THIS WAS A GREAT BASEBALL GAME!!!
It had everything you’d ever want in a one game winner take all wild card game which sends the Dodgers to the next round versus the San Francisco Giants.
For me it was especially great because Chris Taylor, Cody Bellinger, and Corey Seager all came thru Oklahoma City in AAA ball.
And of course I have this thing for Nolan Arenado who now plays for the iconic St. Louis Cardinals instead of the going nowhere Colorado Rockies.
So…I was going to come of this as a winner either way the game went down on Wednesday night.
Chris Taylor was/is my favorite Oklahoma City/LA Dodger because of his vesatility and his blue collarness. Chris Taylor is to the Dodgers is kind of like what Nick Collison was to the Oklahoma City Thunder. My kind of player…as in old school. He does whatever his teams needs from him to be better. What a quaint notion.
I was very conflicted with his game winning at bat though. There was that part of me which wanted Nolan to be the hero. That part which wanted Adam Wainwright and Yadi to advance in what was their next to last season playing major league baseball.
I wish there were more games to be played between these two teams.
And then Max Scherzer the Hall of Famer from the championship Washington Nationals who I thought was going to kick LA manager Dave Roberts’ ass when he took the ball away from Max in the fifth inning.
I love Max Scherzer. Max Scherzer is a bulldog. In fact—I can’t wait to see him against the Giants and beyond.
Coming into this game the 106 win LA Dodgers were the first ever Vegas favorite as a wild card to win the World Series.
What would I say to Nolan and the Cardinals? Come out of the gate strong next season and win your division. Don’t wait until September to start balling. Use this experience as a building block.
Mookie Betz and Trea Turner…nice players. But this was Chris Taylor’s night. This is a guy who didn’t make the Dodgers’s roster in 2017 and was sent to Oklahoma City. Tonight shows what hard work and tenacity can do for you.
Good for you, Chris Taylor…even though you were just trying to hit a single to bring in Cody Bellinger from second base.
This was a great baseball game!