That ending was like a never-ending buffet for a diehard’s soul.
Austin Jackson’s nine pitch walk was Sean Doolittle’s second walk issued this year. Doolittle had only allowed 1 walk against 56 strikeouts in 39 IPs this year. Those are video game numbers.
Then Rajai Davis stepped up, and took a curve for a ball.
Then this. The Ultimate Slam (down 3, walk off).
(I tried to embed the video, but couldn’t figure it out. If anyone knows, please explain).
I was able, however, to load up Dan’s call. This gave me goose bumps when I heard it live.
Enjoy. (you’ll need to turn your speakers up, still working out the kinks over here)
Hmm, the video gets an error 404.
Video link should be fixed.
That picture warms the heart though.
I’ll admit, I cashed it in after the Chamberlain fail… but I saw the replays this morning…amazing! Article says Doolittle (who’s blown his last two saves) threw 9 straight fastballs to AJackson for his BB…commendable AB for Jackson – obviously the stars aligned for DET in the 9th.
Nice to see ‘other teams’ embracing the ‘closer-implosion’ craze.
A’s have clearly been the top team in AL this year…so far, but there’s a lot that can happen in the 2nd half of a season. Some interesting info in this Schoenfield article: http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/49137/tigers-getting-in-as-heads-with-big-win
Trivia: The Athletics have allowed three game-ending grand slams since World War II, with two coming against Detroit. In 1983, Lance Parrish hit one off Jeff Jones, who is now Detroit’s pitching coach.