Cody Ross almost missed the chance to hear his name chanted and the cow bells ringing .
Cody Ross almost didn't get a chance to hit his game-winning home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday night. During pre-game batting practice, Ross was running in the outfield when he was drilled on the inside of his right calf by a line drive from Ramirez. "I had to come in and get treatment. I didn't know if I was going to be able to play" he said. Ross wore a medicated bandage on the calf muscle Sunday. He went 1-for-3 with a double.
Don't we have enough players on the DL without add more in batting practice? Then again, maybe Cody will want to consider wearing a medicated bandage every game.
All kidding aside, Cody is hot and when he is hot he can carry the team and he should be starting every game. I mean let's face it, Jacque Jones isn't getting it done at the plate and I do understand that one can't breakout of a slump sitting on the bench. But hot streaks and slumps don't last forever and the Marlins should ride Cody's streak while they can.