What a beautiful way to end March! We came from behind and smacked the smug grins off those self-righteous Cardinals’ dumb mugs! Blue beat Red, and that’s just the way I like it.
This one dude, Opening Day pitcher Miles Mikalos, said this before the series began: “We’re not exactly a low payroll team, but you got the Dodgers playing checkbook baseball. We’re going to be the hardest working group of Midwestern farmers we can be. It would be great to stick it to the Dodgers.” And Paul Goldschmidt is famous for hating L.A. After being drafted by the best team in baseball (in my humble opinion), he refused to sign with the Dodgers because he thinks Los Angeles is a modern-day Gomorrah. I hope he’s happy there in Red State heaven.
The Dodgers are a great — yes, well-paid — team playing solid, smart baseball, and hanging in until the end, no matter what happens early in the game. You will virtually never see a Dodger trash-talking an opposing team or player. They keep it classy. Just like my husband. If we’re sitting near fans of the visiting team, he without fail will dive into a conversation about how the Giants, or the Padres, or the Blue Jays, or the Yankees, or whomever are “such a great team!” I, on the other hand, feel no compunction about saying mean things about our rivals. I only care about the Dodgers, and I have no regrets nor apologies. (One thing I don’t do is “Boo” the opponents, though. That’s just rude.)
Anyway, we came back from a 4-0 deficit last night to win, 5-4, when Chris Taylor drew his 3rd walk of the game and then Marvelous Max Muncy absolutely crushed a 2-1 slider into the Right Field Pavilion in the 8th inning. It was beautiful to behold!
And now, it’s April! The best month of the year!
Game 6: LAD 5-STL 4
Piewalla's Dodger Blues 