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Originally Posted by Soaring Softly
Whenever I'm reminded of that race, I wonder about that guy....who he was and what kind of consequences he faced, if any, for his actions.
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His name is Lee Ferrell, and like Jeffery Maier in Yankee lore, (or more appropriately Steve Bartman in Cubs history), he'll be remembered forever. Bill Finley wrote about the troubled Ferrell a year after the incident, which took place during the Budweiser Maryland Sprint.
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