Entire baseball games have been played to nine-inning conclusions faster than the forever-to-be-storied seventh inning of Game 5 of the National League division series, and that was not even the most unprecedented part of it.
When he asked Carlos Ruiz to pinch-hit for Chase Utley, Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts deployed his third catcher of the inning. Austin Barnes had sprinted to second base two minutes before to pinch-run for Yasmani Grandal.
But Roberts wanted Ruiz to bat against left-hander Sammy Solis, so he threw contingencies to the wind.