Yep. All I could think of was Bill Murray's monologue... "former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters Champion. [swings...] It looks like a mirac- It's in the hole! It's in the hole!"
Hate to admit it, but it's time to DFA Gibson and insert someone from the stands in his place. This was a winnable game, and we insist on sending a guy to the bump who's completely lost confidence in his stuff.
No worries. Yeah, shades of Joe Nathan follies during last night's 9th. (He got into trouble a lot, which we tend to forget.) Plouffe came through once again.
Happy for Buck, happy for Joe M., happy for Miggie, happy for Rosie, happy for Erv, happy for El Comandante, happy for Bull Dozier, happy for Herr Kepler. It's nice to be happy. Maybe now we can have nice things.
Called up Santana's projected numbers and ESPN has him going 29-0 with a 0.65 ERA. I remember when Gibson (Bob, not Kyle) went 22-7 with a 1.12 ERA in 1968. And that year I batted .545 in Little League and played catcher after Bill Freehan put on a clinic in Flint on an off day in May. Good times. EDIT ADD: Unlike Freehan, I didn't have to face Gibson, thank goodness.