There was an absolute offensive riot of a baseball game in Philadelphia that damp October night in 1993, as Game 4 of the World Series went clamorously to the Toronto Blue Jays by a score of 15-14.
Instant analysis engulfing the press box magnetized to the observation that the strike zone had somehow shrunk to the size of a legal pad, with hitters pouncing for 32 hits, 13 of them for extra bases in a pyrotechnical drama that sprawled well to the other side of midnight.
The Phillies, who’d just wrestled the National League East division title from the three-time defending champion Pirates and upset the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS, suddenly found themselves down 3-1 to a Toronto club that seemed altogether unstoppable.