April
20, 2012
NL Game 13
Dodgers (Media Copy) 14
Twins (Professional Income Tax) 11
Media (PA) - It was 6:15 on Friday evening and the look of tension and concern
on the face of Dodgers Manager Randy Cropper could be seen from Wimpy's, if not
La Forno or even Starbucks. The problem was that his Dodgers were down for a
second game in a row. And for a second game in a row Bench Coach Travis Kokoska
was not in the dugout to steady his frayed nerves. Coach, breathe...BREATHE!
What coach Cropper didn't know was that USAir flight 703 had landed safely at
Philly International Airport and his dutiful assistant was en route to the MLL
Stadium complex. And with that, the Dodgers returned from their self imposed
exile in LA-LA land and "the muscles" (that's me!) return from
Brussels just in
time to save the day. Oh, and it didn't hurt that the actual Dodger players
played a great game!
Garvey Williams and Corin Sacks turned in tremendous pitching performances to
combine for the win and save respectfully. Sam Much tagged up to score on a
beautiful sacrifice fly to score a key run, and the bats were once again en
fuego. Max Cummings continues his torrid hitting and others like Michael
Cropper, RJ Host and Adrian Kohler pounded out the hits and ran the bases with
a vengeance.
Then, to seal the deal and the end the drama, Shane Kokoska spearheaded the game
ending play. With the bases loaded, Kokoska stabbed a hard hit grounder in the
hole from his shortstop position and cool as a cucumber shoveled it over to Liam
"Mr. Grand Slam" Buckley to end the game on a sweet force play. Trammell to
Whitaker, Vizquel to Alomar, Tinkers to Evers...you have all been put on notice!
Foul Balls:
Lastly, some notes from Belgium for the parents...
Mussels and Fries... great
Fresh cooked waffle smothered in whipped cream and chocolate sauce... greater
Belgian Chocolate... THE GREATEST (Seriously folks, it's really that good. And no, me and the Mrs aren't sharing!)
Oh
yeah...Grimbergen Tripel, find it, enjoy it, thank me later.