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The take was going so well until he looked up and accidentally shot the lens.

With [Tug] McGraw on the mound against a left-handed batter, this time Ed Ott, and the bases again loaded, Ott put the game on ice by belting another grand slam off the beleaguered pitcher.

Would ser care to dine this evening?