2023 World Series: Arizona Diamondbacks vs Texas Rangers

This tension is fun

Damn

What a pitch

9th inning

Filthy pitch.

So Leclerc will, I assume, close, having pitched that completely pointless part-inning yesterday.

Bunt. If the next hitter has any clue how to, bunt.

Or maybe not.

How did he miss that ball?

(Kidding aside, that was exactly the kind of situation where I would bunt. Moot now.)

I think he had his mind on the throw before he took care of the ball.

And that'll do it.

Wow

RIP

If not for Seager, I imagine Semien would be the MVP. Really admire him, the way he plays.

Salt in wounds

"No team has ever won a WS game having gone six innings with no hits and no runs."

Large sample size, I'm sure.

semien was a void until the last two games!

(i like him too tho)

I thought it was the last three, but you're right, he's still only at .224 for the series.

Actually, check that, he's much better than that...will figure it out after the game.

The right team won

They did, I still can’t help feel disappointed

Great win, what a story. How does Bochy do it?

i like bochy well enough and am always happy for max but honestly i don't really care about this at all. good team, nowhere near the best team. also fuck texas

Otm

another of baseball's great ironies - the hitter with the longest post-season hitting streak records the final out of the world series that also breaks his streak

(i think i got that right)

OTM

Especially the "fuck Texas" part

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Two good game out of five

As a good Colorado kid, I am always on board for a hearty "fuck Texas."

Tom Verduci: what made you want to be a Texas ranger?
Nathan Eovaldi: I mean……. Money?

otm

Can’t help but laugh at max getting a ring here lol. Mid season trades really just a lottery for who is going to luck into getting a ring

(No negativity intended, happy for him and anyone that manages to get one, unless they’re Astros)

I think Texas is a very credible WS winner. Only won 92, outscored their opponents enough to win 96, awesome offense, lost their best starter for the season, lost Scherzer and Garcia for most of the series. They remind me of a few other overdue teams from history, like the Senators in 2019. They're not the best team, no, but I'm a lot happier that they won than the team with 84 wins (who were lucky to win that many). Arizona did great to get there, and I won't be inconsistent in my belief that the postseason isn't the sole measure of anything, but if Texas and Arizona played 162 games, I think Texas would win close to 90 of them.

Semien: 9-24, .292/.292/.625, 2 HR, 8 RBI.

ya, my thoughts too. better than the Astros.
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I'd say the series overall was middling. Two great games, two blowouts, and one that was nothing special in the middle.

Tom Verduci: what made you want to be a Texas ranger?
Nathan Eovaldi: I mean……. Money?

I laughed watching this too, "I joined for 20 million reasons, and 20 million reasons only, Tom."

boo's for the commish

love to see NHL shining through to MLB

'thanks for this hunk of metal'

How nice for Jacob deGrom.

Good job BB

Can’t help but laugh at max getting a ring here lol.

And DeGrom!

$500k-ish bonus, fun way for Evan Carter to double his rookie salary.

"like the Senators in 2019"--not that my mind's living back in 1970.

We get it clemenza, you’re old

;)

Bottom line is I'm happy for Bochy. It's almost not fair to just show up and win it all in the first year out of retirement.

Tip my cap

Still forever Giant

Feels like he's beyond reproach at this point, but I thought he led something of a charmed life during this series at least--thought he got away with overmanaging yesterday. But I disagreed even more with some of Lovullo's preemptive bunting.

Can’t help but laugh at max getting a ring here lol. Mid season trades really just a lottery for who is going to luck into getting a ring

― #1 García Fan (H.P), Wednesday, November 1, 2023 11:12 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

tbf he did waive his NTC for the express purpose of playing on a competitive team

As mentioned nothing against it! Just funny that this hof’er rode on the coattails of this scrappy team to another ring. Good for him!