Nationals at Astros, 5:07 PM PDT, TV: Fox
Ah, Game Seven. I wrote this five years ago on my blog, and I see no reason to change my mind.
There’s no more dramatic phrase in sports, as far as I’m concerned. I’ve said so before and I’ll say it again: Game Seven is evocative of heroics on the field in do-or-die circumstances: Bill Mazeroski’s and Joe Carter’s home runs, Sid Bream’s slide, Carlos Beltran’s strikeout, Luis Gonzalez’s dribbler off Mariano Rivera, Koufax’s gutty 10K, three-hit shutout on two day’s rest … so many instances of melodrama.
Today’s edition offers two former Cy Young Award winners, righthanders Max Scherzer for the visiting Nationals and Zack Greinke for the Astros. I’m sure Scherzer will be on a very short leash with all hands on deck to relieve him if the neck spasms which prevented him from starting yesterday recur. Greinke dodged and weaved for 4 2/3 innings in Game Three of this series in a game the Astros eventually won.
Nationals lineup:
GUESS. WHAT. DAY. IT. IS.#Scherzday // #STAYINTHEFIGHT pic.twitter.com/bIrpXoJNbA
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) October 30, 2019
Astros lineup:
#WorldSeries Game 7!
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📻 @SportsTalk790 & 850 AM#TakeItBack pic.twitter.com/oY5scnVhNo— Houston Astros (@astros) October 30, 2019
There’s live baseball – US v. Méjico – at https://www.facebook.com/WBSC/videos/718411898641700/
NPUT
https://twitter.com/BSmile/status/1191121415178801153?s=20
Breaking… https://twitter.com/dougherty_jesse/status/1190359249383231489?s=20
No hypocrisy there.
Dodgers were the NL’s best team of the decade, and finished 98 games ahead of the Gnats. They were not quite so good as the Yanquis, however. https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/db33an/final_decade_standings_of_the_2010s_these/
Harold Meyerson would agree. https://twitter.com/thenation/status/1190336471313637377?s=20
In my email just now:
from The American Prospect
Exactly! Lovely writing.
Baseball’s profile rises in Brazil. https://twitter.com/southernconetrv/status/1189980285670051841?s=20
Saw this during the game, too. The National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Ctr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDWa-kumvLw
This actually brought tears to my eyes.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hSDqYypxfz8
You have to love this team. And their myriad fans…
Yeah, if ever there were a city starved for a sports champion, it would have been DC. Then, in the space of two weeks, they got the WNBA title and the World Series. Just a year after the Caps won the Stanley Cup, too!
A couple of old friends had big roles in the Nationals winning game seven.
6 straight years of the World Series being clinched on the road.
And they did it!!!!
Bunting on Zack to get a base hit is a fool’s whatever.
https://twitter.com/ThomasBoswellWP/status/1189716721835233280?s=20
Don’t know if I commented on this 5 years ago or not but Joe Carter was Game 6. Other than that – a very large yes to everything you said about Game 7.
Youppi.
Youppi.
A bottom of the ninth in all 7 games.
Gotta sign off. Wife calling for dinner and I no longer have a good excuse. Great being with you guys and gals this year!
See you around the hot stove of winter Bob!
Yep, Cole a free man in a week.
Can we call this series a Tale of Two Cities?
One city called Home. The other city called Away.
Huge hit!
I wonder if Pollock will have a big hit like that for the Dodgers some WS?
He probably follow the path of Kendrick and Hudson and save his best for another team.
Chase wouldn’t have approved of Eaton there.
Eaton makes amends!
One swing could suck the drama out of this.
I would like that.
And there it is!
You know what they say – a series doesn’t truly begin until the home team wins a game.
1 inning left for that to happen.
Ha!
You are hilarious.
Yikes. That pitch was way inside.
Feels like the Nats 2 out rally cap is working again.
Will no crowd in this World Series go home happy?
With 2.5 innings left In Game 7 – how do you choose the World Series MVP? Who’s your pick?
Strasburg.
Strong choice.
Er, did I say dramatic?
Well – it’s not the ninth inning so…
The Nats are frustrating in how fluky/lucky/opportunistic they are.
And I say this even while rooting for them.
Wowie Howie!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdpDrdwKANU
Nice one WBB.
Excellent.
This is at least a dramatic game, unlike most of the others in this series.
I guess…
This is more exciting. It was the DC games that to me were interminable.
Huh? Yesterday’s game was dramatic into the 7th as well.
Coming back is what they do. Let’s see.
Do I still have time to figure out who I’m cheering for?
I am rooting for Zack and the Nats!
Sounds about right.
Even without knowing who wins this year – I would be a happy camper if every World Series result was flipped this decade.
To be clear, I would take Texas, Texas, St. Louis, Detroit, Kansas City, NY Mets, Cleveland, LA, LA, Wash/Houston over San Fran, St. Louis, San Fran, Boston, San Fran, Kansas City, Chicago Cubs, Houston, Boston, Wash/Houston.
To heck with it. Here’s Boswell’s Twitter stream: those who want to can go read it and try to guess which one WBBsAs tried to post a link to here. 🙂
https://twitter.com/ThomasBoswellWP
Thanks Link!
Like seeing Zack do well, actually.
Pitching the game if his career!
WBBsAs, which Boswell tweet did you intend to post? It looks like the one you did post was deleted by him.
I don’t know if you all can see WBBsAs comment at 3:33pm, but I can’t. It’s a tweet, and I’m gonna paste it in here and see if it works.
https://twitter.com/ThomasBoswellWP/status/1189716721835233280
I can’t see it here.
Can you see it below?
Don’t see nothin’
Not below either.
Too much to ask for Rendon to get to that one.
1-0 now but there has been a lot of late inning runs this series. This game could still end up 8-3.
For either team.
Ump with tight zone.
Might as well be a robot!
It’s not Rob Drake, is it?
Jim Wolf.
At this rate, will be tough to get two more innings out of Max. You could say he had extra rest, so…
No gimme strikes for Max.
Actually, it sounds as if he’s been pretty lucky so far. High pitch count, 2.0 WHIP, 5 LOB.
No doubt about that.
https://twitter.com/jorgecastillo/status/1189716192279314434?s=20
First K by Max. Unusual.
Max a little off. Ump not doing him any favors.
I’m paying little attention – no video – but the numbers suggest he’s not sharp.
RIP Ron Fairly.
An original LA Dodger.