Fowler posted another monstrosity of a line with a 4 for 6 afternoon at Coors Field that included three runs, one RBI, a stolen base, and the walk-off hit in the bottom of the tenth inning.
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After having scored the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth inning, Dexter Fowler strode to the plate in the bottom of the tenth inning carrying his yellow plastic bat that was duct taped around the top - ostensibly where the bat had to be reattached after a saw cut into it so that it could be properly corked with newspaper. Ghost runners were confirmed to be on first and third. Two out.
"Okay guys, I'm Dexter Fowler," Fowler shouted as he got into the batter's box.
"Uhhh ... yeah, we know," San Diego catcher, Nick Hundley, rejoined slightly miffed.
"How? Does my batting stance look that much like him?" asked Fowler.
"Like who?" Hundley replied.
"Like Dexter Fowler!" Fowler exclaimed, the answer obvious to him.
"What?"
"How did you already know that I'm being Dexter Fowler? Does it look like my stance is so much like his that you could tell that I'm being Dexter Fowler?"
"What the fuck are you talking about?"
"I knew you'd know! I knew I could do his stance better than anyone!"
"What. The. Fuck. Man."
"Yeeaaah ... I knew it," Fowler said mostly to himself with a hearty smile as he rocked back and forth in his stance awaiting the pitch.
With a 1-1 count, the pitch came in and ... Crack! Fowler struck a sharp base-hit back through the middle, scoring the winning ghost runner from third base. Upon rounding first base, Fowler leapt in the air exclaiming "Fowler wins the game! Fowler wins the game! The fans go wild! Fow-ler! Fow-ler! Fow-ler!"
Because when kids imitate Dexter Fowler in the backyard, Dexter Fowler then imitates those kids in Major League baseball games.
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