2019 World Series (Game Seven)

Ahhhhh, okay, here we go. If you're only going to watch one baseball game this year, this is the one.

Game 1: Nats 5-4 Astros
Game 2: Nats 12-5 Astros
Game 3: Astros 4-1 Nats
Game 4: Astros 8-1 Nats
Game 5: Astros 7-1 Nats
Game 6: Nats 7-2 Astros

First time in US sports history where the road team has won each of the first six games (happened a few times over five games but never for six), does that end tonight? I didn't write this at the time but after Game Two it seemed to me that the Astros would win the next four games and we'd forget the early dominance of the Nats. My thinking was threefold: 1) I had the Astros in six and expected that schedule to hold; 2) the beatdown the Nats laid down in Game Two is one of those beatings that feels great at the time but was likely to be more motivational to the losing team rather than the winning one; 3) did the Nats think they were gonna beat Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander again? Well the Nats did get to Verlander a second time and held off defeat last night, even after going down in the 1st inning. Impressive.

You'd expect the home team to be the favorite but that doesn't seem to be the case this time around. That said, the Astros will have Cole available tonight to bolster what has been a spotty at best bullpen. The Nats are either hot or cold, if they can get to Zach Greinke early, they could run away with it. That said, I think runs will be hard to come by tonight and I'll stick with the Astros. Damn, I love baseball!