The Cardinals, were....oh-so-close to heading back to St. Louis with a two-game split, but Matt Holliday's inexcusable blunder with two out in the ninth inning would eventually lead to an improbable Dodger victory. Holliday's buckner-esque error, in which the baseball appears to have struck him directly in the penis is all the more embarassing than Buckner's brutal error in 1986 that eventually cost the Red Sox the World Series. This infamous play could go down as the reason why St. Louis lost the divisonal series after being predicted to win the National League pennant.
But Holliday has redeemed himself once before in games of insane magnitude. The Colorado Rockies 2007 improbable run was capped off by a one-game playoff for the National League Wild Card against the San Diego Padres. Holliday failed to make a difficult, yet makeable play which allowed the Padres runs, and eventually forced extra innings. But Holliday would score the winning run in the 13th inning, face-down in the dirt, and nevermind the fact that replays indidcated he was out because he was called safe. After that, the rest is history because the Colorado Rockies would go on to win the National League Pennant like it was nothing at all.
Never has the 2009 season seen such a brutal gaffe, and to have to wait until the postseason to see it happen makes it all that more magnified. Holliday may be forever remembered for this play, and certainly so if the Dodgers go on to win the World Series. Matt Holliday certainly gave them a big push to that ultimate goal last night.
Because now with the Cardinals seemingly all but eliminated from the playoffs, the Los Angeles Dodgers have suddenly become the front-runners to win the World Series. Then again, whoever wins this divisional series will probably go on to the World Series, so nothing has really changed, it's just that I don't think anyone expected the Los Angeles Dodgers to find a way to win, considering pitching for the opposing side was Carpenter and Wainwright, two Cy Young candidates.
And Matt Holliday, just like Bill Buckner, for all the good both of them did for their respective ball clubs will be always remembered for one unforgivable play.
Sometimes something sticks out more than anything else, and it's too bad- but then again, how could have they had made such a brutal mistake?
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It's hard to blame it entirely on Holliday, Franklin was the one who got them in that situation in the first place. Plus, the offense couldn't put up more than two runs - in close games like that, small mistakes like that are very costly.
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