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What a couple of fantastic CS games last night!

I will admit to having watched very little of the playoff games this year, maybe a few innings out of all the games live. But last night I watched the last 3 innings of the ALCS and most of the NLCS.

Is Jose Altuve the most clutch hitter ever? And to get to that point...

A Houston Pitcher beaned a Rangers player who had earlier homered, and become the 2nd runner on base in the 8th inning with the rangers already leading 4-2. He had flagrantly celebrated hitting the HR that gave his team the lead in his previous AB. Both benches cleared and the umps eventually decided to throw out the Pitcher and Hitter.  

Dusty Baker lost his mind, thinking there was no way it was intentional, because why would the Astros intentionally put someone on base in the 8th inning of a Game 5 they trailed by 2 at the time?  Dusty got tossed, and then refused to leave the dugout. Meanwhile, the Rangers reliever who pitched the top of the 8th was sitting for like 20 minutes. Bruce Bochy was trying to get the game moving, knowing his reliever was getting cold. Baker ultimately left, but he got as long a delay as possible, intentional or not. Then the Rangers reliever came back out for the 9th, gave up two baserunners, and Altuve promptly hit the go-ahead and GW 3R-HR. Then the Rangers got the tying run on base in B9 but couldn't get him in. Gonna be tough to overcome that loss, but if any manger can get his team to do it, that manager is Bruce Bochy.

No home team has won a game in the ALCS. No home team has lost in the NLCS.

The D-Backs showed me a lot coming from down 5-3 to win 6-5 against the Phillies. Their youngsters that were reason the D-Backs had the #2 or #3 Farm System in MLB before this season, delivered in a big way. Still, the Phillies have Wheeler and Nola, as basically staff Aces ready to pitch Game 5 and Game 7, the two most pivotal games. I like their chances.

Last December, the DBacks made a trade with the Jays for Moreno and Gurriel, giving up Daulton Varsho.  That was the best trade by any team last off-season.

[Giants]

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What a couple of fantastic CS games last night!

I will admit to having watched very little of the playoff games this year, maybe a few innings out of all the games live. But last night I watched the last 3 innings of the ALCS and most of the NLCS.

Is Jose Altuve the most clutch hitter ever? And to get to that point...

A Houston Pitcher beaned a Rangers player who had earlier homered, and become the 2nd runner on base in the 8th inning with the rangers already leading 4-2. He had flagrantly celebrated hitting the HR that gave his team the lead in his previous AB. Both benches cleared and the umps eventually decided to throw out the Pitcher and Hitter.  

Dusty Baker lost his mind, thinking there was no way it was intentional, because why would the Astros intentionally put someone on base in the 8th inning of a Game 5 they trailed by 2 at the time?  Dusty got tossed, and then refused to leave the dugout. Meanwhile, the Rangers reliever who pitched the top of the 8th was sitting for like 20 minutes. Bruce Bochy was trying to get the game moving, knowing his reliever was getting cold. Baker ultimately left, but he got as long a delay as possible, intentional or not. Then the Rangers reliever came back out for the 9th, gave up two baserunners, and Altuve promptly hit the go-ahead and GW 3R-HR. Then the Rangers got the tying run on base in B9 but couldn't get him in. Gonna be tough to overcome that loss, but if any manger can get his team to do it, that manager is Bruce Bochy.

No home team has won a game in the ALCS. No home team has lost in the NLCS.

The D-Backs showed me a lot coming from down 5-3 to win 6-5 against the Phillies. Their youngsters that were reason the D-Backs had the #2 or #3 Farm System in MLB before this season, delivered in a big way. Still, the Phillies have Wheeler and Nola, as basically staff Aces ready to pitch Game 5 and Game 7, the two most pivotal games. I like their chances.

Last December, the DBacks made a trade with the Jays for Moreno and Gurriel, giving up Daulton Varsho.  That was the best trade by any team last off-season.