Wow. Shane Victorino hit a grand slam off of CC Sabathia tonight to put the Phillies in a dominant position in the NLDS. The pandemonium that ensued in the stands after Shane's blast was surreal. None of that would have been possible without Brett Myers epic at bat against CC Sabathia.
Myers came up with two outs in the bottom of the second and a man on third. Brett Myers should be a piece of cake for Sabathia, right?After two quick swinging strikes, Sabathia looked to be on his way to a no-brainer K of the Phillies pitcher. What happened next was one of the most unique, simply kick ass things I've ever seen at a baseball game.
Myers took a ball, fouled one off, and took another ball. At this point, with each pitch Myers fought off, the crowd's cheers became louder and louder. By pitch six or seven the 46,200 maniacs at CBP -- the largest crowd ever -- were going ape shit. Amazing.
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Witness my point of view from the game, starting with pitch seven of the amazing nine pitch at bat. Keep an eye out for the "We're not worthy!" and the "You Suck, CC!" at the end.
Which of course, allowed this to happen:
TheFightins also have video of Shane's post game chat with David Aldridge.
I'm still kind of in shock that I was at Citizens Bank Park to see Shane Victorino hit a grand slam off of CC Sabathia to put the Phils up two games to none in the NLDS. That's a great sentence right there.
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