Baseball is timeless.
Literally.
It is the only major sport contested without a clock.
But don't take my word for it.
Ask Rhys Hoskins.
The young slugging Phillies phenom doesn't just hit home runs.
Last night he smacked a double with the bases loaded to boost the Phils to their second straight win over the best team in baseball, the L.A. Dodgers.
Hoskins has four RBI on the night.
But that probably wasn't the best thing about his night.
That double came on the 10th pitch of his at-bat against flame-throwing Dodgers reliever Pedro Baez.
Baez would rear back and fire to the plate, and Hoskins would either take it or foul it off. This went on for nine glorious pitches before Hoskins roped the 10th offering into the left-centerfield alley.
The night before, much of the acclaim went to Aaron Altherr for his grand slam off Clayton Kershaw that won the game. But Altherr was set up in part by another fabulous at-bat by Hoskins, who eventually worked a walk to keep the inning alive.
Last night's gem had all the drama of one of the most memorable moments from the Phils' 2008 championship season, when pitcher Brett Myers battled the Brewers' C.C. Sabathia for 13 pitches before working a walk in the NLDS.
And all of this was without the courtesy of any clock.
Timeless.
Gotta love baseball.
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