Too Hot to Handle

Just under two hours till game time - yes, the Dodgers swept the Reds, and now are about to do the same to the Marlins (isn't my youthful optimism infectious)! What's amazing about the sweep of the Reds is something that I was so riled up about, in my typically highly-conflicted way, the agent of that final win (who else? Manny Ramirez!) that I was unable to post on Wednesday. Or Thursday.

So, Thursday was a quiet day off, just kind of digesting...that crazy moment in the 6th inning of that final Dodgers/Reds game. Manny comes in to pinch hit, bases loaded, one out, takes the FIRST PITCH and hits it into Mannywood, straight down the left-field line and into the open arms of his cheering peeps. A grand slam on his own bobblehead night when he was not scheduled to play, due to being hit by a pitch on the hand the night before. It was an unbelievable moment. I guess Frank McCourt compared it to the night that the Dodgers hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs a couple of years ago; he said those were the two most memorable Dodger wins since he'd become owner of the Dodgers. I'll bet.

When you watch the footage, check out Dusty's face at the end - heartbreaking!