![]() This can go on for a while.īut he was finally tested with that game-changing defensive play, and he kind of whiffed it. It’s luck that he hadn’t been tested with a game-changing defensive play it’s design that the Dodgers sought him out and helped him reach his potential it’s luck that the Mariners didn’t balk at the trade. The ball didn’t find him, as it often finds inexperienced defenders. Here was a middle infielder playing center field for the 58th game in his professional career, and somehow he hadn’t been tested. Take the Chris Taylor play in the fourth inning. All that mattered is that they were never going to lose again, even if that’s not how baseball is supposed to work. It didn’t matter where one started and the other ended. For the first seven innings, it was clear that the Dodgers had the luck, and they had the design. There was a solid two hours of Game 2 where I was going to center this article around the Branch Rickey quote, “Luck is the residue of design.” Rickey was the former GM of the Dodgers and a sabermetric pioneer, and that quote was the perfect prism through which to watch this game. Hands up if you remembered that Josh Reddick scored the first run of the game.Įvery home run from World Series Game 2, ranked Dallas Keuchel believes MLB's baseballs are juiced (and he doesn't care) The 2017 Astros are a beautiful fit for the city of Houston It was as if Ra’s al Ghul crushed up a blue flower and made the Astros confront their deepest, darkest fears from the last week, and they succeeded anyway. They had to pick themselves up off the floor after yet another dismal offensive showing through the first seven innings, and they had to focus after their bullpen blew yet another sure win. They had to beat Kenley Jansen, who is an improbable analog to Mariano Rivera, who was improbable to begin with. ![]() They had to clamber over the narratives and self-doubt to reclaim their identity as the lumber-thumping monsters under every pitcher’s bed, and they had to figure out which wire to cut, while the timer on the homemade bomb was ticking down to zero. The Houston Astros have their first World Series win in franchise history, and they had to earn it. Hands up if you remembered that Rich Hill and Justin Verlander started this game. The Astros were dead before they were alive before they were dead before they were alive before they were dead before they were victorious, and as the smoke poured into the ballpark, it was impossible to know if the whump-whump-whump of the helicopters around the ballpark were for the fire or the World Series, and it’s not like anyone could tell the difference. There was an umpire moonlighting as a hockey goalie to prevent the winning run from scoring, and there was an immaculate bullpen that couldn’t stop allowing runs. LOS ANGELES - At some point after the hills around Dodger Stadium caught on fire and a drunken fan jumped into the Astros’ bullpen, there was a home run, a longer home run, an even longer home run, and a home run after the home run after that. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |