With 20 minutes left Kewell spurned his chance when one-on-one with Kawashima and as the game drifted towards extra-time, Japan started to take control.
Even though he was a five-time all-star and one of the most memorable big game pitchers in recent memory, the voters have had a difficult time inducting him into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
"It was a funny game, but it was an ugly game, " said Scott Pitoniak, a one-time denizen of "The Zoo" as a Syracuse student who covered the game for The Observer-Dispatch of nearby Utica, N.