I sure hope you're withering in the grim chill of a million crushed dreams, and not just checking for ticks.
Maybe next time you’re in town you could swing by and kick me in the nuts.
Did you see this game? I mean, did you see it? Heartbreaking. After riding seven innings in the ruts, the Rox went up 4 to 2 in the eighth by virtue of the absolutely most astonishing play this postseason. Running headlong into what should have been an easy double play, Dexter Fowler — who looks more like a track star than a ball player — just went ahead and jumped over Chase Utley on his way to second.
Yeah. Jumped over him.
Which set up bargain-bin juicer has-been Jason Giambi for an RBI single and delightfully named Yorvit Torrealba for a two-RBI double and there you have it.
And then what happened? Well, Huston Street, Austin-area native (no joke: my sweetheart went to high school with him, derides his Spanish comprehension), decided he wanted to do something other than be a shitty closer and — well, no, he just went ahead and kept being a shitty closer. And gave up three runs.
NLDS game 4. Phillies 5, Rockies 4. Rox are outta the playoffs.
There is only one way this gets worse: A Yankees-Dodgers World Series. Ugh. Go Angels, I guess.
Maybe it’s true; maybe a total ball, farm-reliant team like the Rox just can’t hack it in a league of big-swinging, big-market all stars. Fuck it — I’ll move to Cuba.
UPDATE: Video evidence of Fowler’s hurdling prowess below (til it gets pulled by MLB), replete with obnoxious, trite Kris-Kross soundtrack.
