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Olerud and Aurilia apparently went into the video room, just a few feet from the dugout entrance, to watch film of their previous at-bats against Detroit starter Jason Johnson. But the door jammed. And when they couldn't get out of the room, stadium workers had to rush to drill the door handle and lock off the door. Several Mariners were seen laughing in the dugout, and Melvin even had a sheepish grin on his face as he spoke with Wendelstedt. Olerud emerged for his turn at the plate after a few moments and grounded out to end the inning. "It was funny at the time," Melvin said after the game. After the game, a hand-written sign taped to the door in question read: "Enter at your own risk." Warning: include(/home/benmalle/www/includes/footer.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/benmalle/public_html/archives/2004/may/23-ms_locked_in_video_room.html on line 53 Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/benmalle/www/includes/footer.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/benmalle/public_html/archives/2004/may/23-ms_locked_in_video_room.html on line 53 |
Seattle manager Bob Melvin had to walk out and explain to home-plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt that John Olerud and Rich Aurilia were locked inside the team's video room. Olerud was due to bat after Scott Spiezio, but Olerud wasn't even in the on-deck circle.