Friday, April 17, 2009

Like watching "Shakespeare in Love" win Best Picture, only for 3 1/2 hours

The Dodgers had no business winning tonight's game. Down 3-0 after the top of the first, left 480 guys on base including 479 in scoring position, looked like shit for six innings against a dude who came into the game with a 9.64 ERA, had their second-best reliever give up two walks and a hit in a third of an inning at a critical point in the game...and still won. Unfreakingbelievable. And there's more: Andre Ethier starts his night out with three atbats that can be best summed up by the phrase "fucking Little Leaguers would be embarrassed by that shit"...and in his fourth atbat, he knocks in the tying run with a double. Almost immediately following that, Mark Loretta literally throws his bat at a two-strike pitch out of complete desperation...and somehow connects for a go-ahead bloop single. Just a weird, weird, weird game, one that the pre-Manny Dodgers probably win negative-5 times out of 100. Make sure you watch Game 2 of this Colorado series, coming up on FOX in about three hours.

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