Pinch me, because it's late and I must be dreaming. Not only did a replacement starter from Indianapolis, one Ty Andrew Taubenheim, go six strong innings and only give up two runs, but the (supposedly) un-clutch star, Mr. Jason Bay, does his best Josh Gibson impression (thanks to the Negro League tribute uniforms) in order to hit a game-winning walk-off home run in the bottom of the 13th inning. THE John Van Benschoten even wound up with a win after pitching a perfect 13th!
This also happened in inter-league play, against the team which currently holds the lead in the AL Wild Card race. Not a bad end to anyone's Saturday night, particularly mine, as I'm bleary-eyed already and it's only 11:30pm.
The rubber match starts tomorrow at 1:35pm EDT, featuring the battler that is Tom Gorzelanny going up against Andy Sonnanstine. Oh God, does this mean that we'll see the red uniforms, since it's a Sunday home game? Hopefully not.
Also, since this was his last week as editor at Deadspin, does anyone else think that Jason Bay is just a taller, (much much) more athletic version of Will Leitch? Discuss.
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