Houston, you have a Champeen.
La-La Land, it will be woulda, coulda, shoulda for all eternity. Game 2, Marwin Gonzalez, 0-2 count. Game 5, two multi-run leads with Clayton Kershaw on the mound.
In lawn tennis, there have been many stories of how an eventual tournament champion was match point down in an early round, and had that point gone the other way, that champion would have been dismissed from the tournament instead of winning it. The margins are that fine. So it was in Game 2 for this World Series Champeen, your Houston Astros, Houston Strong! Marwin Gonzalez!
In this case, Game 2 was that instance of being match point down for your Houston Astros. Game 5 a little bit different, but still they had to battle back.
As for Game 7, Yu Darvish was acquired for the express purpose of backing-up Kershaw in the rotation, to get the team its championship. As we now know, that manoeuvre went awry. Nonetheless, let us not second-guess. The world is full of judgers; it needs not more of them. It is written. Maktub.
As well, good job to the Houston Astros American League Baseball Club. If you drew up a composite team of the two sides, maybe only Joc Pederson and Alex Wood from the Dodgers get in the squad. Every position on the field was played better by the Houstonians. They did their jobs, one-through-nine, both at the plate and in the field. Indeed, some of Los Doyers will be seeing that low, inside breaking ball in their sleep from now until spring training!
No advisories today. Thank you.
