Tom_Pipines' Blog

     Miraculous!

     I don't think that description of Yovani Gallardo's staying in Thursday's Brewers game against the Cubs is overstating the matter.

     If you saw the way he crashed to the ground while trying to cover 1st base in the fifth inning of  the Crew's 4-3 win at Wrigley Field, I think you'd agree!

     Gillardo landed awkwardly on his right ankle; it seemed to bend in a grotesque manner.

     After writhing in pain, Yovani got up, took a few warm up tosses, and got out of the inning (he pitched through the 6th).

     Brewers play-by-play announcer Jim Powell saw it first-hand; he thought the injury would be season-ending.

     As important as the brilliant young righthander is to the Brewers staff-imagine the morale of the ballclub heading to Houston, if Gallardo had been seriously hurt!

     Not long after that, Milwaukee rallied for a 4-3 win-taking two out of three on Chicago's northside for the second time this season.

     You've heard the saying, "sometimes, it's better to be lucky than good?"

     In the case of Yovani Gallardo and the rest of the Brewers on Thursday afternoon, it was better to be lucky AND good!