Game Two. Top of the eighth inning. Boston is holding onto a one-run lead, 2-1. Hideki Okajima hands the game ball over to Jonathan Papelbon with no runners on, two outs. Matt Holliday pops a ball right at the pitcher's mound, narrowly missing a collision course with Papelbon and causing Dustin Pedroia to do some awkward acrobatics to keep it in the infield. So now there's the tying run on first, with the winning run stepping up to the plate. And then... PICKOFF.
That was nothing short of hilarious. Especially because the genius Fox broadcasters were right in the midst of a Holliday lovefest when he got embarrassed by Papelbon- left stranded off the bag like the homeliest girl at the dance.
Bonus awesome: notice that hard tumble Dustin takes, jamming his left hand and wrist up against the ground? Yeah, he did that with a broken hand. And he barely even winced. No wonder Tito was out there like a flash to check on him. How that guy was able to play for almost 2 months with that kind of injury is beyond comprehension.
video courtesy of Fox
on November 28, 2007 3:12 PM
man, you have no idea how much i needed this today. i've been sitting here, staring at my printed out 2008 schedule trying to figure if and when i could get to fenway and when i should take my vacation time this summer (to see the sox in baltimore! and minneapolis! and toronto! and EVERYWHERE!) and i'm just so grabby hands at our boys right now, thank you for stemming that, at least a bit. you're the best.
::watches the smug little bastard pop that ball barely over the monster one more time::