Dan Johnsons article
Introduction: my article is about game 5 of the NLCS, an important game to potentially decide the outcome of the series and who could possibly advance to the World Series
A chilly Thursday night in Wrigley field, with a far from balmy 57 degrees. Their, 41,000 fans screaming in between pitches. Imagine having the TV volume on 100, but even that couldn't do justice for the intensity and sheer volume of the stadium. The Dodgers, on the heels from their first loss in the series and at Wrigley field are not shocked of playing in an away crown anymore, and looked more comfortable than they did last game. That night, they made their case to be a world series team.
It was then when Cody Bellinger steps up to the plate in the top of the first, man on, and bam! An RBI double scoring Chris Taylor. Then again in the second inning Enrique Hernandez adds to the hit party with a homerun putting the dodgers up 2-0 in the second inning, and by the end of the third? 7-0. The momentum is shifted onto the Dodgers side and the Cubs are quickly losing hope. The defending champions looked defeated in nearly three innings played. The final score of the game was 11-1.
At this point in time the Dodgers were up 3-1 in the series and needed just one more win to bring themselves to the World Series, and this was the hot start they needed to do as so. The Dodgers were riding the wave of the hot bat as there of Enrique Hernandez, filling up the stat sheet by any means necessary going 3-4 with 3 home runs, seven RBIs, and a walk, tying an MLB record for most home runs and RBIs in a postseason game.
“the Dodgers [have been] a forsure favorite since the all star break to be a world series contender” said Minnetonka High School junior Jake Zaetta. Sitting there listening to Jake give his hot take on postseason baseball, Wilson Moore eagerly responded with a contradicting opinion “I don’t think the Dodgers will make the world series, they ended the season on a slump, and the Cubs are a far better
team than them” As this fiery discussion ensued, going back and forth on why the Dodgers will win, or in Wilson's case why they will lose, the only thing that mattered was the facts that would be created that night, the fact that the Los Angeles Dodgers are headed to the World Series for the 20th time in franchise history. (includes Brooklyn Dodgers)
That's a pretty rough prediction I made. Looking back on it I should have taken into account how good their regular seasons were rather than just how they were doing at the time. The Dodgers won that game and that series so easily that I ended up looking really bad.
ReplyDeleteThat's rough I dident know how good their season was until now your provide aot of details about the game the season was a good one and it ended pretty well
ReplyDeleteThis article is very interesting because of the description. I like how it feels like I am at the game in the beginning and than the debate between Wilson and Jake later in the article. It's nice that there is info in the article that helps us form our own beliefs on the topic of what Jake and Wilson were talking about
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