Texas: Good baseball, bad reproductive rights…the 2023 MLB Postseason thread

[strummer]

Rangers jumping on the .Astros already in the first. This would mirror the 2019 WS where the home team fails to win a single game

 

[Broward83]

My hopes ride on Arizona now..

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

This will be the first World Series since 2016 not to feature the Astros or Dodgers.

 

[alkeiper]

I expected either team to put up a crooked number early and make the game anticlimactic. This is nerve wracking.

 

[strummer]

The D Backs lost 110 games 2 years ago and are going to the World Series. Think Rangers win their first ever championship but damn can't believe D Backs beat the Phils

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1717020612642677095

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Rangers/Diamondbacks is my pick.

Carnac Kamala

 

[alkeiper]

Phillies fans on Twitter were throwing about the term "historic collapse." I thought that was hyperbole. But to look at this one way, when Geraldo Perdomo came to the plate in the seventh inning of game four, the Phillies had an 84% win probability on the series. And this was a league championship series. Before this week the Phillies had never lost a postseason series they led by two games. The only collapse that tops this is the 1964 pennant race when the Phillies' odds went as far as 96% of winning before they crumbled.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Two more little fun facts.

This is lowest combined win total for two teams playing in the World Series.

This is first World Series between two teams representing states instead of cities.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Like many have said, I’m happy for new markets to be in the fall classic.

Also happy for Evan Longoria. One more interesting stat to add to the pile, about him:

The 15 years between his first and second World Seriesappearance is the longest for a position player.

 

[alkeiper]

I've had the opportunity to meet Torey Lovullo. It's honestly great to see him managing in a World Series.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Another random fun fact. Torrey Louvello’s dad was a producer of Hee Haw.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

The Phillies struck out 120 times this postseason. Tony Gwynn struck out 188 times for the entire decade of the 90s. I love Tony Gwynn stats like that.

 

[alkeiper]

Can't help but feel happy for the Texas Rangers after their horrific loss a decade ago.

 

[alfdogg]

Two more little fun facts.

This is lowest combined win total for two teams playing in the World Series.

This is first World Series between two teams representing states instead of cities.

Both teams also had 100+ losses two seasons ago

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

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[strummer]

Rangers winning leaves the Brewers, Padres, Rockies, Rays and Mariners as the only teams left not to win a WS.

Mariners have yet to reach one.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Good on the Rangers (and Corey Seager!). Glad guys like Semien, Robbie Grossman, Jon Gray, and Jacob DeGrom get WS Rings.

 

[909]

I seem to remember the Rangers getting absolutely ripped for their free agent spending.

 

[alkeiper]

I seem to remember the Rangers getting absolutely ripped for their free agent spending.

And before the Phillies collapsed all of Harper, Wheeler, Schwarber, Castellanos, Turner looked like great investments. Spending is a risk. But you're generally not winning championships by playing it safe. Not taking risks is a good way to finish 81-81. Which when you look at the Diamondbacks' record makes you realize what expanded playoffs are really about.