May 30th, 2019 at 9:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Let’s be honest here, over the course of a 162-game regular baseball season, it is ridiculous to call any one game ‘the defining moment’ of the season … unless, of course, it happens to be game 163 to decide a division title (sound familiar?). But it is also ridiculous to even suggest that Wednesday night’s extremely exciting 9-8 come-from-behind walk-off win by the Dodgers over the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium will not only be talked about for the remainder of this baseball season, but for many baseball seasons to come; especially whenever these two teams meet in the future.
However, if there is indeed such a thing as a single defining moment during a 162-game regular baseball season, for the 2019 Dodgers, this was it.
For those watching the game on television or online, it was very easy to see that many (most) of the 40,559 who were on hand for the first pitch of the three-and-a-half-hour-long contest were long gone when the Dodgers came to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning trailing by a seemingly insurmountable 8-5 deficit. But for those who stayed, and/or for those who continued to watch or listen, the immortal words of Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully came to mind:
“In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened!”
The impossible indeed.
That improbable/impossible ninth inning began with back-to-back solo home runs by Joc Pederson and Max Muncy; which were followed by back-to-back doubles by Justin Turner and Cody Bellinger; which were followed by an intentional walk to Corey Seager and an infield single by Matt Beaty; which was followed by the game-winning walk-off sacrifice fly by Alex Verdugo – all of which came off of Mets All-Star closer Edwin Diaz, who had converted all but one of his previous 14 save opportunities … until that fateful improbable/impossible ninth-inning on Wednesday night, that is.
Was this the defining moment for the 2019 Dodgers?
If there is such a thing, I’ll let you be the judge of that.
Play Ball!
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I don’t know if I would call it a “defining moment” but it does add to my confidence that this is truly a strong team.
Not sure I’d call it the seasons defining moments but I’d certainly say it defines how truly relentless our offense is. Let’s hope it rubs off on the bullpen, so we’re firing on all cylinders.
Let me say I thought we lost after the bottom of the 8th, so glad I kept watching that was the sweetest of comebacks.
Go DODGERS!!
It was a terrific come back and there is no problem with the Dodgers bats. I just hope this won’t take attention away from the fact that we need some real help in the bullpen.