Let's start with Sale.
He was vintage Sale, throwing ninety four pitches over six innings, walking two, striking out eleven and allowing only one earned run. His command was on point and he was reaching 96 mph on some of his fast balls. But it was his slider that finally came back to him that was truly amazing and the Twins batters just couldn't touch it.
On to Verdugo.
So the game was tied 2-2 going into the tenth inning The Twins quickly scored two runs, giving them a 2-4 lead.
Crawford starts the bottom of the tenth on second base as the "extra innings ghost runner".
Hernandez reaches first base on a dropped strike three and Crawford runs to third.
Casas walks, taking first base and moving Hernandez to second. This loads the bases.
McGuire hits a sorching line drive to left, Crawford scores, Hernandez scores. Casas moves to second and McGuire reaches first. This ties the game 4-4.
Durran hits a single. Casas to goes to third, McGuire moves to second and once again, the bases are loaded.
Refsnyder hits into a double play - Casas out at home and Refsnyder out at first. McGuire moves to third and Durran moves to second.
So with the game tied and two outs in the bottom of the tenth inning, Verdugo hits a fly ball to right that scores McGuire. Let the celebration begin! Right?
Well, maybe not.
The ball initially looked like it was foul and the Twins manager called for a review. One camera angle shows the ball as it sneaked past the foul line to remain in fair territory. Let the celebration begin!
I took this screen grab from the video and circled the ball. This view shows the ball just after it has bounced off the wall about 4 inches past the yellow foul line:
During the post game interview, on live television, Verdugo was asked what was going though his mind as he watched the ball and his response was, "Please be fucking fair". At some point further on in the interview, he said it again, giving him two fucks in one interview. That may not be a record number of fucks on live television but it's right up there with Robert de Niro.
And yes, I managed to stay awake for the entire game.
They are back at it again at 7:10 this evening. That means I will be doing the channel-flipping thing because...
...game two of the NHL playoffs is also on this evening.
The Bruins will face-off against the Panthers at 7:30 and a win would be good.
If the Bruins win this evening, they head to Florida with a two-game advantage.
I'm thinking breakfast for dinner - french toast and sausages. Maybe some scrambled eggs.
After that, it will be time to put on some comfy pants and settle in to watch sportings.
You can do whatever it is you want to do. If clicking links is what you want to do, here they are:
- Boy, we sure got a lot of people wandering around with mental health issues. And some of them work for the federal government.
- If you run Chrome as your browser, make sure it is up-to-date.
- Only in Pennsylvania.
- There is nothing I can say that will make this story make sense.
- I don't know. Looks legit to me.
- Which might explain why their average life span was about 35 years.
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