Say what you will about Manny Ramirez, he has one helluva sense of the dramatic. With one man on base and the Dodgers down 1-0 in the bottom of the eighth he pinch-hit for the pitcher and promptly hit the ball into the left-field pavilion to put the Dodgers ahead 2-1. Broxton came in and retired the Giants on eight pitches in the ninth, so the Dodgers won two of three from their rivals to the north.
ESPN tells me that's only Manny's second pinch-hit homer in eighteen major league seasons. The first was last year on Manny Bobblehead night.
Posted by Linkmeister at April 18, 2010 01:38 PM | TrackBack