It's a good thing that I completely missed Game 2 of the Dodgers-Braves game Friday night -- yes, I have it on DVR, like hell I'm going to look at it -- because I may have been rendered deaf, dumb and blind if I saw all of that stupid live. The Dodgers didn't deserve to win Game 2, although they easily could have, because of their idiocy. There were three distinct HUH? moments of the game that I don't think I will ever be able to process: 1. Walking Reed Johnson to get to Jayson Heyward: There is nothing more I can add about this except I think Don Mattingly just kissed his new contract goodbye here. Bringing in a reliever to intentionally walk someone who is without a hit in two months to get to the most dangerous player in the lineup is staggering. 2. Dee Gordon running on the first pitch after being inserted as a pinch-runner: I don't care whether the umpire got the call right or wrong -- it was too close to make a stink -- what the hell is Gordon runn...
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