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Posey and Bochy recall championship pairing of Montana and Walsh
By Brian Murphy
Catcher Buster Posey and manager Bruce Bochy have been the Giants’ leaders throughout their three World Series runs.
There is only one San Francisco sports comparison to the Giants and their current run of October glory, to the way the Giants have seized hearts and souls around here in 2010 and 2012 and now, to the way they dominate our senses as tenaciously as a Madison Bumgarner start, to the way they affect fans in ways as nakedly emotional as a Hunter Pence inspirational speech.
That would be the 1980s 49ers, who won four Super Bowls in an eight-year span.
And though Ronnie Lott and Jerry Rice are Canton-enshrined immortals from those 49ers teams, if you had to distill the 49ers of the 1980s to two figures, it would be the quarterback, Joe Montana, and the head coach, Bill Walsh.
The Giants have a duo, too. Those two are who we’re experiencing right here, right now, Tuesday night, when you tune in to see the Giants in those classic road grays, set off by black-and-orange lettering, on the pretty green grass of Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium.
You will see the Buster Posey-Bruce Bochy Giants, and you will realize: This is the time.
This is the golden era of the catcher and the manager, they are the two primary factors behind these unforgettable days that have spun through Atlanta and Philadelphia and Texas; through Cincinnati and St. Louis and Detroit; through Pittsburgh and Washington, through St.Louis again, and now to the country’s heartland, to the City of Fountains on the Missouri-Kansas state line.
Other 2010-2012-2014 constants are critical, of course. Bumgarner is 25 and yet to allow a run in the World Series. The fab four relievers — Sergio Romo, Santiago Casilla, Jeremy Affeldt, Javier Lopez — are Bochy’s indispensable bullpen tools. Tim Lincecum, however quiet his 2014 October, got the win in the game that gave San Francisco its first-ever World Series.
But three NL flags in five years? This is the Buster-Bochy run.
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Montana was throwing the ball away~
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"E burres stigano"
The play
Following the 49ers second timeout, they faced 3rd and 3 on the Cowboys 6-yard line with 58 seconds in the game.
When Joe Montana took the snap, the play, known as Sprint Right Option, was intended to be a pass to wide receiver Freddie Solomon; earlier in the game, Solomon had scored a touchdown on that play.[3] However, the Cowboys covered Solomon perfectly. Making matters worse, the pass rush of the Cowboys collapsed the 49ers' offensive line. Two of the Cowboys defensive ends Ed "Too Tall" Jones and Larry Bethea, plus linebacker D. D. Lewis chased a backpedalling Montana toward the sideline, and seemed certain to either send him out of bounds or sack him. But at the last moment, and after pump-faking to get 6-foot 9-inch "Too Tall" Jones to jump, Montana threw a high pass to the back of the end zone that seemed destined to sail out of bounds until 49ers receiver Dwight Clark made a leaping touchdown grab with his fingertips to tie the game with 51 seconds left. The ensuing extra point by kicker Ray Wersching gave the 49ers a 28–27 lead. Clark finished the game with 8 catches for 120 yards and 2 touchdowns.
The play, remembered in 49er lore as "Red Right Tight – Sprint Right Option" had called for both Clark and the primary receiver, Solomon, to line up on the right. Montana was supposed to roll to his right and find Solomon. Clark's pattern called for him to cut left across the end zone, stop, and immediately reverse his path to the right. If Solomon were covered, it would be up to Montana to find Clark. Due to the pressure, Montana's pass was high, but Clark was in position to make his memorable grab.
A photograph of the catch by Walter Iooss, Jr., with Clark at the height of his leap and Everson Walls reaching out to try to block the ball, was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated the following week.
Other contributors on the final 89-yard drive that led to the play now referred to as “The Catch” included Lenvil Elliott (RB), Earl Cooper (FB), Mike Wilson (WR), Charle Young (TE), Dan Audick (LT), John Ayers (LG), Fred Quillan (C), Randy Cross (RG), and Keith Fahnhorst (RT).
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Some people claimed that Montana was trying to throw the ball away, leaving time for a fourth down. Clark disputes that assertion, claiming that it was a backup plan that they practiced many times. Montana confirmed that he could not see the end zone through the defenders, but claims that he knew exactly where Clark would be. The 49ers coach, Bill Walsh, assumed that it was a throw-away play and immediately began planning for the fourth down until he heard the cheers from the crowd.
As for the height of the catch, Montana has said that he didn't feel that he threw the ball very high. However, Clark leaped as high as he could only to get his fingertips on the ball. In the Sports Illustrated article, Montana explained that he never saw The Catch, since he had just been knocked to the ground by Jones, but "I saw Dwight's feet touch the ground. I heard the crowd scream." Later, in the locker room, he expressed his amazement at how high Clark had jumped.
According to Clark, Jones reacted to the play by stating "You just beat America's Team" to Montana after the pass was caught, to which Montana replied to Jones, "Well, you can sit at home with the rest of America and watch the Super Bowl."[4]
While Clark's touchdown had given San Francisco the lead, the game was not yet over as there were still 51 seconds left on the clock, with Dallas needing only a field goal to win. After the ensuing kickoff, Dallas receiver Drew Pearson caught a long pass, but defensive back Eric Wright made a touchdown-saving horse collar-type tackle (then a legal tackle) to keep him from scoring. This play was known as "The Grab". On the next play, quarterback Danny White fumbled the ball while being sacked by Lawrence Pillers, and San Francisco’s Jim Stuckey recovered the ball, sealing victory for the 49ers.
The 49ers won 28–27 and went on to win Super Bowl XVI 26-21 over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Great catch. I'll NEVER forget it. Drunk as two thousand Hells at old drinking buddy's house on domestic cheap beer, hay fever so bad (ragweed) I was blowing my nose all afternoon. Then, after Clark broke our hearts, White hits Drew Pearson in stride at midfield, looked like a TD, then Pearson's jersey grabbed from behind and then THE FUMBLE on the next play. Hearts broke again. But, as the saying goes, better to have loved and lost than not to have loved at all.
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"E burres stigano"
4 of the girls who worked at the Keystone Club in PA were there making trips to the bathroom frequently and talking fast. We were making Mad Dog Margaritas and then finally just shots. I was tossing M-80s off the balcony every few minutes
When the Catch was made sheer pandemonium mixed with giddy madness and semi nudity broke out. Yelling, ripped bodices, crotch grabbing, lampshades on the head, the usual stuff.
Later on, post game debauchery broke out.
they had 4th and 3 with 51 seconds left.
he would have had to beat Brady and Belichick to reach the SB?
How many Super Bowls have Brady/Bellichek lost?
Comparing ERAs is pointless anyway.
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