Take 2 Roundup: Games of Sat, 11/24/07

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[size=24:34d4823218][b:34d4823218]GEDMAN: DON'T TELL LIES[/b:34d4823218][/size:34d4823218]
[size=18:34d4823218]Slumping Catcher Homers in Response to Manager's Criticism[/size:34d4823218]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/rich_gedman_1_150x205.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="205" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> Boston catcher Rich Gedman, who just the previous day had taken a verbal lashing in the media from his manager, Curt Schilling, clubbed a 2-run homer to lead the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=218]Red Sox to a 6-4 win over the Kansas City Royals[/url] Saturday night.

Schilling had complained about his catcher's offensive production (.113 BA going into Saturday's game) by saying, [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/Curt38/119987]"At this point I'm feeling like one of the kids on the grounds crew is more apt to make solid contact than [Gedman] is."[/url] Gedman apparently decided to respond with his bat, hitting his 2nd homer of the year, as well as destroying Schilling's office with it and "ripping apart those dorky D&D books he's always reading." Schilling was not available for comment.

[b:34d4823218]In the NL:[/b:34d4823218] The red-hot Mets stayed hot, though it took them 13 innings to [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=210]get past the Cardinals with a 2-1 win[/url]. George Foster, once a feared slugger but now merely one of New York's last options off the bench, hobbled to the plate in the top of the 13th inning and lifted a pinch-hit solo shot out of the yard, giving the Mets their 4th straight win and improving their record to a MLB-best 12-4.

[i:34d4823218]photo: SN Archives[/i:34d4823218]