Their circumstances are different. Their bodies are different. The game is different. SNJeffBlair on the constant comparisons between BlueJays' Vlad Guerrero Jr. and his Hall of Fame dad.
Guerrero Sr. joined the Expos on Sept. 21 1996, with the team six games out of first place and one back of the wild-card-leading San Diego Padres, having won seven of eight games going into a key three-game series at Atlanta Fulton-County Stadium against the Braves, who held down first-place in the National League East.
As Santangelo said: “We had a good chemistry going, and it ruffled some feathers. We were a winning team, going for the wild card … there were some eyeballs rolling at Felipe.” Guerrero Sr. homered in his third game off Mark Wohlers, the Braves All-Star closer who would go on to record 39 saves, leading to this memorable call from Braves broadcasters Skip Caray and Don Sutton.
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