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It's about 2 a.m. on the West Coast. The Dodgers are coming off a humbling 8-1 loss to the San Diego Padres in the first of three games between the NL West contenders. Andrew Zarzour, who will pitch for LA in the game later today is fast asleep in his hotel room when his phone rings.
A dazed Zarzour punches his alarm clock a few times trying to stop the annoying racket, but the noise doesn't stop. Finally, he comes out of his slumber and realizes it's his phone.
"Uh, yes, hello?"
"Andrew! Hey big brother, it's Timmy? I just had to call you. It's the coolest thing in the whole world. We saved a man's life tonight, man. He wasn't breathing after the wreck and Big Ed inserted a little tube into his airway and he could breathe again and it was the coolest thing ever and we saved his life, man, and I was there, like, keeping everybody calm and everything and it was such a rush. Dude, I just had to call and tell you."
"You saved a man's life? Wasn't breathing? Huh, what? Back up and start over. And slow down this time. Do you know what time it is?"
"It's 5:07 a.m. here, so that means it's 2:07 where you are. Big brother, it was such a rush. You remember Big Ed, right? He's the guy from the fire and rescue squad with the thick New York accent who mentored me during my community service time. Well anways, we've stayed friends. And since mom and dad are in San Diego watching your games, I crashed at his apartment tonight. I'm sitting there on the couch watching a movie and then all of the sudden, bam, I'm out cold for awhile. Then all of the sudden I hear Ed's police scanner go off. The dispatcher calls in a 10-50 P.I. right near where we are."
"A 10-50 what?"
"It's police code for a car wreck, with personal injury. Hence, the P.I. Anyways, we rush out there and we're like first on the scene. Dude, it was bad, man. Glass all over the place. Steam and smoke coming out of the engines. Stuff ripped all over the place. It was a head-on collision. Well, there's one dude who's still trapped in his car. We help pry the door open and get him out. He goes unconscious on us and Ed notices that suddenly the guy can't breathe right. Well, Ed starts working on him and does this little mini surgery that inserts a tube in his airway so he can get air again. It was awesome, man. I was there helping Ed and keeping the other folks calm and stuff. Whew..."
"It sounds like you guys had a big night."
"Yeah, that was the coolest thing ever knowing that he's going to live. He's got some broken bones and stuff, but he's not dead or anything."
"Wow, little brother, tell me more..."
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