World Series

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If the link works, you can watch another good one. Ah, it did!

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A few random stats:

-Altuve ended up hitting .308 in the WS; 2 doubles, no HR and no RBI. Obp .333. He did score 8 runs.
-Bregman hit .238; 3 doubles, 1 HR and 4 rbi. His 4 walks gave him an obp of .385
-Yuli struck out once in the entire postseason. He also walked once.
-The Phillies scored 18 runs in the series. 13 of those came in their 2 victories. JV and Lance allowed 13 (JV gave up just 1 in G5).

  • Philly hit 8 HR, the Astros 5.
  • the Phillies hit .163 as a team and struck out 71 times. The Astros: .240/57

I donā€™t think any of that is the eureka stat as much as this: after they score 7 in G3 the Phillies scored 3 over the rest of the series (on 9 hits).

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I had not seen the angle of Pressly pumping his fist as Bregman fielded and threw the last ball in game 4 (11:00 mark).

Very cool.

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725

I had seen him pumping his fist on other highlights, but I did not know it was while the ball was in play.

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726

Iā€™m also happy not to face Schwarber again until next season.

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727

I was more concerned about him than I was Harper.

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728

Absolutely. Harper will hurt you if you make a mistake, but he can be pitched to. Schwarber can hurt you even if you donā€™t make a mistake.

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I wouldnā€™t mind never facing him again. The Cubs took a lot of heat when they took him 4th overall, but they were adamant that he would rake. Heā€™s proven to be every bit the hitter they thought heā€™d be.

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The greatest joy I got from coaching Mark was watching his improvement over the years. I knew first hand how much hard work he put in. I get some of the same pleasure as a fan occasionally. This year my joy resulted from watching Abreu mature and improve from a marginal major leaguer to an unhittable setup reliever. That started for me with Framber last year as he began to harness his monster talent. I need to throw Javier in this post also. He may be our #1 or at least #1B with Framber next year.

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I feel that way about Wheeler.

732

I was as concerned about Realmuto as I was Harper and Schwarber.

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Itā€™s a frikkinā€™ Justin Bieber concert.

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734

Iā€™ve mentioned before that Yordan is what 12 year old me would have scripted as a baseball player.

Well hereā€™s a kid who sounds 12 who put together a nice summary of Yordanā€™s career:

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735

The kid has some editing chops.

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I saw this on YouTube. It is superb.

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I had forgotten how much Yordan obliterated the Red Sox last year.

I hope they wince every time his name is mentioned.

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I love these cell phone videos of these moments.

This one you can see Altuve walking back to this with one arm held high.

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See him go back and tag up? That is fundamental discipline.

The phone/camera was to the left and down from our seats, which allowed us to look right down the RF line.

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I love in the home run spectacular on El Grande itā€™s now the ball leaving The Juice Box/MMPUS instead of The Dome.
Nice touch.

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With the Astros success the past 6 seasons, and multiple World Series wins this may be unbelievable or forgotten.

The following Astros (or former Astros) players just won their FIRST career World Series ring.

Martin Maldonado, Jeremy Pena, Michael Brantley, Chas McCormick, Yordan Alvarez, Kyle Tucker, Aledmys Diaz, Mauricio Dubon, Trey Mancini, Jake Meyers, Jose Siri, Jason Castro, J J. Matijevic, Nikko Goodrum, David Hensley, Korey Lee, Yainer Diaz, Joe Perez, Taylor Jones.

Framber Valdez, Jose Urquidy, Luis Garcia, Cristian Javier, Jake Odorizzi, Ryan Pressly, Rafael Montero, Phil Maton, Hector Neris, Bryan Abreu, Ryne Stanek, Hunter Brown, Blake Taylor, Brandon Bielak, Parker Mushinski, Seth Martinez, Ronel Blanco, Enoli Paredes.

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