Saturday, May 29, 2010 was by far one of the craziest days in professional baseball and basketball. Why? Well, let’s start off with the one highlight sports fans have probably seen over and over again: Kendry Morales celebrating his walk-off grand slam by jumping onto home plate and breaking his ankle. Watch the replay and it all seems as “happy-go-lucky” as can be for Morales, as he jumps into the air to celebrate the victory, surrounded by his fellow Angels and collapses to later find out he broke his ankle. What a bust, but definitely something many are still laughing about.
Just a few hours later, Roy Halladay pitched a perfect game for the Phillies, something that was done just 20 days before by A’s pitcher Dallas Braden. Nonetheless, Halladay earned the respect of many at the Sun Life Stadium as the Phillies went on to beat the Marlins 1-0 in front of a crowd of 25,086. A perfect game is always something to be celebrated, as there have only been a total of 20 in MLB history.
Let’s transition to basketball, shall we? NBA Finals, Game 6: Lakers at Suns. With a 12 point lead at the half, LA thought they had it all. And they were right. The Lakeshow went on to finish the series and beat Phoenix 111-103. LA was on it tonight. Hopefully they’ll keep this momentum for Thursday when Boston comes to town for Game 1 of the 2010 NBA Championship Series.
Highlights of the game included Kobe’s off-balanced, yet incredibly clutch jumper with under a minute to go, then looking eye to eye with the Suns bench and motioning the “ I fly like an airplane” with his arms as he heads to the Laker bench. Artest is also one to thank for the second game in a row.
Just as Morales made people laugh with his unexpected injury in his moment under the spotlight, so did the camera man under the basket at the final game of the Western Conference Finals. As the Suns airballed a jumper, an innocent camera man was stepped on the neck by a Phoenix player as he went for the rebound.
Craziness? I think so. If you ask me, today’s MLB and NBA Headlines might as well read, “Success and Injuries are Plentiful on a Sports Day Like Today”.
