AOL’s programming director of sports and news Jim Brady was on the mound when Lutz hit the home run. “I threw a flat pitch that hung over the plate,” a traumatized Brady recalled 13 years later. “I still don’t think that ball has landed. If I’d thrown with even a bit more arc the entire incident could have been avoided and — who knows — the merger may’ve worked out.”
AOL’s programming director of sports and news Jim Brady was on the mound when Lutz hit the home run. “I threw a flat pitch that hung over the plate,” a traumatized Brady recalled 13 years later. “I still don’t think that ball has landed. If I’d thrown with even a bit more arc the entire incident could have been avoided and — who knows — the merger may’ve worked out.”