It pretty much goes without saying that there isn’t a human being on the planet who has personally witnessed more live baseball games than Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, who will call his final game one week from Sunday after a historic 67-year career. As such, you can also pretty much be assured that if it’s happened before, Vin Scully has seen it.

…or so you thought.

On Thursday night, the 48,344 fans on hand at Dodger Stadium saw something which, in all likelihood, no one has ever seen before; an absolutely mind-blowing impossible play by Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley in the Dodgers exciting come-from-behind 7-4 win over the Colorado Rockies.

With two outs in the top half of the fourth inning and a runner on first base, Rockies pitcher Tyler Chatwood hit a sharp grounder to Utley. Although the ball was hit quite hard, it was as routine of a grounder as you will ever see. But what should have been an automatic out – one that Utley has literally made thousands of time in his career, the usually sure-handed 37-year-old second baseman muffed the play and the ball scooted away from him. Not giving up on the ball and with his back completely to first base, Utley scrambled for the ball and then made a backwards toss to Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez without so much as a glance at .

When you think about what could have gone wrong with this play, it sends chills down your spine. But it didn’t happen. Instead, AGon received the ball as if Utley had fielded it cleanly and underhand tossed it to the Dodgers first baseman to nail Chatwood by five steps. It was as impossible of a play as you will ever see – even by the great Vin Scully. How do I know this? Because I asked him if he has ever seen a play like this after the game.

“No, I never have,” said Scully. “But I’m sure that they practice it at spring training,” he added with a chuckle.

Obvious Scully was kidding about practicing that play. I mean, not only is it insanely foolish to even attempt such a play, but it is near impossible to repeat.

“It’s pretty lucky but we’ll take it,” Utley told reporters after the game. “Maybe a little in control … and lucky.”

Although it’s hard to say whether or not Utley’s play was the reason why the Dodgers were able to overcome a 4-1 deficit, there is zero doubt that Dodger catcher Yasmani Grandal‘s 4-for-4 night at the plate with two home runs – including a grand slam – was.

“I wasn’t really trying to hit a home run, I was just trying to hit something up in the air,” Grandal said of his second home run of the night; the grand slam. “When catchers hit them down on the ground it’s usually a double play. I was looking for something up so I could hit it up in the air, trying to have a good at-bat. A walk is as good as a single, an RBI, a sac fly is much better too. I was just able to get a good swing on it and get a result.”

The fact that Grandal’s granny came while batting right-handed off of Rockies left-hander Boone Logan is in itself rather amazing. Although the 27-year-old La Habana, Cuba native is a switch hitter, his strength comes while batting left-handed off of right-handed pitching. In fact, only three of his 27 home runs have come while batting right handed. That said, his grand slam traveled 411 feet to straightway center field and was absolutely crushed.

Grandal’s grand slam on Thursday night was the second of his career. It was also his sixth multi-home run game through five big league seasons. (Photo credit – Ron Cervenka)

With the win the Dodgers magic number to clinch their fourth consecutive NL West title is now four. And if the stars line up just right they could do so this weekend, which just so happens to be Vin Scully weekend. They will, however, need a little help from the San Diego Padres to accomplish this, as the Friars are playing the San Francisco Giants at Petco Park this weekend.

Stay tuned.