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Alright, picture this — you’re sitting there in the United Center, big playoff game, Conference Finals, Game 5… and the Blackhawks are just mauling the Avalanche. I mean, 11-2, dude. That’s not hockey, that’s like watching a nature documentary where a lion finds a gazelle with a limp.
So here’s the thing — Emilio Trevino, this guy… he’s a machine. First inning, bases loaded, they’re actually losing 1-0, and he just goes: “Nah, we’re not doing that,” smacks a bases-clearing double. Like, boom — all of a sudden it’s 3-1, and the Avs are looking around like, “Wait, what just happened?”
Then the second inning, Trevino comes up again and homers. That’s two massive hits in his first two at-bats. You could see the Colorado pitchers — they were already done. They were like, “Yeah, I’m good. Someone else take the ball.”
And here’s what blows my mind — you look at the Colorado lineup, they’ve got MacKinnon, Makar, dudes who are absolute freak athletes, but they couldn’t touch Danny Perez. That guy went seven innings, eight strikeouts, like he was throwing in a video game.
Now it’s 3-2 in the series, heading back to Denver for Game 6, and here’s where it gets wild — Chicago’s got all the momentum. And in playoff sports, man… momentum is real. You can’t measure it, you can’t put it in a box score, but you can feel it.
I swear, if Trevino shows up in Denver with the same energy, the Avs might as well just start booking tee times.
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