6 Experiment edged Theory 8-6 in the annual softball rivalry on June 5 at Roble Field on the Stanford campus. The Experiment victory was the 30th in the 38-year game history and the first time the game was decided in extra innings. Both teams battled fiercely refusing to yield until the top of the eleventh inning. Then it happened. The game turned strangely on a controversial play that had a very unexpected ending.
Some witnesses say it was fate, some say poetic justice.
Deadbeat sports writers and Hollywood hacks make a career dramatizing these plays for us. We are drawn to them and we value them for many different personal reasons. We store these memories in the deep recesses of our mind - kind of like a lucky coin that jingles in a pocket full of change. The game was tied at 6-6 at the top of the eleventh inning when Experiment Mike Woods appeared to have driven in the game winning run with two outs and Mike Kelsey on base. Woods blasted a deep shot over the desperately outstretched glove of fielder Schuyler Cullen that landed next to the left field foul line.