The Dodgers' win in Game 2 of the NLDS easily ranks in the top five of Dodger playoff wins in my lifetime -- in terms of epic nature, anyway. It could rank in the top 3 because all I can think of that tops it right now is Gibson's home run and the Vic Davalillo/Bill Russell NLCS rally in 1977. I happened to time it just right. While the Dodgers were struggling to score and frittering away a fine outing by Clayton Kershaw , I was slaving away at work. Then I finished up just in time to turn my attention to the TV in the office and watch the last out of the game -- what turned into Matt Holliday's muff of James Loney's sinking liner. I had a front row seat for the rest of the way -- Casey Blake working a walk out of a nine-pitch at-bat, Ronnie Belliard's game-tying single up the middle, the wild pitch moving the runners up, the walk to Russell Martin, and Mark Loretta's final flair into left center for the game-winner. I let out a subdued cheer, but it'...
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