inning after a mighty comeback, with closer Andrew Carignan having walked the leadoff batter, there's Josh Horton out there with a thin smile hiding behind his glove. He looked at his partner in the middle of the infield, second baseman Garrett Gore, and this is what he said: "Here comes a 4-6-3." (Tar Heel Blue)

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