"For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out. At the old ball game."
That's been part of the cheerful song sung during the seventh-inning stretch at ballgames for nearly a century.
It's a good thing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" had already been sung at Dodger Stadium before a truly odd occurrence took place during the Dodgers' 8-4 win over the Reds in Game 2 of their National League Wild Card Series on Wednesday night.
With runners at first and second and one out in the eighth inning, Dodgers right-hander Emmet Sheehan had a 1-2 count on Cincinnati’s Will Benson.
And then something took place that would abbreviate that line in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" quite a bit.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts emerged from the dugout and summoned left-hander Alex Vesia from the bullpen mid-p