We'll narrow it down to the Top 3 - all walk-off wins:
#3 - At "The Trop", the Rays got a walk-off, one out squeeze bunt from Jason Bartlett in the 11th inning, beating the Indians 4-3. Several weeks ago the Indians go burned by the Angels on a similar play, but there were two outs when Howie Kendrick got his base hit bunt past the pitcher. Chris Perez was complaining about it being a "stupid play" - listen man, it's the big leagues, you need to get wins when you can. It ain't Kendricks fault your team sucks. The Rays improved to an MLB best 27-11. The Tribe fell to 15-21.
#2 - Aramis Ramirez raised his average all the way to .175 in this one, and hit the walk-off 2R HR in the 9th off Rockies pitcher Matt Belisle to give the Cubs a 4-2 win. Ramirez singled in the 1st, driving in the Cubs first run of the game. Ramirez has been on a tear lately - he's raised his average from .148 to .175 over the past 10 games. The saddest fact is, he only has 3 multi-hit games all year - this guy makes $16.75 million a year. What is wrong with the Cubs? Rockies fall to 19-19, Cubs improve to 17-22.
#1 - Poor Papelbon. Ha. Not only did he allow A-Rod to tie the game in the 9th with a 2R HR, he allowed a 2R HR by Marcus Thames to lose the game. After the "A-bomb from A-Rod", Cano flew out to centerfield before Cervelli got drilled in the elbow. Thames came to the plate and wasted little time - he jumped on the 92 mph fastball and hit a line-drive into the LF seats. Yes, he pimped it a little out of the box, but you know what, it was his first career walk-off HR. He threw the bat, and began his sprint around the bases. Then he got the pie face. I stayed up for it, and was pissed when the blew the lead, but man, it's always nice walking-off on the Red Sox. Yankees 25-13, Red Sox 19-20. Plenty to do today - 3,600 white folding chairs waiting for me to set them up. Graduation season is upon us.
