Friday night’s game against the Greenville Goats was a disaster from the start. The Peaches were rotten, committing four errors over the first three innings. They even showcased a laughable Alphonse-and-Gaston blunder in the fifth when their second baseman and right fielder let a pop fly fall between them, each thinking the other would take it.
The Peaches trailed 9–0 in the sixth inning, and the hits—and walks—just kept coming. In the bottom of the eighth, Macon was down 15–3.
Tommy and a few of the other starters were out in the bullpen playing cards. They had the night off. Or so they thought. While some managers might have thrown in a position player to pitch at that point, Davey Concannon, a veteran of eight seasons in Macon, called Skeeter in the bullpen.
“Get Browning up. I want
