Zack To Zack ... And 38,000 Happy Campers In The Ballpark

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There is no more satisfying ending
to a team sporting event
than to have the home team
win on the last play
of the game

Basketball calls it
a buzzer-beater

Baseball calls it
a walk-off win 

Los Angeles Angels 2
Minnesota Twins  1

Yesterday was the first time 
in the history of
Major League Baseball
that a walk-off game
involved
a hero and a goat
both named Zack 

It happened when
Zack Cozart
got the winning hit
in the bottom of the ninth
on a pitch thrown by
Zack Duke

Mr. Duke walked off the field with his head hung down.
His fielding teammates, did the same, as if on a death march.

But Mr. Cozart's teammates 
ran onto the field 
to smother him
with love and affection
and Gatorade

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Footnotes
Zack Cozart has played for the Los Angeles Angels
for less than two months and he already has two walk-off hits.

He had played for the Cincinnati Reds for seven seasons,
during which time he had zero walk-off hits.

In the his two months as an Angel, he already has
two more walk-off hits than Mike Trout has had
in the past two seasons.

Yet, Mike Trout is considered to be
the greatest baseball player in the game.
Go figure.

Mr. and Mrs. CarPeo were lucky enough
to be amongst the "38,000 Happy Campers"
at Anaheim Stadium on this day.
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