O/T Congrats to the Astros

[Rich Klein]

After 55 years, they finally won a World Series and ended their history of bad luck.

Rich

[greco827]

Great series, and great for baseball. Springer was on fire, and definitely earned the Series MVP. Yankees 2018!!!

[Piratedogcardshows]

Very entertaining World Series. Can't wait for spring training and another year!

[KMayUSA6060]

As an Indians fan, I couldn't stomach to watch any playoff/World Series games after my Tribe were eliminated. My heart is on the mend, but it doesn't mend THAT quickly.

However, congrats to the Astros. Yet another feel good story in sports (Houston winning the World Series after Hurricane Harvey). Homegrown organization, and I can respect that.

Cleveland 2018.

[bobbyw8469]

Just to play devil's advocate, and not to take anything away from the Astros, but why the &*#$ did the Dodgers NOT start their Ace, Clayton Kershaw??? He is the best pitcher in baseball. Boneheaded move.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Just to play devil's advocate, and not to take anything away from the Astros, but why the &*#$ did the Dodgers NOT start their Ace, Clayton Kershaw??? He is the best pitcher in baseball. Boneheaded move.

I gotta disagree with you, Bobby. On 2 days rest? His last outing was hardly great - 4-2/3 IP, 6 ER

Edited to add: The Dodgers gave him a 4 run lead. He couldn't hold it. Then they gave him a 3 run lead. He couldn't hold that either.

[KMayUSA6060]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Just to play devil's advocate, and not to take anything away from the Astros, but why the &*#$ did the Dodgers NOT start their Ace, Clayton Kershaw??? He is the best pitcher in baseball. Boneheaded move.

See 2016 Corey Kluber.

[Louieman]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Just to play devil's advocate, and not to take anything away from the Astros, but why the &*#$ did the Dodgers NOT start their Ace, Clayton Kershaw??? He is the best pitcher in baseball. Boneheaded move.

Easy to say after the fact. Yu Darvish, while not at the level of Kershaw, is still a top tier pitcher. He had a bad outing after a bad outing, on the platform of the world series so it's bad timing. Rumor is that he might have been tipping his pitches, too. But Kershaw clearly had not developed a reputation as a reliable pitcher in the playoffs, so it's very reasonable to expect Darvish to pitch well in that situation. You give the starter a chance, especially when the starter is very good like Darvish typically is. If you want to argue it was boneheaded to leave him in that long, I wouldn't disagree with you there.

[CardMD]

I was there at game 7 (and game 2). Unfortunately my team did not win. A very disappointing performance from the offense. After the first two Astros runs in the first inning who knew that was the game. Astros definitely looked over confident against Darvish so the theory of finding a tell is highly likely. I agree with Louie. You have to go with Darvish over Kersh on short rest. However, I wish they had not!! The rest of the Dodger pitchers shut them down. Man. So close. Now I know how the Indians fans feel. Oh well. Next year.


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[KMayUSA6060]

Originally Posted by CardMD

I was there at game 7 (and game 2). Unfortunately my team did not win. A very disappointing performance from the offense. After the first two Astros runs in the first inning who knew that was the game. Astros definitely looked over confident against Darvish so the theory of finding a tell is highly likely. I agree with Louie. You have to go with Darvish over Kersh on short rest. However, I wish they had not!! The rest of the Dodger pitchers shut them down. Man. So close. Now I know how the Indians fans feel. Oh well. Next year.

No you don't.

Last Dodgers WS Title: 1988

Last Indians WS Title: 1948

We have 40 more years of pain and suffering. Plus, we were up 3-1 last year (and 2-0 this year).