I don’t believe what I just saw!

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I just got home — a little later than I’d planned — from Coors Field, after watching, in person, “one of the strangest games ever in Denver,” a 14-inning affair that ended in the first walkoff grand slam in Rockies history (and the first grand slam I’ve ever personally witnessed, never mind a 14th-inning walkoff slam), with my Dad.

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Pretty damn awesome. And it wasn’t just the grand slam that made the game great. There was weird baserunning, bizarre umpiring, teams running out of players, a pitcher with a .000 batting average being inexplicably walked with the bases loaded (and ultimately scoring the winning run!), a batter badly hurting his knee with a foul ball but nevertheless finishing his at-bat and (gingerly) running the bases, a reigning Cy Young winner coming in as a pinch runner… it was a strange, weird, wonderful game. And here I was initially regretting having picked today’s game to go to, in light of what looked to be crappy weather. The rain cleared out, and then the Rockies gave us a real treat with a seemingly impossible comeback. Wow.

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It was the second time I’ve seen a walkoff home run in person, and the first time it was by the team I was rooting for. (The other time was Mel Hall’s three-run shot at Yankee Stadium to beat the Red Sox on May 27, 1991. Ugh.)

Oh, and the Rockies now have a 4-game lead over the Giants in the wild-card race, instead of the 2-game lead it looked like they’d have, when the Giants took a three-run lead in the top of the 14th. Nice.

P.S. The Rockies are now 3-0 this season in games that I attend.