Everybody’s talking about it. Dave Roberts had a generational talent ready to go in the ninth inning against the Giants, a man whose name is synonymous with baseball greatness, a man who’s literally inspired a song called a “playoff anthem,” a man who’s changed lives with the location of his fastball…and he didn’t use him. He went with some dude named Max instead. Max. Who acts like a cannibal.
I get it. I get it. It’s a weird call. But guys…it worked. The Dodgers won. Joe Kelly will be available in the NLCS, and he’s gonna be even more ready to go, like when your mom says she’s gonna buy you cookies from Potbelly but then she forgets but then she goes back the next day so now you’ve had two days to get your appetite ready and also you didn’t eat lunch because the lunch lady at jail said something mean about your jumpsuit and you lost your appetite but now your appetite’s back and it’s visiting hours and ALRIGHT HERE COME THE COOKIES I promise it’ll be ok, Mom, I promise I didn’t do it, I promise it was all just an accident just a big misunderstanding Mr. Abernathy’s gonna be ok, right? Mr. Abernathy’s ok? I didn’t see him! I didn’t see him there with the lawnmower! Why was he crossing a street with a lawnmower in the first place?
Joe Kelly, NLCS. Starts tomorrow.
this spiraled out of control in the best way.