It was a two-run double into the left-field gap. The ball soared off the bat and into the green space between two outfielders and the stadium roared. Two San Francisco Giants runners sprinted home, the third-base coach screamed at them to get down and slide and the scoreboard flashed once, then twice. The Giants got the lead 6-4 over the Washington Nationals! The Giants were an inning away from walking off with a comeback win tonight. It was a beautiful moment.
Comeback moments are some of my favorite in sports. They don’t just change the fans by pumping them up at seeing their team take a lead; they change the players in the game and give them the emotional charge to hit harder, run faster and make the plays they need to secure the win. In the game that I watched tonight the Giants were entirely changed by that one hit. The sadness of being behind by a run was gone, replaced by the energy of trying to secure the win.
The other reason I love comeback plays is that they are so sudden. You can’t see them coming; you can only hope they do. You sit on the edge of your seat, staring at the runs on the scoreboard, wishing that you’re team could just push one more guy across the plate. You start to lose hope, and think about the next game and then, with a crack of the bat, all that hope is back! The runs dash across the plate and just seconds after you were so sad, you are now so happy.
That’s what makes sports so fun I think, that sudden change in emotion. Has your favorite team ever made a comeback win? Tell us all about it and how you felt as it happened!
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