Take Me Out...Yes...It's BASEBALL!

[KarateKen]

I saw the D-Backs won in walk-off fashion against the Phillies tonight, getting themselves back into the series.

Yep, a much needed win. Astros won tonight over Texas 10-3 and that series is now tied 2-2.

Here is the schedule and TV availability for games this weekend. All times are eastern times.

Friday, Oct. 20

HOU @ TEX, Game 5, 5 p.m. (FS1)

PHI @ AZ, Game 4, 8 p.m. (TBS)

Saturday, Oct. 21

PHI @ AZ, Game 5, 8 p.m. (TBS)

Sunday, Oct. 22

TEX @ HOU, Game 6, 8 p.m. (FS1)

[KarateKen]

Houston wins game five to go up 3-2 and Arizona wins game four to tie the series 2-2.

[sensei8]

Astros leading the ALCS series 3-2. Rangers have had their backs against the wall since game 1...Rangers back remain against the wall as game 6 approaches as the drama returns to Minute Maid Park in Houston.

Rangers beat the Astros at home for games 1 and 2, then the Astros go to Arlington and win 3 games. That's either Astro luck or skills OR the Rangers bad luck and no skills. I just don't know.

Game 6 Sunday 5pm on the west coast/7pm central.

I'm as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof or something like that. Hopefully the Astros will continue a lose 2 games at home again!!

Rangers starting pitcher in game 6 will be right hander Big Game Nate, Nathan Eovaldi. Astros will send to the mound left hander Framber Valdez. Rangers need their bats and gloves alive.

GO RANGERS!!

[sensei8]

Houston, TX. Minute Maid Park. 2023 ALCS Game 6. Houston Astros VS Texas Rangers.

Top of the 9th. Rangers up.

Rangers on top by 4-2.

5-2.

Now, 3 Ranger batters are sitting atop of 3 bags.

The crowd's boos are deafening. Garcia's up.

He's been booed all night. Garcia has struck out 4 times.

WHAM!!!!!!!

GRAND SLAM!! Garcia hits a 375 foot line-drive into the left field seats.

9-2.

Yahoo Sports puts it the best...

"The Astros got a run on Nathan Eovaldi in the first inning of game 6. The Rangers responded and never looked back."

The Astros home field woes continue, and I hope their woes spark the Rangers into the World Series.

Game 7 Monday at Minute Maid Park.

GO RANGERS!!

[sensei8]

11-4!!

My dreams have been fulfilled to the Nth degree thanks to the Texas Rangers.

The Rangers are going to the World Series and they're watching to see who they'll host in the WS...the Phillies or the Diamondbacks.

Finally, some team has dashed the hopes and dreams of the Astros and put one big smile on my face. That some team was the Rangers. If I could still do a somersault, I'd do one from just pure excitement alone.

Don't get me wrong, the Astros are a team to be respected...and I do. I mean, numbers don't lie...2022, 2021. 2019, 2017 VS 2010 and 2011. The first set of numbers represent how many times the Astros have been to the WS, and the second set of numbers represent how many times the Rangers have been to the WS. The Astros have won two WS while the Rangers have not won any WS.

Here's some more numbers...

Inning 1 = Rangers 3, Astros 1

Inning 3 = Rangers 1, Astros 1

Inning 4 = Rangers 4, Astros 0

Inning 6 = Rangers 2, Astros 0

Inning 7 = Rangers 0, Astros 1

Inning 8 = Rangers 1, Astros 0

Inning 9 = Rangers 0, Astros 1

Rangers 11

Astros 4

Scandal aside, the Astros are a team to be reckoned with and never to be taken lightly. The same can be said about the Rangers, and they took care of business in Games 6 and 7 when it counted.

Garcia is the ALCS MVP.

The Astros home field became a disadvantage during the 2023 ALCS Series for them. As befuddled as the Astros was as to why their sudden inability to win at home was, that fact sealed their fate. The Astros lost 22 of their final 29 home games. This fact was not the Astros only time. Nope. The Astros lost all 4 games on the 2019 WS against the Nationals. Yes, the Rangers also lost their 3 home games, however, the Rangers had the best of the draw by only having to play at home 3 times and not the bad draw of the Astros 4 home games. I shudder had it been the other way around.

GO RANGERS!!

[KarateKen]

Arizona and Philly play in game 7 tonight to see who goes to the World Series. Winner will face the Cordell Walker and the Texas Rangers.

[sensei8]

The 2023 NLCS has reached its zenith as the Arizona Diamondbacks are the 2023 NLCS Champions by besting the Philadelphia Phillies in a 7-game series for all the marbles by the score of 4-2 in the sold-out Citizens Bank Park.

The 2023 World Series is upon us with all of its glory as the Texas Rangers VS the Arizona Diamondbacks in their best of 7 games. Passs out the peanuts and crackerjacks to enjoy the Fall Classic.

Game 1: Rangers host the Diamondbacks on October 27th

Game 2: Rangers host the Diamondbacks on October 28th

Game 3: Diamondbacks host the Rangers on October 30th

Game 4: Diamondbacks host the Rangers on October 31st

Game 5: Diamondbacks host the Rangers on November 1st*

Game 6: Rangers host the Diamondbacks on November 3rd*

Game 7: Rangers host the Diamondbacks on November 4th*

* Denotes if necessary

Game 7 of the NLCS saw the Phillies for the very first time ever played in a game 7, while the Diamonds have only played in a game 7 which they won against my beloved Yankees.

D-Backs are returning to the WS for its second time and their first since winning it in 2001. They hit, they ran, their gloves where places where the Phillies balls died, and they pitched. And I mean they pitched.

The D-Backs sent out a small band relivers to take care of D-Back business. One particular D-Backs relieve pitcher that caught my attention was Kevin Ginkel. He's the meanest and gnarly slider that I've seen. His sliders had the Phillies batters in the bottom of the 8th swing from the basement empty with one K after another. I worry him and what a headache he'll cause the Rangers batters. Whiffing at a slider can be embarrassing.

GO RANGERS!!

[DarthPenguin]

Should be an interesting series but i won't deny i am a little disappointed that the Phillies lost - partly as i think Harper deserves a WS at some point and partly as i think they are just a better team!

This is one of the WS where i think it won't be the best team in the league that wins, just one that got hot at the right moments in October.

Should be quite an even series though which is always good!

[KarateKen]

I'm glad Arizona won. It's a good story.

[KarateKen]

Wild first game of the series. Texas got off to a 2-0 lead in the first then Arizona comes back and has a 5-3 lead in the ninth when the Rangers get a 2-run homer to tie it in the bottom of the ninth, then a walk off homerun to win in the bottom of the 11th. Rangers win it 6-5.