From "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader":
"Former Cubs first baseman Mark Grace often recounts this story about pitcher Rick Sutcliffe: 'One day Rick gave up back-to-back home runs in Cincinnati. And in Cincinnati, they shoot off fireworks after a Red hits a home run. And Sutcliffe was pretty intense on the days he pitched. So Eric Davis takes him deep and Paul O'Neill takes him deep right after that. So Sutcliffe is all mad, and pitching coach Billy Connors comes out to the mound and Sutcliffe yells at him, 'I know I gave up (expletive) back-to-back home runs and get your (expletive) back in the dugout and tell Zimmer to (expletive) settle down there, too!' Billy looks at him and says, 'I know you have everything under control, Rick. I just wanted to give that guy running the fireworks a little time to reload.'"
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