After the video game, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts quipped, “Pablo is like a fire hydrant. I do not like that matchup,” according to the Dodgersway website.
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Despite the crash, Taylor didnt appear hurt and he remained in the video game. The Dodgers went on to win 9-1, after beating the Giants 8-1 the previous night. (New Dodger Mookie Betts– who recently signed a 12-year, $365 million contract– went 1-for-6 Friday, with one RBI.).
The stadium was empty however Panda-monium broke out anyway at Friday nights Giants-Dodgers video game in Los Angeles.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Dodgers utility player Chris Taylor had actually a not-quite-socially distanced confrontation with Giants first baseman Pablo Sandoval (aka “Kung Fu Panda”) that rapidly went viral and became a meme for the moment were living through.
Taylor was racing toward first just as Sandoval was leaping in a vain effort to catch a high toss from third.
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Then it occurred: Taylor ran face-first right into the behind of the 268-pound Sandoval. Both players went tumbling to the ground.
It wasnt quite a “Down goes Frazier!” moment– but it was close. Social network users, of course, liked it.
