It's okay, I wouldn't have seen it either

Posted by Ryan Jerz 09/19/2006. Permalink | Shortlink | Tweet it!
the dodgers crowd home plate to congratulate nomar garciaparraWow. It’s only taken me this long to post about it because I am in school. Last night (thankfully I watched a movie instead of MLB Gameday) the Dodgers made a little history. For the first time since 1964, four consecutive home runs were hit. That’s back-to-back-to-back-to-back, y’all. And not only did they do it, they did it in the ninth inning to tie the game. Down four entering the ninth, they led the inning with four straight bombs to tie, then promptly gave up a run in the tenth to fall behind again. No problem, Kenny Lofton led off the tenth with a walk, then Nomar crushed one into the pavillion in left to win it and take first place back from the Padres. If I hadn’t watched a movie, I’d have been damn near suicidal seeing them fall behind by four, then ecstatic when they tied, then definitely suicidal seeing them fall behind again, and shut the thing off. No way I would have made it to Nomar’s blast. I would, however, have woken up and been happy, just like I was this morning. Can we please use this win as a springboard to shut the door on the annoying Padres now?

And in a stunning move, I used a non-original picture in a post. Sorry.

Ryan JerzRyan Jerz is an all-around good guy who shoots photos and video, builds websites, and works in athletics at the University of Nevada, Reno. He received a Masters Degree in 2007 from the University of Nevada, Reno's Reynolds School of Journalism.

Comments

kapgar wrote:

Wow. Who knew the Dodgers had it in them?

Sep 19, 07:03 PM


DT wrote:

Unbelievable Jerz! I watched the highlights this morning. How about the Marlon Anderson pickup . . .

Hey, by the way are you still going to Vegas?

Sep 19, 07:48 PM


Jason wrote:

I know you’d probably disagree with me, but I think the Padres will win the NL West. The Dodgers finish with three games at San Francisco. Those are always tough. And if the Giants are out of the running, but have a chance to keep the Dodgers out of the playoffs, you can almost bet the farm on the Giants winning two of three… :)

Sep 21, 11:34 PM


Ryan Jerz wrote:

Two of three, maybe. If I’m one thing it’s not blindly fanatical. The Dodgers are not playing well right now, so it’s possible the Padres win it. But the Dodgers also won 17 of 18 games at one point, and the Giants were on the tracks when that freight train came through. I happen to think that the Giants just aren’t good enough to match up anymore, but I won’t discount that they have a shot. The other side of the argument is that the Padres finish with four in Arizona and the three before that in St. Louis, who also happens to be in the middle of a race.

Sep 22, 02:21 AM


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