After dropping two World Series games in a row, is it panic time for the Washington Nationals? No. Has the momentum shifted to the Astros? No. You’re never out of it when your next two pitchers are Max Scherzer and Stephen Stasburg. Never mind that the Astros next two are […]
Washington came down with a case of Houstonitis. After doing everything right in its two games in Houston, the Nationals come back and do what the Astros had done in Games 1 and 2. It failed when it mattered. The Nationals went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position. And left […]
You may have missed it in the onslaught of Nationals offense and Astros shaky defense in the seventh inning of Game 2. But the Astros did something they hadn’t done all season. They panicked. They intentionally walked a batter. Not just any batter, it was Juan Soto, Washington’s twenty-year-old superstar […]
Something happened on Houston’s route to steamrolling through the 2019 World Series. The Washington Nationals’ bats showed up. When they beat Garrit Cole, it was surprising. But once they accomplished that, beating Justin Verlander wasn’t nearly as much of a shocker. This post-season, Verlander has been beatable. He came into […]
Everyone is unbeatable. Until they lose. Everyone is infallible. Until they fail. Garrit Cole was invincible. He was an automatic W. The narrative was, Cole starts Game 1, Game 4, Game 7, that’s three wins. All the Astros have to do now is just win one other game. Game 1 […]
Maybe the baseball pendulum is swinging back the other way. Toward the way the game is supposed to be played. Maybe this notion of bullpenning has run its course. All the talk on MLB Radio the last couple days has been about how these are two classic teams, built the […]
Here’s hoping that everyone in RR3 nation survived yesterday’s tornado and is safe today. For the first time in my life, I was worried about a storm. It was heading straight to us. With every report, they were drawing a line right over our neighborhood. Luckily, we escaped any damage. […]
He stands five-foot, six-inches tall. But last night in Houston, he was the largest giant of all. Jose Altuve crushed the game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to send the Astros to their second World Series in three years. The comparisons with the Rangers tiny second baseman are […]
You’ve got to feel for Wade Miley. He signs a free agent deal with the Astros, looking for his first ring. He goes 14-6 for the year, with a respectable 3.96 ERA. He has a few bad starts at the end of the regular season but overall a very good […]
Watching this American League Championship Series, it is evident how far the talent gap between Houston and Texas is. Position by position, the Astros dominate. Most, by a long shot. The most sobering thought is this: Is there single position player for the Rangers who would even break the Astros […]
