Chan Ho Park
ALCS: NY Yankees v. Anaheim Angels - Yanks lead series 2-1
NLCS: LA Dodgers v. Philadelphia Phillies - Phillies lead 3-1
Can there be more build up in this year’s fight for the World Series? Park has been the relief pitcher for the Phillies since January of this year. He’s pitching against the Dodgers, which is a team with whom he played for a total of 9 years from 1994-2001 and 2008.
The Dodgers are fighting for a shot at the world series under Joe Torre, who managed and led the Yankees to the post-season for all 10 years Torre was with the Yankees. The Yankees are vying for a shot at the World Series as well.
I’m not really following the NLCS series, because I’m focusing on the ALCS Yankees series, but I have read that Park was phenomenal in the 1st game of the NLCS. He entered the game in the 7th inning, no outs, and a tying run on 2nd. He pitched 3 outs to retire 3 power hitters on the opposing team and positioned the Phillies for a decent shot against the Dodgers. ROCK ON!
Park was born June 30, 1973, and is the first Korean-born major league baseball player. In his prime, Park was a “power pitcher with a dominating fastball in the mid-to-high-90-mph range, a hard slider, an 11-to-5 curveball, and a changeup”. (Wiki)
In reference to Park’s two-seam fastball (Yeah, don’t ask me exactly what that is…I’m guessing it’s a pretty sick pitch), play-by-play baseball announcer, Matt Vasgersian, once commented: “You can only see a two-seamer like that in Playstation 2.” Awe shit.
The Phillies lead the NLCS 3-1, next game is on Wednesday, October 21, 8pm on TBS.
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