BEST. NIGHT. EVER.
LEE JENKINS
December 12, 2011
In 136 major league seasons, there's never been a more dizzyingly dramatic day than Sept. 28, 2011. The Red Sox and the Braves may disagree, but for everyone else it's a date that will live in ecstasy
At 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 29, Hudson finally turned to Matt Angle, a rookie outfielder. It was time to go. They walked out of Camden Yards, to Hudson's Chevy Avalanche, and headed west for the winter. At 8:30 a.m. Hudson dropped off Angle at his home in Columbus, Ohio, and then drove six more hours to his own home in Mattoon, Ill.
He couldn't have slept if he tried. He was wired from two five-hour energy drinks and one night that will live forever.