Go astros!
Kyrie returns to Cleveland!
What? 
4 runs in, not easy to walk Castro, come on Hicks
Ugh.
Woot!
Well, that was exciting as hell. But yeah, speaking of ugh, Keuchel and Verlander. :eek:
No, that’s the GOOD news.
I certainly wouldn’t underestimate the Yanks at this point.
Darvish looks hittable to start. Feels like a long night ahead. I will look forward to waking up to a Dodgers comeback victory!
I wonder if Keuchel and Verlander can repeat their performances the second time around, will they get some run support if they do? The Bronx Bombers are starting to lock in on Houston’s pitching, but that’s especially true in the later innings. Innings 1-6 are probably a slight edge for the Stros, but after that, Yankees have a decided edge, not only in terms of their pen, but also in terms of their hitters ability to make adjustments. They’re just a better team as they get deeper into the game.
You were confusing looking hitable with looking walkable. Common mistake.
I’m rooting for the Cubs, but the Dodgers are clearly far and away the superior team.
I’ll take it. And, after five aborted attempts to go to sleep, I watched the game anyway. Guess I’ll probably stay up tonight, too. Especially with the results we’ve been getting.
The Yankees-Astros game featured that odd review and appeal play with Aaron Judge. It would have been hilarious if Judge had managed to steal second to thwart it. If he had slid head first, he might have. But I bring it up because the announcer (Joe Buck?) was prattling on and on about how the fans in the stadium were going to be sooooo confused by it all, as if smart phones didn’t exist. I never thought I could miss Michael Kay this much.
What a game! There was a bit of everything. I was surprised that this was the first catcher’s interference in ALCS history but darn it, that led to an undeserved rally on an otherwise great performance by Sonny Gray. Great call on the hit and run with Didi and Sanchez- that forced Sanchez to just make contact and not try to hit a five run homer. Gotta love Headley not giving up after falling down between first and second. Another out the Astros should have made. What can you say about Judge? Whether he’s hot or cold, he just goes out and does whatever it takes by keeping his head on straight and playing defense. Good non-call on the fan interference on Judge’s double. The fielder wasn’t under it like the infamous Yankee-Oriole play, he was just waiting for the rebound from the wall. Maybe the fan denied him the opportunity to get a clean rebound, but Judge would have been on second anyway.
Now if they can just solve Keuchel today.
In the NLCS- too late, couldn’t watch it. When will MLB ever learn? 9 pm is just too freaking late for important games to start if you want to build a fan base for the sport.
I know this has been said before, but it bears mentioning again; the world is divided into time zones.
It would be convenient to you and I, in the Eastern time zone, to have the NLCS start early. It would rather unfair to the people in the cities actually represented in the NLCS. The game’s start time was a perfect weekday compromise between the fan bases in Chicago and Los Angeles.
To a point, that’s true. But I think serving the fan bases of two cities is short sighted. If we want baseball fans of the future, we need to be able to get most of the games in before kids in the ET get to bed. A 7pm Chicago start would give west coasters until 5:00 to get home from work or school, but still allow kids and first shift ET workers a chance to see a good portion of the game before bed. I’ll stop bitching about it in two years when I retire.
I thought the start time was perfect. 
Maybe for you. Hate to keep beating this horse, but look how the NFL does it. They put the Super Bowl at about 6:30 ET and we all can go to bed at a decent hour. Games during the week are harder, but it seems to me that it would be better if the west coast people missed the first inning or two than have the east coasters miss the last inning or two.
Right, because the East Coast is important.
Get over it. I grew up on the West Coast; it’s nice to see that they are making the games watchable out there.