Beautiful job by Chad Cordero
Excellent job indeed.
How can you not like this guy? After reading those twin profiles of Chief in the
WaPo and the
WaTimes, it's obvious he's living The Baseball Dream right now: in his
second year he's become the game's most dominant closer, he has a shot at the all-time save record this season, he's pitching in the All-Star Game...and he's still a goofy, happy-go-lucky kid. (I swear to god he looks like a Peanuts character on the sandlot with his hat down on his head like that.)
7-5, two out, bottom of the ninth. Rivera coming in. No way we pull this off.