The Freddie Freeman walk-off homer was a crowd-pleaser; and yes Shohei Otani was otherworldly in reaching base in all nine plate appearances with an epic night. But had it not been for a gutsy relief outing by a guy few outside of Dodgertown have even heard of, all this would have gone for naught. Had you ever heard of Will Klein?
Advertisements You would expect more from a manager with 14 years of experience as a catcher in the Major Leagues, especially one who put up really good numbers (.262 batting average, .995 fielding percentage) over a career that came up just one short of 1300 games. But, the postseason is a different animal from the regular season and Mariners’ manager
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Coronavirus be damned. There will be baseball and we will know what we are talking about the next time we are able to have drinks with friends and go to a game. We’ll call that time, “September.”
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On March 24th, in an exhibition game against the Giants, with Calvin Murphy at the plate and Rod Barajas catching, the Unit uncorked a fastball that was perfectly timed with the arrival of a single dove flying in front of home plate.
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Writers and fans didn’t just hate Barry Bonds because they thought he was a cheater; they hated him because he never acknowledged that their opinions mattered.
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