Brian Serven's Ninth-Inning Homer Caps Improbable Marlins Comeback Against Athletics
A sports article covering the bizarre and poetic nature of a Marlins-Athletics game where Brian Serven hit a ninth-inning home run to complete an improbable comeback, contrasted with the absurdity of Jordan Henderson's non-playing yellow card and broken arm. The piece uses the game as a lens to explore the tragicomic experience of being an Athletics fan, especially with the team's move to West Sacramento.
Key quotes
If there could have been a story to rival England's Jordan Henderson getting yellow carded and then breaking his arm without actually playing, it would have been Brian Serven homering in the ninth inning of Marlins-Athletics to complete the comeback di tutti comebacks
That it was played in West Sacramento just added to the mutant beauty of a day
Poor A's fans can't even get properly perfecto'd
From the article
If there could have been a story to rival England’s Jordan Henderson getting yellow carded and then breaking his arm without actually playing, it would have been Brian Serven homering in the ninth inning of Marlins-Athletics to complete the comeback di tu
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