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Nobody deserves playoff baseball more than Salvador Perez

On a brisk October night in 2010, Citizens Bank Park buzzed with anticipation and nervous energy. The back-to-back National League champs entered the seventh inning down a run against the Cincinnati Reds, facing rookie phenom Aroldis Chapman.

They rallied. Chase Utley hustled Philly out of an out on a routine-ish fielder’s choice to Scott Rolen. Jimmy Rollins drove him and Jayson Werth in on a routine fly ball to right field that Jay Bruce just decided not to catch. It was one of four errors on the night. Cincinnati scored seven runs. Two of them were earned.

Carlos Ruiz drove in the final run of the inning on a fielder’s choice, turning what was a 4-3 Reds’ lead into a 6-4 Phillies lead.