The ratings won't exactly show it, but this World Series may go down as one of the most exciting ones in recent history. You had heroes and villains, heartbreak and upset, some of the best pitchers of our generation and a guy who comes up to the plate to Baby Shark. And at the end of the day, the Washington Nationals, who in an alternate universe lose Game 5 to the Dodgers, refused to stay quiet, and unleashed fury upon Zack Greinke and Will Harris in the seventh.
It was really a tale of two games- everything that Zack Greinke did in the first six innings, and everything he did on the second batter of the seventh inning. If he walks Rendon, we're not talking about this. But Rendon, Soto and Kendrick opened the game up in the 7th, and Soto and Eaton again made it a solid margin in the eighth. No matter what the Astros did, and they tried some things, the outcome became very clear.
Such a weird series, too. No home team won a game. Guys like Jose Urquidy and Joe Ross started games. Daniel Hudson, a guy who was the second man in the 2011 Diamondbacks rotation, got the final out. And Roberto Osuna, noted domestic abuser, was the one who got battered. This was such an interesting series to watch, and I love how it progressed through 7.
Unfortunately, this means we're done with baseball for now, which kind of blows, as I have to wait like 5 months to produce content. But, we've still got an offseason of moves, and some Uncustomed Heroes to roll out in December, so I doubt I'll be too quiet here.
51st year.
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