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Giants Take on Angels in Game 2 of World Series
Aired October 20, 2002 - 17:49 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: The San Francisco Giants taking game one of the World Series, with a 4-3 win on the road over the Anaheim Angels. San Francisco' Barry Bonds and Anaheim's Troy Glaus (ph) each giving up home runs at the first World Series at-bat. Well, the teams return tonight to Anaheim's Edison Field for game two of the series, and with a look, or a preview, we should say, of tonight's upcoming performance, let's go to CNN's Josie Karp.
JOSIE KARP, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Fredricka. Behind me, the Angels are taking their batting practice right now. We're just a couple of hours from the start of game two. And at times, last night, in game one, it looked like both teams were taking batting practice. Combined, the two teams hit five home runs. But the biggest one, obviously, was the one that Barry Bonds hit in his first World Series at-bat. After waiting 17 years as a Major Leaguer to get to the World Series, he waited just four pitches to hit that home run. It came in the top of the second inning. It came off of the Angels' pitcher Jerrod Washburn (ph), who said he'd hoped to have a chance to challenge Barry Bonds. And he did. Obviously, Bonds won that challenge.
And just being here, being in the stands for that home run, one interesting thing to point out, you'd expect in that situation, because of the monumental aspect of it that it would be greeted with some sort of cheering, but that's the expectation that maybe if it happened at Pac Bell in San Francisco. Here in Anaheim, where there were 45,000 fans who came out to cheer on the Angels, it was eerie, because the home run was really greeted with silence.
From his perspective, Bonds seemed to take it in stride. He said after the game that it was a dream come true just to make it to the World Series. And one interesting thing he did point out, Fredricka, is that he feels like a lot of pressure was taken off him in the division series, when the Giants were able to beat the Atlanta Braves. He said that he thought that the Braves had been his nemesis his entire career, and he was really able to relax after his team was able to beat the Braves. And maybe that's why we're seeing him have the success at the plate with those home runs, Fredricka.
WHITFIELD: Josie, and I guess if the Angels had a strategy last night, they better change it for tonight, huh?
KARP: Well, it's interesting. You would think right off the bat, yes, of course, the Angels are going to change what they were doing. But after the game, a lot of them said, hey, Barry Bonds' home run in the second inning wasn't the one that really hurt us. The one that hurt us was later in the game, the one that was hit by J.T. Snow. And it sounds a little bit simplistic, but if you look at the numbers, Bonds has homered in five post-season games, and the Giants have actually won only two of those games. So there might be something to what the Angels are thinking, Fredricka.
WHITFIELD: All right. Josie Karp in Anaheim at Edison Field.
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Aired October 20, 2002 - 17:49 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: The San Francisco Giants taking game one of the World Series, with a 4-3 win on the road over the Anaheim Angels. San Francisco' Barry Bonds and Anaheim's Troy Glaus (ph) each giving up home runs at the first World Series at-bat. Well, the teams return tonight to Anaheim's Edison Field for game two of the series, and with a look, or a preview, we should say, of tonight's upcoming performance, let's go to CNN's Josie Karp.
JOSIE KARP, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Fredricka. Behind me, the Angels are taking their batting practice right now. We're just a couple of hours from the start of game two. And at times, last night, in game one, it looked like both teams were taking batting practice. Combined, the two teams hit five home runs. But the biggest one, obviously, was the one that Barry Bonds hit in his first World Series at-bat. After waiting 17 years as a Major Leaguer to get to the World Series, he waited just four pitches to hit that home run. It came in the top of the second inning. It came off of the Angels' pitcher Jerrod Washburn (ph), who said he'd hoped to have a chance to challenge Barry Bonds. And he did. Obviously, Bonds won that challenge.
And just being here, being in the stands for that home run, one interesting thing to point out, you'd expect in that situation, because of the monumental aspect of it that it would be greeted with some sort of cheering, but that's the expectation that maybe if it happened at Pac Bell in San Francisco. Here in Anaheim, where there were 45,000 fans who came out to cheer on the Angels, it was eerie, because the home run was really greeted with silence.
From his perspective, Bonds seemed to take it in stride. He said after the game that it was a dream come true just to make it to the World Series. And one interesting thing he did point out, Fredricka, is that he feels like a lot of pressure was taken off him in the division series, when the Giants were able to beat the Atlanta Braves. He said that he thought that the Braves had been his nemesis his entire career, and he was really able to relax after his team was able to beat the Braves. And maybe that's why we're seeing him have the success at the plate with those home runs, Fredricka.
WHITFIELD: Josie, and I guess if the Angels had a strategy last night, they better change it for tonight, huh?
KARP: Well, it's interesting. You would think right off the bat, yes, of course, the Angels are going to change what they were doing. But after the game, a lot of them said, hey, Barry Bonds' home run in the second inning wasn't the one that really hurt us. The one that hurt us was later in the game, the one that was hit by J.T. Snow. And it sounds a little bit simplistic, but if you look at the numbers, Bonds has homered in five post-season games, and the Giants have actually won only two of those games. So there might be something to what the Angels are thinking, Fredricka.
WHITFIELD: All right. Josie Karp in Anaheim at Edison Field.
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