If you're going deer hunting this fall, Jerry Layne is the guy to have with you.
His hearing is so keen that he can detect a buck rustling twigs and dead leaves at a hundred yards.
It must be, because this afternoon he kicked Jim Leyland out for something he heard all the way across the field from his first base umperor's post.Second early shower for the skipper this week, and a small reward for everyone who paid their way into the ball park to watch the umps work.
Brad Penny lasted only three-plus innings, but it was still a game; 7-5 Angels after six. Then David Purcey gave up a hit and walked two, and Phil Coke allowed a two run single to Howie Kendrick and a two-run double to Mark Trumbo. And that was that. 12-5 Halos, lead back to 1 1-2 games over the idle Indians.
Maggie has been been working on a song about our favorite ump, borrowing liberally from the Beatles' "Penny Lane:"
" ... and the catcher never wears a mask, in the pouring rain, very strange ... Jerry Layne is in my ears, and in my eyes ... "
That's all she has so far.
In case anyone was wondering what women think about while the baseball game is on.
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