Tuesday, April 17, 2018

'Dre Day


After a ridiculous stretch of games where the Dodgers had to play the Diamondbacks and Giants each 15 times, last night, finally, they got to begin their annual San Diego blood feast.  I've been hearing tell on this site and others that the Padres finally might have a team this year. Well, there's no doubt that they have entertaining characters, including two relief pitchers who begin their delivery underground and a rookie third baseman who hits so hard, it's like he's playing whiffleball. But they're still the Padres at the end of every day.

Last night was an endless fountain of hilarity for Dodger fans tired of tragic losses. After Hyun-Jin Ryu gave up a monstrous homer to Christian Villaneuva in the bottom of the 2nd, the Dodgers came out and proceeded to get more gifts than young Ricky Schroeder on Christmas.


First, Villaneuva hilariously misplayed an easy Chris Taylor grounder to third, throwing up his hands and saying "my bad." Note: After you hit a home run in the second, you still have to play the rest of the game. Then Corey Seager hit a ball 300 miles an hour toward Hunter Renfroe in right field, nearly taking off Renfroe's hand into a three-base error. After a dinky single scored another run, Matt Kemp hit a monster bomb into the left-field bleachers, a play that, using Dave Roberts logic, meant that he was immediately benched to "give Joc Pederson a chance to stay fresh."

Then the score was 6-2, and then I could fast forward all the way to the ninth inning, when Yasmani Grandal hit a grand-slam off a tee placed in front of him. The Dodgers cruised to a 10-3 victory. I hope the Dodgers play the Padres 18 more times. Oh, they do?





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